| LC control no. | no 00017353 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.M72 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Mtukudzi, Oliver |
| Variant(s) | Mtukudzi, Tuku Mutukudzi, Oliver |
| Associated country | Zimbabwe |
| Birth date | 1952-09-22 |
| Death date | 2019-01-23 |
| Place of birth | Highfield (Harare, Zimbabwe) |
| Place of death | Harare (Zimbabwe) |
| Affiliation | Wagon Wheel Jazz Band Dzandimometera Band PakarePaye Arts Center |
| Profession or occupation | Guitarists Singers Composers |
| Found in | Jit, 1993: opening credits (Oliver Mtukudzi) Wikipedia, June 12, 2007 (Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi; b. 1952, Highfield, Harare; Zimbabwean musician) AMG, June 4, 2008 (Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi; b. Sept. 22, 1952) LCCN 93718078: Sugar pie, p1988 (511 field: Oliver Mutukudzi) LCCN 96981495: His Son of the soil, between 1990 and 1995 (usage: Oliver Mutukudzi) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 27, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mtukudzi, Oliver; Tuku; guitarist, popular singer, songwriter; born 22 September 1952 in Harare, Zimbabwe; recorded his first single, Stop after Orange (1975); worked in the band Wagon Wheels, playing in the Congolese rumba style then popular across Africa; recorded first hit with the band Dzandimometera; released over fifty recordings; performed across Africa, Europe, and North America; acted or performed in several films, including Jit, the first motion picture with an all-Zimbabwean cast (1990); famous guitar works draw on the mbira music of Zimbabwe's Shona culture, which refers to the style of music and to the thumb piano on which it is performed; founded the PakarePaye Arts Center in Norton (2003); stirred controversy with Wasakara (You Are Worn Out) from the recording Bvuma (Tolerance) as a call for the president of Zimbabwe to step down (2001); performed at a party celebrating the appointment of the nation's first female vice president, Joyce Mujuru (2005)) New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 29, 2019 (Oliver Mtukudzi; Oliver Dairai Mtukudzi; b. Sept. 22, 1952, in Highfield, a dense, impoverished neighborhood of Harare (then Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia); d. Jan. 23, Harare, aged 66; his singing and guitar playing harnessed influences from across Southern Africa to create the most popular musical style in Zimbabwe, known as "Tuku music," after his nickname; sang anthems of social lament and timeless wisdom, typically in Shona, Zimbabwe's predominant language, but also in English and Ndebele) |
| Not found in | Halliwell's filmgoer's companion, 1997; Internet movie database WWW home page, Mar. 6, 2000; All movie guide WWW home page, Mar. 6, 2000 |
| Associated language | sna eng nde |
| Invalid LCCN | no 98024974 |
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