Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born July 3, 1945) is a Zimbabwean musician. He is nicknamed "The Lion of Zimbabwe" and "Mukanya" (the praise name of his clan...

Rise Up is an album by the Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo, released in 2005. He is credited with his band, the Blacks Unlimited. The album was initially...

Chimurenga music is a genre developed by Thomas Mapfumo named for the Shona language word for struggle. Mapfumo and his band, the Blacks Unlimited developed...

music is a Zimbabwean popular music genre coined and popularized by Thomas Mapfumo. Chimurenga is a Shona language word for liberation, which entered common...

such musicians as Maurice White of the band Earth, Wind and Fire and Thomas Mapfumo in the 1970s. These musicians included mbira on stage accompanying modern...

Laughter. Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie, Paul Simon, The Strokes, Thomas Mapfumo, Tame Impala, and The Cure were also named influences and favorite artists...

Lewis The Libertines LiLiPUT Little Joy Los Lobos The Long Blondes Thomas Mapfumo Cerys Matthews Massacra Mazzy Star Métal Urbain Micachu Microdisney...

Jubane (guitar), Patrick Kabanda (drums), Daram Karanga (trumpet), Thomas Mapfumo (vocals), Abdulah Musa (guitar), and Robert Nekati (bass). The band...

in 1977 when he joined the Wagon Wheels, a band that also featured Thomas Mapfumo and fellow guitarist James Chimombe. They were given the rare opportunity...

Mugabe Herbert Chitepo Stella Chiweshe Chartwell Dutiro Tonderai Kasu Thomas Mapfumo Malachi Napa Strive Masiyiwa Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo Emmerson Mnangagwa...

Albums". Pindula.co.zw. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022. "Thomas Mapfumo to perform in UK". 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 15 July...

Chamunorwa is an album by the Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo, released in 1991. He is credited with his band, Blacks Unlimited. The title translates...

roll singer-songwriter and drummer Leonard Mapfumo (born 1983) – urban grooves and hip hop artist Thomas Mapfumo (born 1945) – chimurenga music artist Chiwoniso...

Corruption is an album by the Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo (credited with his band, the Blacks Unlimited), released in 1989. The album criticized...

Maryam Mursal Modou Diouf O Fogum Peter Gabriel (Host) Shikisha Siyaya Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited Tinariwen Uno Youssou N'Dour 1 Giant Leap Annie...

He later became the President of South Africa between 1994 and 1999. Thomas Mapfumo was imprisoned without charges in 1979 by the Rhodesian government in...

art is the metamorphosis of man into beast. Zimbabwean musicians like Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi, the Bhundu Boys; Stella Chiweshe, Alick Macheso and...

the Shona culture. Chimombe got his start as a rhythm guitarist with Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mtukudzi. He next moved to the Blacks Unlimited and OK Success...

Records: interviews with Sheila Chandra, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Thomas Mapfumo and Yungchen Lhamo on cbcmusic.ca Prasad, Anil (2020). Sheila Chandra:...

Germany when he shared the stage with Youssou N'dour, Miriam Makeba and Thomas Mapfumo. An imposing figure, standing well over 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, he performed...

electric guitars and western drumsets, for example by musicians such as Thomas Mapfumo, Stella Chiweshe, and Oliver Mtukudzi. This music is also associated...

Nkomo. Chimurenga also refers to a style of music first branded by Thomas Mapfumo, who mixed indigenous African rhythmic patterns and instruments such...

destination for touring bands from Africa and elsewhere, including Thomas Mapfumo, Ali Farka Touré, and John Chibadura. Heavenly Recordings have a close...

by some of Zimbabwe's most popular musicians at the time, including Thomas Mapfumo, Leonard Zhakata and Andy "Tomato Sauce" Brown. The film was criticised...

inspired by local traditional music artists such as Oliver Mtukudzi, Thomas Mapfumo, Chiwoniso Maraire and began writing her own songs when she was in secondary...

Mansun: (3 sessions, 1995–2000) Phil Manzanera & 801: (1 session, 1977) Thomas Mapfumo: (1 session, 1998) Mike Maran: (5 sessions, 1972–74) March Violets:...

Youssou N'Dour, Oumou Sangaré, Angelique Kidjo, Oliver Mtukudzi, and Thomas Mapfumo. On September 8, 2018, Mokoomba is scheduled to perform at the Lollapalooza...

African plucked lamellophone musical instrument. Tendayi Gahamadze Thomas Mapfumo Chartwell Dutiro Cosmas Magaya Dumisani and Chiwoniso Maraire Clement...

While authors and musicians such as Doris Lessing, Petina Gappah and Thomas Mapfumo have long criticized the corruption and shortcomings of the Smith and...

third-world musics (e.g. Afro-Cuban music). The inspiration of Zimbabwe's Thomas Mapfumo in blending the Mbira (finger Piano) style onto the electric guitar...