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 ...

United States based Chimurenga music icon, Thomas Mukanya Mapfumo has attacked the so called Chinese mega deals in his much awaited 12 track album, Danger Zone released last week.

Thomas Mapfumo knows all about upheaval in Zimbabwe. As the majority Shona tribe fought for freedom from the ruling white Rhodesian government, Mapfumo became a musical star whose music conveyed ...

Flanked by his Black Spirits band, Thomas ’Mukanya’ Mapfumo gave ’a performance of a lifetime’ at the Newtown Music Factory.

Musician Thomas Mapfumo may well be the prophet in the aphorism: “Only in his hometown is a prophet without honour.” Mapfumo is feted in the West, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate by ...

Thomas Mapfumo, the Zimbabwean singer, bandleader and songwriter, is one of Africa's most respected musicians known not only for his hypnotic chimerenga music but also for his steadfast support ...

Legendary Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo is set to perform his last ever show in the United Kingdom on August 23 at the New Bingley Hall in Birmingham. Promoters Joab Mugugu of Phab ...

Musician and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo is 80 years old this month. The man, often dubbed the "Lion of Zimbabwe", is still hugely popular in his home country, despite having gone into exile and ...

Mapfumo's powerful political messages led the superstar to seek asylum in the U.S. Critic Banning Eyre has written a new biography of the singer and bandleader.

Thomas Mapfumo is a music legend in Zimbabwe. So, when the so-called "Lion of Zimbabwe" released the album, "Corruption," in 1989, criticizing Robert Mugabe's authoritarian regime, his country's ...

Thomas Mapfumo, the musician known as the Lion of Zimbabwe, speaks to the BBC about his latest album, Exile.