Zimbabwe: The Thin Line Between 'Madhebhura', 'Madhuwe'

THERE is nothing new under the sun, King Solomon says in Ecclesiastes 1 vs 9. You cannot reinvent the wheel, scientists say. But listening to Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo's "Madhebhura", released in 1986, and Alick Macheso's "Madhuwe", produced in 2004, brings to fore the merits of the aforementioned idioms.

The names strike you with an unsettling proximity, "Madhuwe" and "Madhebhura".

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