We talk with authors Thandi Chimurenga and long time activist Kalonji Changa about the legacy of veteran Black Panther, former BLA Member Sekou Odinga who joined the ancestors last week..

HKR-01-17-24 Remembering Sekou Odinga

This Hip Deep edition explores the legendary early career of Thomas Mapfumo, a singer, composer and bandleader whose 1970s music set the stage for the birth of a new nation, Zimbabwe. Using rare, unreleased recordings, and recollections by Mapfumo, key band members, and prominent Zimbabweans who lived through the liberation struggle, this program traces the development of chimurenga music. Central to the program, are research materials gathered by Mapfumo biographer Banning Eyre, and commentary by ethnomusicologist Thomas Turino, author of Nationalists, Cosmopolitans, and Popular Music in Zimbabwe. One of the great stories of African music’s role in history is told here as never before.

Thomas Mapfumo - The War Years

In 1991, Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited made their second tour of the United States. It was a fascinating transitional moment in the band’s history. Mapfumo had recently added two musicians playing the metal-pronged, Shona mbira, enriching the band’s lineup of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, brass and percussion. The band had now evolved into a kind of folk orchestra in which everyone sang, allowing for beautifully layered vocal arrangements. This recording, made by Afropop Worldwide at S.O.B.'s in New York City during that historic tour, is a true gem in the Afropop archive. It captures one of Africa’s most innovative and unusual artists and bandleaders at the height of his powers. One listen to this sublime recording and you will understand why producer Banning Eyre devoted some 15 years to writing the book Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe.

Thomas Mapfumo Live at SOB's in NYC

Afropop’s Banning Eyre published his prize-winning biography of Thomas Mapfumo, Lion Songs, in 2015. In this episode, he visits the Lion of Zimbabwe at his home in Eugene, Oregon, to discuss new music, the current state of Zimbabwe and more. We hear from Mapfumo’s latest album, Ndikutambire, and sneak previews of works in progress. We also meet 24-year-old Mary Anibal of Harare, a super-talented mbira player, singer/bandleader following in Mapfumo’s footsteps.  

PA #018

Planet Afropop - Chimurenga Legacy: Thomas Mapfumo and Mary Anibal

people who have migrated from their  original countries to  live in abroad in seek of greener pastures  .they are giving assurance to those they left home that they are here working for them .Whatever the little they save they will send back home.They misses home and a planning to come back home

Nevanji

Ku Zimbabwe

just a warning that never in life  shout or  fight  your mother .In our customs and values if you make your mother angry  you will be inviting all sorts of  problems to your life . Learn to restrain yourself even if she is wrong  engage her with calmness  and happiness

Botso

The end of the world is near  people a committing all sins  just like days of Sodom and Gomorrah.The world has been polluted by evilness

magumo enyika

 A  person  who wants a better life ,to achieve greatness have friends  who inspire you ,in other words  mix and mingle with those on top they will show you the way to climb  the mountain .Shun the lazy people  they are good at gossiping , mocking and fighting each other 

Chimurenga Highway

Pamusoro pegomo

a poor man  who is scared  to approach a beautiful woman

Maidei

Hutadzi

Karigamombe

Matatu show on Cashmere radio, with co-host Alai K. This one sets off with sounds Chimurenga from Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, then Simigwa Soca and other classic names as Manu Dibango and Penny Penny. The closing gets more house-y as the extra bit for the show. Aired on 19.04.25

Matatu Spring @ Cashmere Radio

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 

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