Backed by his band, Blacks Unlimited, Thomas Mapfumo has been at the cutting edge of the political struggle in his native Zimbabwe for over 20 years, even as he's become a major figure on the world music scene. Born in 1945 in the sm...
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Super track from Thomas Mapfumo (aka Mukanya ) and the Blacks Unlimited, from a concert televised by ZBC in 19...
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After Jonah Sithole had left The Blacks Unlimited again in 1988, Thomas just gave up on trying to find another...
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From Zimbabwean cassette. After the song, Jonah explains how he got the idea to try to imitate the mbira on th...
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After Jonah Sithole had left The Blacks Unlimited again in 1988, Thomas just gave up on trying to find another...
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From Zimbabwean vinyl. First pic is the original sleeve of the Zimbabwean pressing this was taken from. It was...
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Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited from Zimbabwe. Probably recorded in 1988, but released in Zimbabwe in 19...
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Video clip from the 1990s by Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, featuring amongst others the late Ashton...
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Zimbabwean vinyl. Can be downloaded here: wrldsrv.blogspot.com...
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Thomas explains the song before it starts, interview recorded September 6th, 1993. Jonah plays the lead, the 1...
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The optimism that was there at the time has long since vanished....
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This was recorded & produced in England, whereas the other postings I did today were recorded in Zimbabwe. For...
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From the album GWINDINGWI RINE SHUMBA (1980). I have posted 7 out of 8 tunes from that album and under the scr...
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The first and the third pictures are from the sleeve of the album. The first and the second pictures were take...
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From the Zimbabwean LP Roots Chimurenga. With both Jonah and Joshua Dube on guitar. More on Josua here: wrldsr...
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From the album Hondo, Gramma Records TML 104, Zimbabwean pressing. Thomas explains the song, recorded Septembe...
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After the song, Jonah speaks (with bass player Alan Mwale by his side) of the reasons of his break-ups with Th...
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Band members, Dr Thomas Mapfumo, Bro Lance Mapfumo, Bro Chris, Bro Checks, Bro Guilbert and Zivai Guveya. Spec...
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2/5. Half a beat missing from the intro. The recording is from 1986, the pictures of Thomas are from 1993 and ...
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From Zimbabwean vinyl. Pics taken on September 6th, 1993, in Amsterdam....
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Thomas explains the song before it starts, interview recorded September 6th, 1993. Jonah plays the lead, the 1...
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Sounds like late 1970 s to me. Can anybody give me a date on this? The picture is from June, 1978. ndangwara s...
