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Amazon.com Mapfumo, born in 1945, is styled the "Lion Of Zimbabwe" because of his unceasing socio-political activism and iconic world profile. Beginning with his involvement in the fight to transform white-dominated Rhodesia into the Republic of Zimbabwe in 1980, he has devoted his life to combating corruption and injustice everywhere. Forced into exile by his criticism of Robert Mugabe's quarter-century-old regime, he now lives in the USA. Meanwhile, although he is unquestionably his nation's biggest star, his output is presently banned there. Mapfumo's musical style, a suavely melodic mixture of local triple rhythms, sometimes flavored by reggae and other tributaries, is known as chimurenga (the Shona word for struggle). It still packs a punch here, whether fronted by repetitive mbira (thumb piano) and guitar riffs, church-like organs, rib-crunching bass, close harmony and unison choirs, or blasts of martial brass. His message remains of paramount importance, whether speaking of intimate concerns, such as in the ineffably tender "Mukanzi Wangu," where a wife patiently awaits the return of her husband, a migrant worker, or addressing the commonality of all peoples under God in "Marudzi Nemarudzi." Mapfumo, the poet of righteous conflict, has fashioned a work of singular beauty, power and maturity. --Christina Roden Product Description Thomas Mapfumo is Known as the Lion of Zimbabwe for Good Reason. As a Young Musician He was Jailed by Ian Smith's White Government of the Old Rhodesia for Subversive Lyrics and Fomenting Rebellion. He was the Hero of the Forces of Liberation who were to Go on and Win Freedom for the People of a New Country - Zimbabwe. Since 1979 He Has Been the Single Biggest Star in that Country and is a True Man of the People. So it Has Been Especially Hard for Him to See the Problems that have Come About Over 25 Years of Mugabe's Rule - and this Being the Lion of Zimbabwe, There was No Way He was Going to Stay Quiet for Long. So Now, Once Again He Finds Himself on the Wrong Side of his Country's Government, his Records Banned, his Life in Danger. He Now Lives in Exile in the USA, but his Music is Still Totally, Uniquely, his Own - and Once Again is a Call to his People to Change...to "Rise Up".
