NEW: Thomas Mapfumo passes on his songs to nephew

3 months ago | February 8, 2024

NEW: Thomas Mapfumo passes on his songs to nephew

Online Reporter US-based musician Thomas Mapfumo, who claimed to have retired in 2023, has given his nephew Kurai Makore ...

5 years ago | February 10, 2019

Tuku in-laws bitter

Mr Fred Gasho is bitter that the family of the late national hero Oliver Mtukudzi did not alert him, as per traditional ...

Mukanya wants to stay home

DÉJÀ VU! The axiom best describes legendary Chimurenga music icon Dr Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo’s current state of affairs.

5 years ago | December 16, 2018

Morgan Heritage brings Xmas treat – Mukanya, Winky, JP ...

This festive season, all the big guns are being pulled out to ensure there is no excuse not to party. Among the music ...

Mokoomba conquers home and away

IN May, Mokoomba were admitted into the Afro-Pop Worldwide Hall of Fame for their contribution to exporting music from ...

6 years ago | May 6, 2018

No Thomas, that’s not how it’s done

ON April 22, 2018 on these pages, I wrote that “. . . no matter what comes out of Mukanya’s oft-unbridled mouth, we ...

Backstage with a lion called Mukanya

IT was a mixed crowd: the grey-haired drawn by nostalgia, the young out to verify the legend.

6 years ago | April 22, 2018

Big welcome for Mapfumo

Takudzwa Chihambakwe “MUKANYA woye, Mukanya woye,” echoed chants across the foyers of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe ...

Mukanya and the new zeitgeist

Some will find Thomas Mapfumo’s outspokenness unnerving during his 12-day stay in Zimbabwe.

6 years ago | February 18, 2018

America is not my home: Mukanya – Legend returns to Zim ...

LEGENDARY Chimurenga music star, Dr Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo, has reassured fans that this time around, he will turn up ...

6 years ago | February 11, 2018

Winky D, Jah Prayzah in game of thrones

FORGET the nuclear and naval arms races between nation states; Zimbabwe’s music industry, pop culture in particular, has ...

6 years ago | November 26, 2017

The mysteries of Dr Thomas Mapfumo

Leisure Editor Twelve years after Dr Mapfumo left Zimbabwe, The Sunday Mail tries to piece together why the revered ...