Zimbabwe band uses music to call for freedom
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''\1\ musii is born out of
flu* slriiKwl''
\\ itli tli.it sliilfiiii'nl /tin
habwi- born tmisii i.in I Imin
hs Mapfiinio tb'finini fii.s firm
slant I- on fn-oiiom ind Ins
passion for i rt'.ititiR s.irilon
H i,instil .uni inspir.ition.il
musii uiiii .uni m Hi*
hi'. country's revolution and at constant
udds s\ ill) tin' government
It s not unusual lor an artist in write,
and sing about sin lal iniustiie and ra
i lal oppression, but h >w mans aitists
at lu.ills help i reale an uientits and de
line a nation at the same linn"’
Mapfumn s\as tie- Inst artist in bis
i nunlry to address sm b national issues
When the ssar broke out be retailed
ol the earlier das s ss lien bis countrs s\ as
railed Rhodesia "ms musii helped
bring the people bat k to their own iden
tits I'bey started to follow ms type of
musii Zimbabwe style music Many
people turned aw.iv Irum the Western
sty If of inllsti
I .was getting popular with our peo
pli- and tin- government didii I like- what
u as going on
W lii ii !in* i • . Iisli -peaking Rhode
sian government translated Mapfumo s
native Shpiia lyrit s they deemed them
.ii. militant and advoe ating jiolitii .il
change Meanwhile I In- Rhodesian
Hroade ast ing Company banned
Mapfumo s music lt..in tin- aiivsavi--.
Thai, of course- only - served to in
crease Ins popularity which eventually
led to Ills being put ill 'tO-day detention
"They had a charge against rue saying
my musii was itifluenc ing young pen
pie to leave tin- country. get trained,
and conn- back -fighting the; govern
ment. Mapfumo said I said that my
music was the music cef the people of
Zimbabwe and I wasn't going tu do
away with it bee an sc it w as my own c ul
lure
With tin- gag of tensotslnp fading to
hold him bite k Mapfumo bee ame a c ala
lysl and Ills music became the battle
cry that in l‘IHO ended iiiloni.il rule
and founded tile state of Zimlmbvve
A! file time Mapfutno ['■nil;iii;nl til.tl
tile struggle fur control of Zimbabwe
was ,i spiritual as well as a political hat
tie and he realized that his < nuntrv had
no distmi t Zimbabwean " sound
\ll the mvisit M.ipfumo and his peers
were plating was foreign, ranging from
western rw h n roll to South African
rhythms to Jamaican reggae
What sets Mapfurno s t hiimuenga (lit
erally tin' music of struggle) music
apart from music of the other African
countries is the Mbira (thumb piano)
The Mhira is plated mostly by people
who come from the rural areas of Zim
balnve and those who live ill the com
nuinal lands
Kei ogilizing its dalle cable heal
Mapftimp modernized' the sound hy
transferring thi Mhira s gentle, mesmer
i/.ing sounds to the elr< tru guitar and
keyboard
t reating outlaw musii that affects
the soi i.d and political order is .1 roman
In notion that's fueleti mam an activist
pop performer wrote The To.s Atitfeles
//rues of Mapfvimo
By Ming Rodrigues
t ■ > 'aid I nleita men! RepoMi"
( 4«urtrs\ photo
Ihomas Mapfumo strives tit pla\ musii th.it
offers inspiration to his people
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