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Oliver Mtukudzi: Nhava

Read "Nhava" reviewed by AAJ Staff


It's been thirty years since Oliver “Tuku Mtukudzi released his debut single, and in that time the Zimbabwean superstar has managed to cement a very distinctive sound. Together with his Black Spirits band, Tuku has developed a fusion of traditional Shona music with other southern African idioms, colored by faint blues and country overtones, that somehow ...

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Oliver Mtukudzi: Nhava

Read "Nhava" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


The Heads Up Africa series has featured such artists as Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, there's nothing not to like about this music emerging from Southern Africa. This hit parade continues with Zimbabwean guitarist/vocalist Oliver Mtukudzi's Nhava. The album ("carrying bag in Shona) is a collection of advice, encouragement, and wisdom for travelers ...

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Shanda

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2004

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Article: African Jazz

Oliver Mtukudzi: Shanda

Read "Oliver Mtukudzi: Shanda" reviewed by AAJ Staff


He made the cover of Time magazine in March of 2003, and he's attracted a lot of listeners outside the following in his home country, but it's an unfortunate fact that most people haven't ever heard of Oliver Mtukudzi. When John and Louise Riber decided to make a movie about the Zimbabwean pop star, ...

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Psss Psss Hallo!

Label: Enja Records
Released: 1990

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Sugar Pie

Label: Enja Records
Released: 1988


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