| LC control no. | n 88260397 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mapfumo, Thomas |
| Variant(s) | Mapfumo, T. (Thomas) |
| Associated country | Zimbabwe |
| Located | United States |
| Birth date | 1945-07-02 |
| Place of birth | Marondera (Zimbabwe) |
| Affiliation | Hallelujah Chicken Run Band Acid Band |
| Profession or occupation | Drummers (Musicians) Singers Musicians |
| Found in | His Corruption, p1988: label (Thomas Mapfumo, T. Mapfumo) Kwanzaa music [SR] p1994: program notes (Thomas Mapfumo, singer from Zimbabwe) Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Mapfumo, Thomas; born 1945, Marondera, Zimbabwe) African American Studies Center, accessed February 25, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mapfumo, Thomas; known as the “Lion of Zimbabwe”; Chimurenga musician, social reformer, bandleader, singer, drummer; born 02 July 1945 in Marondera, Zimbabwe; lived a fairly traditional rural lifestyle as a child; became a singer and a drummer in a series of cover bands that played American and British hits; formed the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band (early 1970s); formed the Acid Band, which was later renamed Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited; played new style of music Chimurenga (“struggle” in Shona); relocated to the United States after years of government harassment (1999)) |
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