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05/24/2015
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Thomas Mapfumo – Lion Songs
Subtitled “Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe” (formerly Rhodesia). A retrospective on the career this African musical legend, who provided much of the highlife & Afro-rock soundtrack to his country’s many struggles, from their unilateral declaration of independence from Britain in 1965, to national recognition in 1980, & then under the corrupt president Robert Mugabe & beyond. Released as a companion to the book “Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe” by Banning Eyre.
