My Song : Oliver Mtukudzi on 'Sarawoga'

Author:
RNWAfrica
Publisher:
RNWAfrica
Publication Date:
12 September 2013
Tags:
Zimbabwe, Arts, Culture and Entertainment

After his 21-year-old son and music partner died, Oliver Mtukudzi spent two years "without doing anything", as he puts it. But Tuku -- how the Zimbabwean musician's fans call him -- eventually found a way to play again. In this edition of My Song, he talks about his experience of 'sarawoga'. That's the Shona word for 'left alone' and it's the name of his song.

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