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Chimurenga '98

Thomas MapfumoAudio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)


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Thomas Mapfumo was born in 1945 in Marondera, a small town south of the Rhodesian capital, Salisbury (Harare). He spent his first ten years living an old-fashioned, traditional life in the countryside with his grandparents, removed from the growing bitterness of the cities and townships.

When Mapfumo was ten, he moved to Mbare, the poorest and toughest black township of Salisbury and a center of… Read more in Amazon's Thomas Mapfumo Store

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (December 14, 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Anonym Records
  • ASIN: B00000IP9L
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,524 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. The Bream Fish
2. Who Has Destroyed Our Home
3. We Rejoice
4. Dance For Us
5. Don't Play Around With A Snake
6. You've Branded Me A Witch
7. The War Of Liberation
8. You Just Scold Each Other
9. The Reason Why
10. I'm Now Leaving
11. Set The People Free
12. The Lions Of Soccer

 

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a great introduction to chimerunga music, July 3, 2000
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Jeremy R Youde (Iowa City, IA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chimurenga '98 (Audio CD)
this album is nearly ideal for those interested in trying to understand the power and passion of chimerunga music. while it may seem to leack some of the urgency of mapfumo's work in the 1970s, his biting social criticisms and observations of daily life in zimbabwe provide an excellent window into comtemporary zimbabwean society. mapfumo truly is the voice of modern-day zimbabwe, and this recording only serves to further cement that position. while nothing can beat seeing him live, playing in some shebeen in the high-density suburbs of harare, this album comes close.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars His best album in years, December 23, 2003
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This review is from: Chimurenga '98 (Audio CD)
This is one of Mapfumo's finest albums ever, certainly the best of the nineties. A perfect balance between traditional, jit-chimurenga and other-worldly is maintained. Chigwaya, Ndave Kuenda and Usatambe Nenyoka allow Joshua Dube to showcase his mbira guitar style -- actually he shines throughout. Ndiani Waparadza Musha features Mali griot-style acoustic guitar from Banning Eyre, mbira driven Mali melodies over a traditional Shona trance rhythm - not to mention Mapfumo's wailing vocals and beautiful backing from the singing daughters. Also check out Titambire (watch for Baba Maal's Mariama groove in the bassline), Zimba Remabwe; all the styles Mapfumop has ever delved in are here, SA influenced Afrojazzy stuff, reggaeish materials, pure chimurenga and jit, afro-pop. Better than Chimurenga Explosion, which is saying a lot
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