In April of 1980, when Bob Marley arrived to headline the independence celebrations that would see Rhodesia become Zimbabwe, his song “Zimbabwe,” the centerpiece of the “Survival” album, was the most ...

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 ...

LEGENDARY Chimurenga musician and pioneer Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says the current crop of Chimurenga artistes has a mammoth task of preserving the genre by being original. Mupfumo’s sentiments come ...

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 ...

Chimurenga Renaissance is Baba Maraire and Hussein Kalonji. Mixed by Erik Blood, riZe vadZimu riZe (out today) also features Palaceer Lazaro, Mall Saint, M1 of Dead Prez, and THEESatisfaction. Tendai ...

ZANU-PF's aversion to protest music only confirms the lyrical power of a line of artists from Marley and Mapfumo to Winky D. Prominent Zimbabwean artist Wallace Chirumiko - popularly known as "Winky D ...

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 ...

7:30 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, at The Showbox, 1426 First Ave., Seattle; $24–$27 (206-628-3151 or www.showboxpresents.com). With Koreless It’s rare to get a transparent look at a ...