Oliver Mtukudzi-Ndakuvara- www.zimvibes.com

[turnerwarehouse]

video response:

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[atlishnamvc]

i am from Argentina, and I love Oliver and his songs. Music is so beatifull but the letters of many songs are dramatics, they tell stories about violence and crimes in his country

[kichaawetu]

Just how African music should be.

[prasencekasi4ka]

A part of the lyrics: Call the mother of my children I am hurt I was injured while training the ox Call the mother of my children I am hurt I was injured while training the ox I thought this young ox would be like its elders And yet it ignored its elders' (good examples) I used to admire it as it fed in the pastures Thinking that in future we would harness it Hoping that it will do the ploughing for us Everything has gone upside down The young oxen has kicked me... Google it.

[MissBossLadyTy]

I miss home

[pakaya10100]

Ooh man this is great. Dont understand a word, but really enjoying the beat. Translation would be greatly appreciated.

[oneloveoneheartrasta]

excellent

[claragossip]

but tuku is the best

[claragossip]

jeez this is supposed to be shona not english and the english is poor....man!!!

[Fabiocarton]

I loved this tune since the first time I've hear it. Ever since, I'd learned the lyrics in the original language and sing along with Mtukudzi. Thanx for this song form Guadalajara, Mexico.

[ARMBOY6]

I first saw this music on linktv, and fell in love with this guy! A great song with a wonderful message. This is what i call Music. One Africa, One Love, Greetings from The Gambia.

[reggandjeff]

I never heard of this musician. We share the same birthday, and the same birth year. I enjoyed the music after the first note. Thank you for sharing this music. PEACE

[darrouken]

One Love from London

[okito199]

You're so awesome, that all your songs make me cry!

[mariposatu]

I am Central America and I love Tuku music, what a talent!

[GidimFiasco]

i wrote a poem for yemurai kanyangarar the zimbabwean teenager tht was killed in london earlier this month , plz watch it on my page and pass on the message . thank you

[MyMj360]

you the besttt

[mtafiti]

mwite mke wangu nimeumia, nafunza ng'ombe ikaniumiza! love it!

[tommurphy67]

Greetings from Ireland. Great music, lovely guitar-playing. Free Zimbabwe!!

[mrcrordry]

sweat african music just the best

[fasteddy60]

it's great, can't sit still !!

[D1PS3T1231]

Great song and i liked how they had the translation at the bottom

cuz im starting to forget some of my shona lol

[conchin12]

Great song, greetings from Mexico.

[tonyphiri]

work at Nandos and Tukus music plays ryt at the end of my shift! the atmosphere chance....Legend he is !

[Sigma341]

Wonderful. 

[2zikita]

kuzoti wakamunzwa munando's kuno nuUK unoita kunge uchankanda kahuku uko!lol

[Entrepreniggro]

Mudara Tuku! is a national asset to ZIMBABWE! :)

[BlackPearl330]

nice one Tuks u r the bestest

[tanya7824]

hey tuki love you so much

[mokgatlawamochudi]

I am a Motswana,but live States side...Love my Zims...great music..great people!

[tadzification]

Love this song...makes me proud to b a zimba n always reminds me where i came from. Miss home!!

[MrDzikamai]

Missing home listening to this music................ pamuzinda.

[takisha207]

no mater urikupi home its home i miss you mum i wish i can be a bad and fly one day to see u

[babytaitz]

i love this song it reminds me of home.... tuku woye!!!

[korifs]

I love the beat......gets me all the time..sounds very west african from a guy fron ZimbabweLove it

[dario7819]

lovely! living in the USA, but each time, through the song you travel the mother continent.

Pamberi M'tuku

[nabax82]

lol- KwaMereki watchu doing in cold iceland m8? hahahaha...come back to the motherland and drink warm beers. Well atleast u hv oliver's music keeping u company

[KwaMereki]

@nabax82 had to go work my friend, but u are right, home is best now i know :-) especially after a long dark winter.

[RodGab749]

oliver mtukudzi is my favorite artist. he is a great guitat player

[KwaMereki]

I was in Iceland and got the shock of my life when i heard Mtukudzi blaring out in a Reykjavik cafe....globalisation par excellence for sure!! Felt proud to be Zimbabwean.

[klappahunda]

@KwaMereki Wow!! Now THAT's globalization! I'm amazed only from reading this from you... cheers!

[modogray]

@KwaMereki always be proud to Zimbabwean... to be African.

[Spowf]

@KwaMereki world music unite!

[segunoruame]

Excellent Piece. Cant stop playing n loving it

[HTA61]

Good songs,reminds me of my Aunt.

[boibrasileiro]

i love music african iam brazilian very culture

[missbutter81]

I'm Arabic and I loooove this type of music! Hello from Iraq :-)

[zim93boy]

Shona and swahili are bantu and share a common ancestary infact kenya is actually were the ppl who were to become the shona came from before there movement south so yee the languages are actually quite similar

[macvim]

are you saying shona people cme frm kenya or wat, i dont understand wt u sayin. I knw pple frm kenya n i cnt even understand wat dey r sayin.

[zim93boy]

actually it is true The ancestors of the shonas did come from kenya and migrated south about centuries ago during the bantu expansion.however dat doesnt mean you can u can understand kenyan languages but there lanuages are indeed similar almost like portugese and spanish

[mtafiti]

@macvim most of the words like in this song are so similar to either swahili or kikuyu which are both bantu languages. the similar words are thus: wakuru (elders) in kikuyu, Ng'ombe (cow), sumbua (disturb), funza (teach) in swahili. It depends on how easy you can learn languages. Also, we Kenyans don't speak all Swahili or Kikuyu full time, we have over 50 languages and our slung reigns supreme!

[macvim]

Ng'ombe is mombe in shona , i didnt really get some of the parts u said bt thnx anwyz....

[korifs]

@macvim ...am kikuyu ng'ombe is cow...so is in swahili....the bantu speak alike.

[mtafiti]

@korifs si kila mtu alisoma 844 story za migration na origin of bantus.

[Ntuthuboy]

you are right. i speak a few african languages , tumbuka , shona ,ndebele, zulu and swahili

[mtafiti]

how is it an allegory about Mugabe? I think Mugabe is awesome, a real African!

[irvinembokala]

Apa makarova vaMtukudzi

[iluvtomandbill]

my mom used to tell me ndakuvara and i would always run and hide....but i say it to her as a joke!! its fun

[chocolatetsiru]

Hermosa Musica, saludos desde Costa Rica

Beautifull Music, greetings from Costa Rica (TIKIZIA)

[Fabiocarton]

After I heard this song, for the first time and after, I just want to make an altar to Oliver and workship him. Just incredible. One of my favorites of all time of all genres of music. Best regards from Guadalajara, Mexico.

[maddifisher]

yeah i can teach you

[scatteredprojects]

this song is awesome

[zimbabwe263]

i speak shona and cow is mombe ,i do agree plenty of Swahili and Shona words sound similar

[zelleblackrose]

zambia loves you  oliver....keep the tunes jamming!!!!!!!!!!

[Mbeebeelove]

Love me some Oliver!!!! (^_ ^)

[muzungu108]

Love this song!!! Thank you so much! Greetings from Russia!

[igduncan]

Love it.

[nonashorty926]

This is my favorite from Putumayo world music. My sister turned me on to this.

[pjubagoni]

love this love just love

[a0e0roberts]

Interesting guitar. Wonder who made it...

[ballymo85]

The guitars are always locally made in Africa cause it's a traditional instrument and many tribes in Africa have different families that make different musical instruments. This sounds alot different from Banjo.

[a0e0roberts]

Sounds different from banjo? I would hope so!

I believe a person who plays a musical instrument should build one (OK, if you play a piano, I'll let you off the hook). I'm building a few guitars right now that look like Martin Backpackers. (Check out the videos on Youtube under "Martin Backpacker"). One of the guitars in Tuku's video "Hear Me Lord" has a sound hole all the way up in the left corner!

I'm not sure how traditional they are for Zim.

[tanaka990]

me i did

[a0e0roberts]

You made the guitar? Cool. How wide is the neck at the nut? What kind of radius did you put on the fingerboard? I have dozens of questions.

[Rahmemhotep]

It's just an average travel guitar but it does look very cool doesn't it? Beautiful song! Heard it on Link tv and just had to find out more about this artist.

[dawnseattle]

This is the best exercise song, Oliver M has helped me lose 20 pounds. Love his music

[tiemhike]

old skl; this i stil remember in harare blastin it through ma dads bmw

[tkayd]

you gotta love the song. heyi ko danzi racho

[german2027]

Que buena música, recién ahora descubro a Oliver, y suena muy bien.

Saludos a todos desde Argentína!!!!

[justinemiller1946]

Old white guys like good music too, and this is good.

[BigDoggTheDon]

lol wat is an oldman doin on youtube

[sheasy2002]

Greetings from the states! Great song, saw this video on link tv. Thanks for posting it.

[MaskedNaco]

he got the touch of god,master!

[Abebe345]

Genius

[kiov]

Great music, great video, great message!

What more do you want?

[muzikrehberinettc]

Olive, you are my man! come to Istanbul!

[mizzharris]

wt the meanin behind the song? does any1 kno? pliz tell me. im so curious

[princejbc2003]

I think it is talking about a parent who raised his son to be something in life. The son then grows up and goes his own way, ignoring his parents' teaching. So the father here is talking about his hurt.

[radvank]

I imagine that in Zimbabwe it' s probably necessary to speak allegorically. This song could be construed as a criticism of Mugabe, or it could just be a simple song about an ox or my view about disillusion with loved ones (which covers both the above!)

[tatemunja]

ohh i luv u response so so tru:)

[nzala1985]

I am zambian but I've always loved tuku music!!this guy is a ledgend in africa!!!

[guitarbastrd]

Gotta be one of the most beautiful pieces I've heard in many years!!

[ilovethelondontube]

what a tune! we love you tuku!

[kweencessX]

Oliver, Brenda Fassie, Ray Phiri, Hugh Masekela, Salif Keita.

Musical geniuses of Africa.

[bloodraing]

thats my zimbabwean hommie i love him

[okellookello]

as africans don't have to understand the language because this is african music!!

i love my people!

[MZambia]

Word up! Thas for real!

[siteconsult]

one of the best we have in africa!

[Mattiecomeback9]

It remins me so much of home this music. I don't understand the words and the subtitles are a good idea. Wow God blessd Zim with this man. Oh and its nice to see his dancers too. I felt like i almost knew the steps as well cos we watched them dance like so many times back then

[Khian89]

Am Zambian but TUKU is just great. Can't understand a single word but his music is just real.

[babetoo1]

truly African,takes you back to the Motherland

[socialistskinhead]

tuku is great

[sidique1973]

not only does this remind me of zimbabwe,but of zambia too...oh i LOVE LOVE LOVE this song

[smvr]

lEGENd:DD

[agwengewoudawimbo]

Am Kenyan but Tuku moves me.His songs are an African masterpiece.Any Zimbawean willing to translate and exchange info on tuku's music? please feel free.You are most welcome.

[babetoo1]

which ones do u need translated?

[piffcain]

LEGEND

[kaguvi777]

this is good!

[custommmade]

love this dude

[Squaddiezim]

Ndiwe Tuku ndiwe baba!

[flaullo]

La primera vez que vi esta cancion me encanto! jamas pense que la podria encontrar aqui! que bueno que las subiste Zimvibes :o)

[macvim]

Can yu pliz upload bvuma

[phillymungu]

tuks is the man

[Nubia6]

What´s vhunze moto?

[sarudzai14]

tuku rocks...

[macvim]

i agree tuku is brilliant,his perfomance in dublin on thursday was good.Made mi miss home.

[yootoob23]

what is the name of the dance they do at 1:40? I love it. Tuku is the best

[phillymungu]

tuku is the man.

[Harpo80]

Oliver Mtukudzi y Cheikh Lo son los dos mejores cantante de toda Africa!!!! y se podria decir del mundo.

en africa esta el futuro, africa is the future!!!

[rashidashi]

tukuuu true great

[nyashamidzi]

this dude is own level...deeper than any other musician out there...where can i get these movies.? this one and neria

[Nyangao]

Thanks for posting this with subtitles. This has been my favourite for a long time, but not knowing the lingo, I obviously didn't understand a word. Often when you get to know the lyrical content of a song it's a bit of an anti-climax. Not so with this song. I think the lyrics are incredibly moving.

[do0wop]

Wo0ow

May God Bless Tuku.

It takes a special blessed and talented guy like Tuku to bless yah with a song about oxes lo0l.

God Bless yah man...Like yo0h blessed me...(Cheese I kno0w)

[tatemunja]

listening to music like this reminds me tht i am something and should be proud to be zimbabwean cuz a lot of pple mke me doubt myself and beliefs thanks for reminder tuku

[kwasnier]

tino penga takan zwa

rubo ra oliver (ndakuvara)

inini ndakuvara niri mu zimbi

[stoitchboy]

One of the greatest living musicians...

[dallas2tx]

This is simply fantastic!!! Reminds me so much of Zim.

[meandtadiwa]

Our only solace to our great sufferings and tears in our eyes. Tears of zimbabweans with no decent meals due to sanctions, corruptions, tears of zimbabweans working long hours in the back of beyond with no hope and future, tears of Zimbabweans struggling 4 a living abroad in tortous environment paid less, but asked to work more. Time has come for us Zimbabweans to unite and work for the good of our country. We cannot continue to be away from our heritage and belonging.

[blessn]

zim music is the best!!!!

[BootifulbaBB]

mucho respec'!

[BattleAngel]

this guy is a cool cat. i like his song wongororo.

[theslayer911]

tuku music

shamwari

[TheEditorqueen]

This is a neat song, don't know if I can understand it completely like if there is a deeper meaning than what he is saying, but I do know it's a beautiful song.

[meansalley]

I saw Oliver in Lansing MI 2 years ago and have been listening ever since. Would have never happened if I didn't work with people from Zimbabwe

[bennyboom82]

you are right i was at that concert too. It was incredible..He's a legend.

[Wagikuyu]

this IS music!

[josinah]

i love this man!!!!

[Zimbo333]

What a legend!

[diddy47]

trade mark guitar at 4.52 to end...even the likes of Timbaland sampled his music in "Party People"

[diddy47]

i see he ain't exactly stiff...he can flex some huh from 2.50 to 3.00 considering he is over 40 or maybe 50...cool stuff

[diddy47]

thas cool african rythmss ryt there...tru playa..been in the game so long n the sound still top notch

[jaehooper]

brings you home when you are far away. friday nights at hide out.

[bethlizzy]

hate the subtitles; couldn't be more literal and miss the point.

[Alexisxoxlove]

Thanks a lot!!!

Oliver Mtukudzi anogona kuimba zvakanaka:)

[munyaradzi1]

Tuku ndinoda music wako wish i understood what it means give me 1 year though my hubby is teaching me the language

[Phj2003]

I love Oliver,, I saw him here in denmark and also i Zimbabwe

[nielswall]

this nice, i listen to it even when i am in europe