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Review:
Sweet Chimurenga is the 14th album from Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited. Recorded in 1994, it finds the band in a period of transition… Thomas Mapfumo recruited a number of new musicians. The year before, he had called on one of his earliest collaborators, Joshua Dube, to replace lead guitarist Ephraim Karimaura, who had died near the end of 1993. Sweet Chimurenga also features guitarist Ashton "Sugar" Chiweshe, a longtime contributor to Blacks Unlimted recordings. As to the rhythm section, Mapfumo called on another old friend and colleague to spell the ailing Makokova on bass. Allan Mwale had been the bassist in The Springfields, a cover band in which Thomas sang rock 'n' roll songs during the 1960s.
— CalabashMusic.com
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