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...defy his receding hairline, realized in the late 1980s that he might have to go back to battle. "Corruption was rampant," he says. "Mugabe has taken the wrong direction." His reply: Varombo Kuvarombo (1988), released abroad in 1989 as Corruption. He hasn't let up, writing songs like Zvatakabva Kuhondo (As we finish the battle, 1994) and Ndiyani Waparadza Musha (Who has destroyed our home?, 1998). State-run ZBC radio - the main source of news and entertainment - often bans Mapfumo's songs. During the chimurenga, ZANU-PF ran a Mozambique-based short-wave station that beamed into the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Singing The Walls Down | 2/23/2003 | See Source »

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