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Author Eyre, Banning, author.

Title Lion songs : Thomas Mapfumo and the music that made Zimbabwe / Banning Eyre
Published Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (362 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Contents Chimurenga nights -- Rhodesia -- England is the chameleon, and I the fly -- Singing Shona -- When the spirit comes -- Songs for the book of history -- Bishop and pawn -- Agony of victory -- Zimbabwe -- Snakes in the forest -- Corruption -- Big daddy and the Zimbabwe playboys -- Sporting lions -- Too many ghosts -- Breaking the cycle -- America -- Striking at empires -- Dancing with devils -- The land of the horses -- Lions in winter
Summary In Lion Songs Banning Eyre tells the story of Zimbabwean singer, composer and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo who, like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, represents his country's anti-colonial struggle and cultural identity. Eyre narrates Mapfumo's life in the context of Zimbabwe's pre- and post-revolutionary history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343), discography (pages 337-339) and index
Notes English
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Subject Mapfumo, Thomas.
SUBJECT Mapfumo, Thomas
Mapfumo, Thomas. fast (OCoLC)fst00253263
Mapfumo, Thomas, (1945- ...) ram
Subject Blacks Unlimited (Musical group)
Popular music -- Political aspects -- Zimbabwe
Popular music -- Zimbabwe -- History and criticism
Revolutionary ballads and songs -- Zimbabwe
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Popular music.
Popular music -- Political aspects.
Revolutionary ballads and songs.
Musik
Musique populaire -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Aspect politique Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust.
Musique populaire -- Congo (République démocratique) Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust -- Dictionnaires.
Ballades (piano, trompettes (2)) Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust -- Dictionnaires.
Chimurenga.
Zimbabwe.
Simbabwe
Zimbabwe.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822375425
0822375427