Zimbabwe: Tuku - Great Poet, Cultural Leader

19 February 2019

Legendary musician Dr Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi who died on January 23, 2019, in Harare, and was declared national hero by the Government, will be remembered foremost as a great African cultural leader and artist whose impacting songs were but well-composed poems with powerful messages seeping out of thoughtful metaphor.

One whose trademark throaty, melodious voice which like a river snaked far beyond the boundaries, touching many hearts, comforting and awakening them to new truths about life and society, was and remains our own 'Bob Marley', an ally to our meditation in matters of African identity or values.

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