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| | Thomas Mapfumo & Blacks Unlimited with Grimy Styles |
 | | Though Rhodesia was moving inexorably toward racial civil war, Thomas was living an old-fashioned, traditional life, mostly removed from the bitterness building in the cities and townships. |
 | | At the age of ten he was moved to his parents city home in Harare, where he came of age with Elvis, The Beatles, and the British Invasion, playing in a succession of bands as a teenager. |
 | | His 2003 release, Toi Toi (protest), is the rallying cry for the mass action we see as of June 2003 in Zimbabwe, peaceful protest through non-violence, which will overthrow a brutal dictator. |
| www.flamingocantina.com /calendar/event.php?ID=592&Date=2004-10-25 (568 words) |
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