Once referred to as the Bob Dylan of Zimbabwe, a social activist and founder of chimurenga music, Thomas Tafirenyika "Mukayana" Mapfumo is also often referred to as "the Lion of Zimbabwe". For almost 30 years he and his Blacks Unlimited band have musically supported his people, the Shona, in their struggle for social and economic justice and for the preservation of their culture. Mapfumo dubbed his music chimurenga after the Shona word meaning "struggle", a concept he and his people are familiar with.

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