Photo: Chimurenga Movement

Artist: Thomas Mapfumo
Album: Chimurenga Movement
Genre: African Pop, Chimurenga
Label: aNOnym reCOrds

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Track List

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1. Vanotsenga Mukanwa
2. Fire-Fire
3. Tipeiwo Mari
4. Kundenderedzana
5. Jaja Mujakacha
6. Chinobhururuka Chinomhara
7. Batanai Mose
8. Erina
9. Sevenzai Hama
10. Toi-Toi

Album Reviews

Review: 

When Mapfumo went into the studio in 1997 to record this, Zimbabwe was in a sorry state. "[This] is a really political record," says Mapfumo. Musically, Chimurenga Movement is complex fusion of styles. It contains no ancient mbira songs, although 'Jaja Mujakacha' is a traditional song adapted to mbira. The Blacks Unlimited's three-man mbira section creates the underpinning for all these diverse grooves, from the chugging lope of 'Vanotsenga Mukanwa' to the breathless jaunt of 'Erina.'

— CalabashMusic.com


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