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Choice Chimurenga is a compilation of songs from several of Mapfumo’s recent albums: Sweet Maria & Timothy from Toi Toi; Marima Nzara, Zimbabwe, & Havasevenzi Vapfana from Chimurenga Rebel; Manhungetunge & Pamuromo Chete from Manhungetunge; Mamvemne, Kuende Mbire, & Disaster from Chimurenga Explosion; Nyama Musango from Live at El Rey; and Usatambe Nenyoka & Chimurenga from Chimurenga ‘98.

If you don’t yet have all these albums, Choice Chimurenga provides a good opportunity to sample them in your search for the music you like best.

Tracks:

• 1. Sweet Maria (6:24) Listen
• 2. Timothy (7:32) Listen
• 3. Marima Nzara (You have ploughed hunger) (6:57) Listen
• 4. Zimbabwe (3:30)
• 5. Havasevenzi Vapfana (The youth are unemployed) (4:45)
• 6. Manhungetunge (Tweaking stomach ache) (4:42)
• 7. Pamuromo Chete (It's just talking) (6:31)
• 8. Mamvemne (Tattered rags) (6:32)
• 9. Kuende Mbire (You have left us) (6:17)
• 10. Disaster (5:44)
• 11. Nyama Musango (Nyamamusango) (There is meat in the forest) (8:12)
• 12. Usatambe Nenyoka (Don't play around with a snake) (6:25)
• 13. Chimurenga (6:07)

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.

Tracks:

• 1. Tipeiwo Mari (5:40)
• 2. Ndave Kuenda (5:58) Listen
• 3. Hurombo (5:24)
• 4. Nhamo Zvakare (6:06)
• 5. Chemutengure (6:27)
• 6. Kune Rima (5:18)
• 7. Manhungetunge (4:40)
• 8. Mukadzi Wemukoma (5:37)
• 9. Pamuromo Chete (6:29)
• 10. Kundenderendzana (5:47)
• 11. Joyce (6:06)
• 12. Pidigori (8:04) Listen

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.

Tracks:

• 1. Timothy
• 2. Musha Wenyu (Your Home)
• 3. Pasi Inhaka (This World)
• 4. Komborera (Bless)
• 5. Tatsvukira (We Are Grilled)
• 6. Ndateterera (I am pleading)
• 7. Mukoma J (Big Brother J)
• 8. Vechidiki (Youngsters)
• 9. Dande
• 10. Sweet Maria

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

acoustic guitar, bass, drums, electric guitar, guitar, keyboards, marimba, mbira, percussion, piano, saxophone, tenor saxophone, trombone, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Brooks Barnett, Firisita Bisiwasi, Abel Chipango, Philip Domingo, Banning Eyre, Zivai Guveya, Willard Karanga, Tsepo Makhaza, Bezil Makombe, Lancelot Mapfumo, Mavis Mapfumo, Thomas Mapfumo, Chaka Mhembere, Christopher Muchabaiwa, Njwaki Batista Nyoni, Paul Prince, David Rhodes, Marven Sarutawa, Philip Mandizvidza Svosve, Ohj Tavallai, Gilbert Zvamaida.

Tracks:

• Chimurenga Rebel
• 1. Pasi Paenda (4.:05)
• 2. Marima Nzara (5.:57)
• 3. Zimbabwe (3.:30)
• 4. Yarira Ngoma (4.:44)
• 5. Huni (6.:38)
• 6. Havasevenzi Vapfana (4.:45)
• 7. Wauraiwa (4.:04)
• 8. Vanoita Sevanokudai (5.:02)
• 9. Baba Vevana (4.:47)
• 10. Marevanhando (5.:24)
• Manhungetunge
• 1. Big in America (6.:09)
• 2. Ndaparara (7.:15)
• 3. Magobo (7.:40)
• 4. Ndini Ndega (8.:36)
• 5. Manhungetunge (4.:42)
• 6. Regai Vakanganise (6.:19)
• 7. Chemutengure (6.:29) Listen
• 8. Mangoma (7.:19)
• 9. Pamuromo Chete (6.:31)

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.

with Wadada Leo Smith and N’Da Kulture.

Tracks:

• 1. Dreams - New Delta Blues (performed by Wadada Leo Smith) (2:19)
• 2. Regai Tione/Jealousy (performed by Wadada Leo Smith, Thomas Mapfumo) (10:36) Listen
• 3. South Central LA (performed by Wadada Leo Smith) (5:44) Listen
• 4. Secrets - New Delta Blues (performed by Wadada Leo Smith) (1:35)
• 5. Big in America (performed by Thomas Mapfumo) (6:10) Listen
• 6. Lamar and N'Dasia Steppin' (performed by Wadada Leo Smith) (7:57)
• 7. Masimba/The Strength to Overcome) (performed by Wadada Leo Smith, Thomas Mapfumo) (9:45)
• 8. Anoa's Prophecy (performed by Wadada Leo Smith) (7:16)
• 9. The Zambezi River (performed by Wadada Leo Smith) (1:39)
• 10. Marimuka/Collecting my Father's Wealth (performed by Wadada Leo Smith, Thomas Mapfumo) (10:08)
• 11. The Mississippi River (performed by Wadada Leo Smith) (0:56)
• 12. Epic Memory (performed by Wadada Leo Smith) (8:02)

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

congas, drums, electric bass, electric guitar, mbira, percussion, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Woody Aplanap, Joshua Dube, Ollie Elder, Zivai Guveya, Henry Kaiser, Ngoni Makombe, Memory Makuri, Lancelot Mapfumo, Thomas Mapfumo, William Mapfumo, Gordin Mapika, Zivanai Wilberforce Masanga, Damage Edson Mbaisa, Chaka Mhembere, Christopher Muchabaiwa, Rosa Sande, Wadada Leo Smith, Sonship Theus.

Songs from Hokoyo!, Ndangariro, Mabasa, Mr. Music.

Tracks:

• 1. Ndanzwa Ngoma Kurira (3:38)
• 2. Hokoyo (4:49)
• 3. Dindingwe (3:23)
• 4. Shumba (5:11)
• 5. Hwahwa (4:51)
• 6. Mhondoro (5:05)
• 7. Nyarara Mukadziwangu (7:20)
• 8. Handina Mwana Znozochema (4:36)
• 9. Mari (8:47)
• 10. Mabasa (7:47)
• 11. Muchoni (5:57)
• 12. Kufa Kwangu (7:59)

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.

Songs from Hokoyo!, Ndangariro, Mabasa, Mr. Music.

Tracks:

• 1. Mhandu Musango (5:04)
• 2. Murandu (3:09)
• 3. Rita (5:07)
• 4. Chitima Cherusununguko (5:28)
• 5. Temerina (7:00)
• 6. Nyoka Musango (5:19)
• 7. Kambiri Kaenda (5:14)
• 8. Emma (7:23)
• 9. Chemera Chaunoda (7:20)
• 10. Usatambe Nenyoka (7:21)
• 11. Tondobayana (5:20)
• 12. Maria (5:25)

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.

”Chimurenga Explosion” was released in Zimbabwe on December 7, 1999 to rave reviews in the press and brightly lit phone lines at radio stations throughout the country. This cassette includes songs recorded in Zimbabwe and in the US in 1999. The worldwide CD release, containing two additional tracks, will be on June 6, 2000, coinciding with the band’s tour of Europe and the US. Two songs from Chimurenga Explosion are in the Top Ten in Zimbabwe, where the political situation is building to critical mass.

Tracks:

• 1. Chisi
• 2. Mamvemve
• 3. Kuenda Mbire
• 4. Disaster
• 5. Kune Rima
• 6. Moto Uyo
• 7. Washiona Chirombo
• 8. Nhamo Zvakare
• 9. Nherera
• 10. Karima

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

conga, drum kit, electric bass, electric guitar, keyboards, mbira, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Everson Chibamu, Philip Domingo, Joshua Dube, Zivai Guvheya, Willard Kalanga, Bezil Makombe, Ngoni Makombe, Memory Makuri, Lancelot Mapfumo, Thomas Mapfumo, Edson Mbaisa, Chaka Mhembere, Christopher Muchabaiwa, Samson Mukanga, Rosa Sande.

Recorded in an intimate club in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1995, this live album features a wonderfully spare backdrop to Mapfumos’ voice: two mbira, bass guitar, and drum kit.

Tracks:

• 1. Marehwarehwa
• 2. Hwahwa
• 3. Pfumvu Paruzevha
• 4. Nyama Musango (Nyamamusango)
• 5. Chikende
• 6. Mahororo
• 7. Chemutengure

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

drum kit, electric bass, electric guitar, mbira, vocals.

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.

Recorded on Thomas Mapfumo’s 50th Birthday Tour of North America in July of 1995, this live album features the mbira in a stripped-down, bare-essence group, backed by bass and drums.

Tracks:

• 1. Chigwaya (The Bream Fish)
• 2. Ndiyani Waparadza Musha (Who has Destroyed Our Home?)
• 3. Tinofara (We Rejoice)
• 4. Titambire (Dance for Us)
• 5. Usatambe Nenyoka (Don't Play Around with a Snake)
• 6. Wandiita Muroyi (You've Branded Me a Witch)
• 7. Chimurenga (The War of Liberation)
• 8. Munongotukana (You Just Scold Each Other)
• 9. Chikonzero (The Reason Why)
• 10. Ndave Kuenda (I'm Now Leaving)
• 11. Set the People Free
• 12. Shumba Dzenhabvu (The Lions of Soccer)

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

conga, drum kit, electric bass, electric guitar, keyboards, mbira, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Yapi Banton, Everson Chibamu, Joshua Hlomayi Dube, Banning Eyre, Willard Kalanga, Lawrence Kasinganeti, Charles Mabika, Bezil Makombe, Ngoni Makombe, Lancelot Mapfumo, Thomas Mapfumo, Richard Tsindi Matimba, Chaka Mhembere, Christopher Muchabaiwa, Mutsa Mudeka, Sam Mukanga, Hanciley Mukumba, Memory Mukuri, Alan Amitayi Mwale, Tendai Ruzvidzo, Dirck Westervelt.

Three mbira, bass guitar, drums, and percussion accompany Thomas Mapfumo in this recording made at Real World Studios in England in July of 1996.

Tracks:

• 1. Ngoma
• 2. Mapoto
• 3. Urombo
• 4. Wenhamo
• 5. Asingadi
• 6. Pfumvu
• 7. Akanyengwa
• 8. Nyamaropa

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

drum kit, electric bass, electric guitar, mbira, percussion, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Bezil Makombe, Ngoni Makombe, Thomas Mapfumo, William Mapfumo, Chaka Mhembere, Sam Mukanga, Alan Mwale, Jonah Sithole.

Three mbira, bass guitar, drums, and percussion accompany Thomas Mapfumo in this recording made at Real World Studios in England in July of 1996.

Tracks:

• 1. Serevende
• 2. Mhondoro
• 3. Vanhu Vatema
• 4. Nyoka Musango
• 5. Zvandiviringa
• 6. Hanzvadzi
• 7. Hwahwa
• 8. Nyarara Mukadzi Wangu
• 9. Zvenyika
• 10. Hondo
• 11. Ndavekuenda
• 12. Shumba

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

conga, drum kit, electric bass, electric guitar, keyboards, mbira, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Choruwa Benjura, Everson Chibamu, Ashton ‘Sugar’ Chiweshe, Chartwell Dutiro, Canaan Kamoyo, Ephraim Karimaura, Washington Kavhayi, Charles Makokova, Basil Makombe, Ngoni Makombe, Lancelot Mapfumo, Thomas Mapfumo, Emanuel Matambanadzo, Sabastian ‘Carlie Barrett’ Mbata, Allan Amitayi Mwale, Ernest Ncube, Tendai Ruzvidzo, Christine Sarayi, Jonah Sithole, Sithembile Siziba, Lorenee Tinarwo.

Tracks:

• 1. Pidigori (4:01)
• 2. Ngoma Yekwedu (5:00)
• 3. Pemberai (4:46)
• 4. Nyamutamba Nemombe (4:51)
• 5. Zeve Zeve (3:14)
• 6. Pachinyakare (7:25)
• 7. Taireva (4:38)
• 8. Haruna (4:28)
• 9. Tombi Wachena (3:17)
• 10. Kuyaura (4:03)
• 11. Madhebhura (3:50)
• 12. Ruva Rangu (3:41)
• 13. Dangurangu (6:24)
• 14. Madiro (4:58)
• 15. Tongosienda (4:57)
• 16. Makandiwa (3:58)

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

conga, drum kit, electric bass, electric guitar, mbira, saxophone, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Everson Chibamu, Picket Chiyangwa, Joshua Hlomayi Dube, Monde Hannock, Jonasi, Basic Kampewu, Washington Kavhayi, Charles Makokova, Thomas Mapfumo, William Mapfumo, Sabastian Mbata, Jonah Sithole, Suki.

Tracks:

• 1. Pidigori (4:01)
• 2. Ngoma Yekwedu (5:00)
• 3. Pemberai (4:46)
• 4. Nyamutamba Nemombe (4:51)
• 5. Zeve Zeve (3:14)
• 6. Pachinyakare (7:25)
• 7. Taireva (4:38)
• 8. Haruna (4:28)
• 9. Tombi Wachena (3:17)
• 10. Kuyaura (4:03)
• 11. Madhebhura (3:50)
• 12. Ruva Rangu (3:41)
• 13. Dangurangu (6:24)
• 14. Madiro (4:58)
• 15. Tongosienda (4:57)
• 16. Makandiwa (3:58)

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

conga, drum kit, electric bass, electric guitar, mbira, saxophone, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Everson Chibamu, Picket Chiyangwa, Joshua Hlomayi Dube, Monde Hannock, Jonasi, Basic Kampewu, Washington Kavhayi, Charles Makokova, Thomas Mapfumo, William Mapfumo, Sabastian Mbata, Jonah Sithole, Suki.

Tracks:

• 1. Vatete
• 2. Chikende
• 3. Njodzi
• 4. Chemutengure
• 5. Tsotsi
• 6. Kuwanikwa Pano
• 7. Zvatakabva Kuhondo
• 8. Ndiwe Chete
• 9. Mvura Ngainaye
• 10. Vana Vechikoro

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.

Tracks:

• 1. Hanzvadzi (Sister)
• 2. Ndakura (I Am Grown Up)
• 3. Chipo Ndechangu (This Gift Is Mine)
• 4. Amai vaMwana (My Wife)
• 5. Ndozvamaida (As You Wished)
• 6. Ndinofarira Zimbabwe (I Celebrate Zimbabwe)
• 7. Zvenyika (Politics)
• 8. Ndinotenda (Thank You)
• 9. Dande
• 10. Vanhu Vatema (Black People)

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

conga, drum kit, electric bass, electric guitar, keyboards, mbira, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Allan Amitayi, Everson Chibamu, Ashton ‘Sugar’ Chiweshe, Chartwell Dutiro, Canaan Kamoyo, Ephraim Karimaura, Charles Makokova, Basil Makombe, Ngoni Makombe, Lancelot Mapfumo, Thomas Mapfumo, Emanuel Matambanadzo, Sabastian ‘Carlie Barrett’ Mbata, Tendai Ruzvidzo, Christine Sarayi, Lorenee Tinarwo.

Tracks:

• 1. Hondo (War)
• 2. Maiti Kurima Hamubvire (You Once Boasted You Were A Great Farmer)
• 3. Buka Tiende (Rise Up, Let’s Go)
• 4. Magariro (Way Of Life)
• 5. Chako Ndechako (What’s Yours Is Yours)
• 6. Vanhu Vekwedu (Our People)
• 7. Mukondombera (AIDS)

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

conga, drum kit, electric bass, electric guitar, keyboards, mbira, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Choruwa Benhura, Everson Chibamu, Ashton ‘Sugar’ Chiweshe, Chartwell Dutiro, Canaan Kamoyo, Ephraim Karimaura, Washington Kavhayi, Charles Makokova, Basil Makombe, Lancelot Mapfumo, Thomas Mapfumo, Sabastian ‘Carlie Barrett’ Mbata, Ernest Ncube, Christine Sarayi, Sithembile Siziba.

One of Mapfumo’s very best albums, featuring his trademark mix of mbira, electric guitars, horns, and drums, with a chorus of women’s voices backing up his own rough, mesmerizing vocals. Chamunorwa is a superb example of transposing ancient music to modern instruments without losing the depth and vitality of the musical tradition.

Tracks:

• 1. Hwa Hwa
• 2. Muramba Doro
• 3. Chitima Ndikature
• 4. Chamunorwa
• 5. Hurokuro
• 6. Nyama Yekugocha

Instruments: (in alphabetical order)

conga, electric bass, electric guitar, keyboards, mbira, saxophone, trumpet, vocals.

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Kaya Charimba, Everson Chibamu, Kudzai Chiramuseni, Chartwell Dutiro, Ephraim Karimaura, Washington Kavhai, Charles Makokowe, Lancelot Mapfumo, Thomas Mapfumo, Ernest Ncube, Tendai Ruzvidzo.

This album illustrates the directions Mapfumo has taken in the years since the Chimurenga, a maturing of the sound we hear today on such albums as Hondo and Vanhu Vatema.

Tracks:

• 1. Nyarara Mukadzi Wangu
• 2. Temerina
• 3. Handina Mwana Anozochema
• 4. Nyoka Musango
• 5. Kambiri Kaenda
• 6. Emma

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.

One of the best collections of Mapfumo’s electric music from the years leading up to Independence and the subsequent reconstruction.

Tracks:

• 1. Shumba (Lion)
• 2. Taireva (We Used to Say)
• 3. Nzwananai (Have Mutual Understanding)
• 4. Mhondoro (Spirit Lion)
• 5. Dangurangu (First Born)
• 6. Joyce
• 7. Zimbabwe Yevatema (Black Man’s Zimbabwe)
• 8. Mabasa (Work)
• 9. Hwawha (Beer)
• 10. Pachinyakare (Long Ago)
• 11. Butsu Mutandarika (Butsu Mutandari) (Long Oversized Shoe)
• 12. Nyarai (Be Ashamed)

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.

Here is a collection of ten of Mapfumo’s politically powerful, rockin’ singles that span the years from the height of the Chimurenga (liberation struggle) until just after Zimbabweans won their independence from White Rhodesian rule in 1980. These tracks also span Mapfumo’s tenure with the Acid Band, which he left in 1978, and the Blacks Unlimited with whom he still plays today.

Tracks:

• 1. Chauya Chirizevha (Rural Life Is Back)
• 2. Tozvireva Kupiko (Who Shall We Share Our Frustrations With?)
• 3. Pfumvu pa Ruzevha (Hanga) (Hardships In The Rural Areas)
• 4. Kwaedza Mu Zimbabwe (It Has Dawned In Zimbabwe)
• 5. Africa
• 6. Nyarai (Be Ashamed)
• 7. Chipatapata (Confusion)
• 8. Butsu Mutandarika (Butsu Mutandari) (Long Oversized Shoe)
• 9. Munhu Mutema (Black People)
• 10. Ndiyani Achatipa Runyararo (Who Will Give Us Peace)

Credits:

Thomas Mapfumo.