.... The chapter juxtaposes the worsening situation in the 1960s and early ’70s as the nationalist struggle turns increasingly violent. Mapfumo sings his first songs in Shona. When he moves to the Mhangura mine to sing and drum with the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, he and guitarist Joshua Dube begin to experiment...

... Gukuruhundi The Fifth Brigade Thomas Mapfumo Shona Ndebele ...

... into the inherent tensions between Zimbabwe’s two major ethnic groups, the Shona and the Ndebele. It describes Mugabe’s brutal campaign against the Ndebele in the early 1980s. The author emphasizes the way this violence is kept largely out of the public eye, and how there is little effort during these pivotal years...

... delves into the inherent tensions between Zimbabwe’s two major ethnic groups, the Shona and the Ndebele. It describes Mugabe’s brutal campaign against the Ndebele in the early 1980s. The author emphasizes the way this violence is kept largely out of the public eye, and how there is little effort during...

... Writing in the first person, the author describes a night at a Thomas Mapfumo show in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1997. The account introduces key members of Mapfumo’s band, the Blacks Unlimited, and presents the broad outlines of Mapfumo’s story. The author describes the sacred Shona musical...

... his first songs in Shona. When he moves to the Mhangura mine to sing and drum with the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, he and guitarist Joshua Dube begin to experiment with adapting mbira music for rock band instrumentation. Thomas Mapfumo Zimbabwean nationalism the Springfields Hallelujah...