Thomas Mapfumo
Real Name: | Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo |
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Profile: | Born in 1945 in Marondera, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. He began his musical career playing covers of American rock and soul music before joining Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, where he began adapting traditional music of the Shona to modern instrumentation and techniques. This process included transcribing the scales and sounds of the mbira to electric guitar.
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Sites: | Wikipedia , thomas-mapfumo.com |
In Groups: | Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, The Acid Band, The Blacks Unlimited |
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