In all the focus the Western world has placed on the individual, it has lost sight of the family—both immediate and extended versions, encompassing the members of a shared culture. In part that's due ...

The term chimurenga comes from the name of a legendary Shona ancestor, Murenga Sororenzou. Believed to be huge man with a head (soro) the size of an elephant's (renzou), Murenga was well known for his ...

Zimbabwe’s exiled chimurenga music guru Thomas Mapfumo claims that the ruling Zanu PF government has turned him into an despite producing and singing inspirational songs during the liberation struggle ...

Tendai “Baba” Maraire, better known to many as one-half of Sub Pop’s avant-rap group Shabazz Palaces, is releasing his incredible new album riZe vadZimu riZe on Brick Lane Records today under the ...

Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born 1945) is a Zimbabwean musician known as “The Lion of Zimbabwe” and “Mukanya” for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music, ...

More than any other artist except perhaps Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, Thomas Mapfumo has become Zimbabwe's musical ambassador to the world. That's ironic, because while the people of his country celebrate ...

Chimuerenga means 'uprising', not in a metaphorical sense either. It's a Shona word that loosely translates into "revolutionary struggle". It has been adapted into the word commonly used whenever ...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — As Zimbabweans celebrated the ouster of dictator Robert Mugabe, they danced on the streets to previously banned protest songs by one of the country’s most famous musicians — a man ...

Tendai Maraire of Seattle hip-hop group Shabazz Palaces has lately been making music as Chimurenga Renaissance. A link to his new “Pungwe” mixtape is below, and below that, an attempted transcription ...