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	Thomas Mapfumo Downloads :: calabashmusic.com
		Thomas Mapfumo was born in 1945 in Marondera, a small town south of the Rhodesian capital, Salisbury.
		Mapfumo's lyrics reflected the concerns of the people around him--hardships in the rural areas, young men heading into the bush to fight, and a rising sense of indignation at white rulers who had systematically devalued Shona culture for four generations.
		But Thomas Mapfumo is nothing if not a survivor, ans as the end of the year approached, and it was getting time for him to go back and play his traditional year-end chows in Harare, he rallied his forces to create one of his most dynamic and soulful recordings ever.
	thomasmapfumo.calabashmusic.com (2209 words)

	Encyclopedia: Thomas Mapfumo
		Thomas Mapfumo is a Zimbabwean musician known as "The Lion of Zimbabwe" for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music.
		Thomas Mapfumo was born in 1945 in Marondera, a village south of Salisbury, the capital of Rhodesia.
		Mapfumo was accused of being involved with a stolen-car ring.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Thomas-Mapfumo (2535 words)

	Rambles: Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited, Hondo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thomas Mapfumo hails from Zimbabwe, where decades of political and racial unrest in the latter half of the 20th century had a tremendous impact on his music.
		Thomas Mapfumo's music is built upon the cyclical rhythms and melodies of the mbira, the primary traditional musical instrument of the Shona people.
		Thomas Mapfumo strikes a delicate balance between the old and the new creating, in the process, music that moves the heart and the head with equal intensity.
	www.rambles.net /mapfumo_hondo93.html (557 words)

	Thomas Mapfumo (The Leopard Man's African Music Guide)
		Thomas Mapfumo grew up in the small town of Marondera, before the family moved to Salisbury (Harare), and as a child he attended a boarding school in 1964.
		Thomas Mapfumo was by then no longer an innocent musician, but in the process of becoming a troublesome political individual for the white regime, that tried to block the release of his disc.
		Thomas Mapfumo is one of modern African music’s most prominent personalities and among those who have really succeeded in modernising music without vulgarising it.
	leopardmannen.no /m/mapfumo.thomas.asp?lang=gb (2295 words)

	Thomas Mapfumo (The Leopard Man's African Music Guide)
		Thomas Mapfumo grew up in the small town of Marondera, before the family moved to Salisbury (Harare), and as a child he attended a boarding school in 1964.
		Thomas Mapfumo was by then no longer an innocent musician, but in the process of becoming a troublesome political individual for the white regime, that tried to block the release of his disc.
		Thomas Mapfumo is one of modern African music’s most prominent personalities and among those who have really succeeded in modernising music without vulgarising it.
	www.leopardmannen.no /m/mapfumo.thomas.asp?lang=gb (2358 words)

	Thomas Mapfumo - Music Downloads - Online
		Before Mapfumo, songs in the traditional style were always based on tunes that had been handed down for generations.
		Mapfumo's music, chimurenga ("music of struggle"), became popular during the civil war against White minority rule, but his popularity made the government unhappy.
		To obtain his release, Mapfumo agreed to perform for the ruling party, but at the concert he sang only his most revolutionary songs.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/075/Thomas-Mapfumo/30044288.html (275 words)

	Thomas Mapfumo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		"Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo" 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.
		Thomas Mapfumo was born in 1945 in Marondera, a town north of Harare the capital of Zimbabwe.
		Mapfumo was accused of being involved with a stolen-car ring.
	www.artistopia.com /thomas-mapfumo (831 words)

	Thomas Mapfumo & Blacks Unlimited - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Having music banned is an experience Mapfumo associates with the late 1970s, the twilight years of the Ian Smith regime, when Rhodesia’s cultural minders belatedly tweaked to the sly messages of rebellion couched in Mapfumo’s Shona proverbs and allegorical poetry – food for the souls of guerrilla fighters in the bush.
		They must be eliminated.” Mapfumo songs decrying the travails of more recent times often begin by addressing his vakomana, meaning “boys” or “brothers.” Mapfumo has always spoken as a man of the people, rallying a street-level community.
		Mapfumo sings or talks about his music, he seems every bit the man who knows where he is coming from and where he is going.
	www.ritmoartists.com /Mapfumo/mapfumo.htm (1751 words)

	Thomas Mapfumo
		Mapfumo came of age at a time when politics permeated all aspects of daily life—Zimbabwe's independence movement—and the struggle deeply influenced his music.
		Mapfumo's use of music as a form of social justice persisted after independence, when he continued to address the everyday challenges faced by Zimbabweans from corruption to the spread of HIV/AIDS.
		Mapfumo lives in self-imposed exile in the U.S. with his family and his band, Blacks Unlimited, where they continue to produce Chimurenga music.
	www.netaid.org /global_action_awards/2005/thomas-mapfumo.html (300 words)

	Thomas Mapfumo
		Thomas and his band performed for several hours and most of the time he seemed like in a trance, looking like a witch doctor performing a magic ritual, which is exactly where his music originates.
		Thomas was one of the first artists to use electric guitars to replicate the sound of the mbira (thumb piano) used by traditional witch doctors during their ceremonies.
		Thomas Mapfumo's management agency House Of Savoir-Faire based in New York is happy to announce the kick of "Rise up Zimbabwe" tour; the first show is on the 1st of July in UK.
	www.joewein.de /mapfumo.htm (593 words)

	What Is Chimurenga?
		Thomas Mapfumo coined the phrase chimurenga music to describe his revolutionary music which evolved during Zimbabwe's struggle to gain independence in the early seventies.
		Mapfumo has continued to use his chimurenga style of music to address a multitude of pressing political and social concerns in peace time Zimbabwe.
		Thomas Tafirenyika Mukanya Mapfumo was born on July 2nd 1945 near the town of Marondera in Zimbabwe.
	www.zambuko.com /mbirapage/resource_guide/pages/music/chimurenga.html (1824 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Thomas is a real voice of the people and remains a worldwide musical and political hero to the present day.
		Thomas Tafirenyika Mukanya Mapfumo was born on July 2nd, 1945, in the town of Marondera in Zimbabwe.
		The term was invented by Mapfumo to describe a style of music that combined Shona roots music based on the mbira with modern instruments and his critical socio-political messages.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=1171 (400 words)

	VH1.com : Thomas Mapfumo : Thomas Mapfumo Showcases Chimurenga Sound - Urge Music Downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Today, Mapfumo, 55, is proving as much of a headache for Zimbabwe's failed fl leaders as he was to the racist Rhodesians of old.
		Mapfumo's deep, clear, whispering vocals and rich harmonies from five singing bandmembers carried the opener, "Pfumvu Paruzeva" (RealAudio excerpt), a reworking of his '70s chimurenga classic.
		Mapfumo was in top voice, and with so many of his young musicians singing, too, the band's layered vocals have never sounded better.
	www.vh1.com /artists/news/1122113/07142000/mapfumo_thomas.jhtml (683 words)

	The Connection.org : Thomas Mapfumo Comes of Age
		Thomas Mapfumo grew up herding goats and cattle in on the grassy plains of what was then southern Rhodesia.
		The fight against colonial rule heated up and Mapfumo gave up the Elvis covers to help sing the soundtrack of the struggle for the new African state of Zimbabwe.
		Thomas Mapfumo, musician, aka, The Lion of Zimbabwe
	www.theconnection.org /shows/2005/05/20050525_b_main.asp (235 words)

	Interview: Oliver Mtukudzi and Thomas Mapfumo
		Thomas Mapfumo: Well, some are really afraid of coming out in the open and saying the truth because they are afraid to be victimised.
		Mapfumo: Somehow it has affected my record sale like people who live in the rural areas are not able to listen to my music and they have no way of coming out to buy my music because you find my music in Harare.
		Watch Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited live in the UK on 26 August at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, 27 August at Athena in Leicester, and Ventnor Hall in Bradford on 28 August.
	www.newzimbabwe.com /pages/mukanya13.13009.html (2191 words)

	Thomas Mapfumo's Chimurenga '98 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thomas has consistently drawn his fans to venues all over the world for years on end, and has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years in his appeal to young listeners.
		Thomas' commitment to speaking his mind on the political and sociological aspects of life in Zimbabwe adds a whole other dimension to his music.
		Thomas has consistently drawn his fans to venues all over the world for years on end, and has enjoyed a resurgence this year in his appeal to young listeners.
	www.scholars.nus.edu.sg /landow/post/zimbabwe/music/mapfumo3.html (285 words)

	On Point : Thomas Mapfumo: The Lion of Zimbabwe - 2/15/2002
		With an election scheduled to be held in less than a month, Zimbabwe is again experiencing turmoil, as the government led by President Mugabe is inciting violence and refusing to recognize international elections observers.
		At one point, Mapfumo was jailed for his highly political lyrics.
		Today, Thomas Mapfumo continues to perform the genre of music he created called chimurenga -- which combines the cyclical rhythms of traditional Shona music with Western instruments to create an almost trance-like sound.
	www.onpointradio.org /shows/2002/02/20020215_b_main.asp (160 words)

	Rock Paper Scissors - Thomas Mapfumo, Rise Up (Calabash) - Press Release
		Mapfumo will once again break a sound barrier on April 1, 2005 when he releases his new album, Rise Up, exclusively as a digital download via CalabashMusic.com; making Mapfumo the first artist to release an entire world music album in digital format only.
		The “Mapfumo Files”—as this unboxable set has been dubbed—contain the previously unreleased Rise Up, and fourteen other Mapfumo albums, including a never-released-before recording called Afropop Worldwide Presents Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, Live in New York.
		In the hands of the Calabash Music network, Thomas Mapfumo’s new release ‘Rise Up’ could prove to be a rallying point for empowering independent artists from around the world.
	www.rockpaperscissors.biz /index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/209.cfm (686 words)

	African Music Encyclopedia: Thomas Mapfumo
		Thomas Mapfumo, born in Marondera, Zimbabwe in 1945 is also sometimes called the Lion of Zimbabwe.
		He is responsible for blending traditional Shona mbira music with western instruments and a political message full of innuendo and traditional proverbs.
		Mapfumo took that traditional music and added electric guitars, horns, and a drum kit.
	africanmusic.org /artists/mapfumo.html (194 words)

	WOUB Online - Audiosyncrasies - Interview with Thomas Mapfumo
		On June 9, 2001, Thomas Mapfumo was bestowed an honorary doctorate of music from Ohio University at their commencement ceremony in Athens, Ohio.
		Mapfumo, Zimbabwe's most revered star, was honored not only for his musical accomplishments of the last three decades but also for his role in African society as a freedom fighter and social activist.
		Mark Hellenberg spoke with Thomas Mapfumo in Studio B of Ohio University Public Radio after the commencement ceremonies.
	www.woub.org /sync/feature-mapfumo.html (240 words)

	CD Baby: THOMAS MAPFUMO: Roots Chimurenga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Roots Chimurenga is Thomas Mapfumo's 16th album, not counting four compilations of singles that were on the market when this recording was made in 1996.
		Sithole and Mapfumo had been a celebrated team going back to 1975 when Mapfumo fused his band (The Acid Band) with Sithole's, (The Storm) to form the original Blacks Unlimited.
		Mapfumo says that a political party that allows no dissenting voices is not a real party, and certainly doesn't serve the people.
	cdbaby.com /cd/mapfumo9 (465 words)

	Amazon.com: Rise Up: Music: Thomas Mapfumo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mapfumo, born in 1945, is styled the "Lion Of Zimbabwe" because of his unceasing socio-political activism and iconic world profile.
		Mapfumo's musical style, a suavely melodic mixture of local triple rhythms, sometimes flavored by reggae and other tributaries, is known as chimurenga (the Shona word for struggle).
		Mapfumo draws on such an array of genres - African jazz, classic R&B, Shona spirit music, rock, reggae and a variety of local Zimbabwean styles - that he has formed a completely new style of music, which he calls 'Chimurenga'.
	www.amazon.com /Rise-Up-Thomas-Mapfumo/dp/B000E6UWWQ (1074 words)

	Freemuse: Thomas Mapfumo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe) and Freemuse executive director Marie Korpe interviewed by BBC at the launch of the book: Shoot the Singer!
		Thomas Mapfumo’s promoter has appealed to Amnesty International to assist the musician when he comes home later this month.
		Mapfumo had been informed that there were plans to eliminate him during his visit to the country
	www.freemuse.org /sw1589.asp (473 words)

	Wadada Leo Smith and Thomas Mapfumo / RootsWorld Recording Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The vibe is similar, with long, hypnotic tracks fueled by bass ostinati and funky rhythms, although this time all the compositions are originals by Smith, with some collaborations with Mapfumo.
		The presence of Mapfumo and his musicians, who appear on about half of the tracks, serves to lighten the overall sound with gentle guitar patterns and a trio of mbiras.
		(The one song composed by Mapfumo, "Big in America," is lyrically uninteresting, although the music is lovely.) The arrangements are uncluttered and spacious, with enough deft touches from the resources at the musicians' disposal to keep things from becoming monochromatic.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/smith-mapfumo.shtml (227 words)

	CD Baby: THOMAS MAPFUMO: Sweet Chimurenga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sweet Chimurenga is the 14th album from Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited.
		Thomas Mapfumo towers among the African bandleaders of the 20th century.
		To that end, Thomas Mapfumo recruited a number of new musicians.
	cdbaby.com /cd/mapfumo10 (1257 words)

	Thomas Mapfumo Downloads :: afropopshop.org
		Mapfumo's spiritual Shona pop has never sounded like this.
		With no horns, guitars, keyboards or backup singers to clutter, Mapfumo delivers spare, honest renditions of classics ("Hwahwa," "Pfumvu Paruzevha") and also pillars of the traditional mbira repertoire ("Mahororo" "Nyama Musango.") Only, "Chikende," a song built around guitar and horn lines, falls short in this setting.
		If you have ever been moved by one of Mapfumo's many recordings or concert appearances, you owe it to yourself to hear this set.
	thomasmapfumo.afropopshop.org (2440 words)

	Freemuse: Thomas Mapfumo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thomas Mapfumo - famous Zimbawean musician - is currently living in the USA.
		Thomas Mapfumo also contributed to the seminar held at the launch of "Shoot the Singer!".
		Thomas Mapfumo with Freemuse Executive Director Marie Korpe
	www.freemuse.org /sw5430.asp (268 words)

	Amazon.com: Dreams & Secrets: Music: Thomas Mapfumo & Wadada Leo Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited works with Wadada Leo Smith and N'Da Kulture on DREAMS AND SECRETS: a strong departure for Mapfumo who shares musical ideas, songwriting credit and band members with another musician/writer: and what a contrast in styles!
		Some tracks are completely dominated by Wadada Leo Smith and his group; others by Mapfumo - but with the musicians of N'Da Kulture adding extra color to the patented Blacks Unlimited sound.
		There are only a few songs on this album by Thomas Mapfumo.
	www.amazon.com /Dreams-Secrets-Thomas-Mapfumo-Wadada/dp/B00005OT1V (923 words)

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