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Zimbabwe: I Have Let Zim Down - Mukanya
Zimbabwe Standard, 3 January 2016
Exiled Zimbabwean music legend Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo has admitted that he has let down the people of Zimbabwe by his continued failure to perform on home soil since his last… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: I Miss Home and Am Planning to Return, Says Mukanya
New Zimbabwe, 3 January 2016
Exiled Chimurenga maestro Thomas Tafirenyika 'Mukanya' Mapfumo says he misses home and is negotiating with the authorities and local promoters so that he visits the country and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Is Mukanya Coming This Year?
The Herald, 1 May 2014
When Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo performed in Musina, South Africa, last Sunday he was obviously expecting people to cross the border from Zimbabwe for the show. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mukanya Wishes to Return Home
The Herald, 7 April 2014
Dr Thomas Mapfumo, who is readying for his "home away from home" tour down in South Africa, says he is happy to be performing before familiar faces.He, however, admitted that he… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mukanya Opens Up
The Herald, 19 March 2013
CHIMURENGA musician Thomas Mapfumo says he has written so many songs that they may continue to be recorded long after his death. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mapfumo Says Zimbabweans Should Vote Yes If New Constitution Is Good
SW Radio, 15 March 2013
Chimurenga music star Thomas Mapfumo has said if the new constitution is good for the people then Zimbabweans 'should just go for it' at the referendum on Saturday. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mapfumo's Homecoming Set for July
The Herald, 15 March 2013
Chimurenga guru Dr Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo says he will be coming to Zimbabwe around July to hold several shows for his legion of fans, after an eight-year absence. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Thomas Mapfumo's Return Imminent
The Herald, 27 November 2012
Self-exiled Chimurenga music icon Thomas Mapfumo is expected in Zimbabwe before the end of the year, as Government leaders move in to secure his return from the United States,… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Thomas Mapfumo Headed for Home
The Herald, 7 August 2012
A hero's welcome awaits Dr Thomas Mapfumo when he comes home for his first gig after an eight-year absence from the local scene. The gig, which is scheduled for this September,… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Thomas Mapfumo - a Rebel Who Has Lost the Cause
The Herald, 2 August 2012
The crowd reverberates into a frenzy of madness as a ghostly figure moves on stage in a staggering gait, simultaneously unleashing his asymmetrical, ropy dreadlocks from underneath… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Will Thomas Mapfumo Come Back?
The Herald, 18 October 2011
For the past two years rumours about Dr Thomas Mapfumo's homecoming have been widespread. Latest rumours are that Zimbabwean Chimurenga musician Thomas Mukanya Mapfumo is expected… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mukanya Was Unfair to Criticise Winky D
Zimbabwe Standard, 2 July 2011
The astonishing attack on dancehall sensation Winky D by Thomas Mapfumo that "only Winky D's friends and relatives will buy that kind of music and he must be original to… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mukanya, Tuku in Surprise Act
The Herald, 7 June 2011
United States-Based legendary Chimurenga music maestro Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo made a surprise appearance at Johannesburg's Carnival City on Saturday night where Oliver Mtukudzi… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mukanya Arrives for Easter Shows
The Herald, 1 April 2010
CELEBRATED Chimurenga music legend, Dr Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo, sneaked into Harare last night aboard a South African Airways flight. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mukanya Revisits Chimurenga Classics
The Herald, 2 May 2009
ACCLAIMED Chimurenga musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo will release his first ever DVD this coming week as part of an ambitious programme of repackaging his work, in the archives… Read more »