Thomas Mapfumo-Shumba

[SuperBizzle10]

this should have been played to cecil rhodes he and the colonialist would understand africa it still gives me goosebumps even after 25 years

[deolozo2008]

Very great, what is this music, makosa?

Thank you

[CorDeGeleia]

@deolozo2008 Im not sure, but I think its Chimurenga =) Somebody correct me if Im wrong please ^^

[deolozo2008]

@CorDeGeleia yes that's it men thank you,

by the way, i bought this album and he is great 12tracks !

[Samlloyd18]

I am looking to find a translation of the lyrics for my BA honers in music. i love this music and I am looking into the reason's why peaple write lyrics in music. Can anyone help me with translations please?? Thanks. xxx

[raymupinga]

I am relatively young (25) but each time I listen to this tune, i get goosebumps all over me! this is deep spiritual music! Am proud to belong to the Black African Lion Tribe! Hecho!

[Missleanneiscool]

@raymupinga Nah you're a grown ass man, little boy no more.

[gingerbreaddynamite]

does anyone now where i might find sheet music of Mapfumo? thanks * particularly this song *

[FamousGangHD]

good vibes all around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEACE FROM THE US 2 people have no soul

[murrayw68]

Can't understand the lyrics, of course, but the vocal is so powerful...

[chipochiroorwa]

This song reminds me of one of my 2nd second cousin's wedding at St Mark's church hall in Highfield. She is no longer with us as so many of the wedding guests. This song really tkes me back in time. I miss those moments and will never come to terms with the reality htat we will never have those moments of joy ever in our lives again.

[LarryMoyo]

@chipochiroorwa

U mean vanhu vakaita 'masteps' nekanumber aka???

[chipochiroorwa]

@LarryMoyo ehe

[chipochiroorwa]

Hamuoneka!!!! Chauya chinyakare!!!!!

[ralph1969ify]

paakanga achiri kugona

[AndyVideoMix]

I heard this when I was 14, now I have found it again in my 30's. Thankyou. This is painfully, blissfully beautiful. It transcends.

[vibrations111]

hokoyo!!!!!!

[Simiyako55]

Ndafunga Kwanyaume .Zimbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaweeeee­eeeeeeeee.

[vespistico2]

Guitars smoke..

[chivarie]

mbudzi haivhunirwe panevamwe vateereri

[tonderai263]

shumba dzezimbabwe

[lilly71714]

this song is dedicated to my lion king who is sooo sweeet!

[Arpeggi]

COLIN!

[spiderw3b]

top

[alvstarable]

totombodzisunga tichinzwa mhondoro!!!

[pmangozho]

Great stuff from the Lion of Zimbabwe

[mareveswa]

In this context Shumba is a Spirit Lion. A shamanic lion which enters into interdimensional space during worship of the ancesters; a very ancient song, cast in one mode by old guru Mashoko in the 1950s .This was played at the oracular shrines of Great Zimbabwe and the great divine pools of Mabwe-a-Dziva (matopo hills),should have been on the top list for National anthem. During the Resistance of 1890s , th such songs to reinforced Zimbabwe's Holy Shrines against desecration by Rhodes.

[rmakg]

"daidza vakuru vachionewo we........vaone zvaita musha wababa....".mukanya vakaita kunge varoteswa zvirimberi 

[kennedytakura]

Bambo,hapana kusvikirwa apa,this song is a folksong .Shasha iyi inotora dzimbo dzechinyakare yogadzirisa nama guitars amazuva ano.These songs are are derived from folklore and events that shape up the present day Zimbabwe.Manzwisisa here tsano?

[shooby73]

gorgeous music

[Bearwithmeplease]

Its an amazing feeling that overcomes me whenever I stumble across great music..I don't understand the dialect but the music is still powerful! Thanks for posting.

[ashken79]

great beautiful music!..what is shumba mean?

[Qyute]

@ashken79 shumba means Lion (the animal)

[ashken79]

@Qyute thanks..i love it.

[Missleanneiscool]

I remember this from when i was little never actually appreciated it until i left my home.

[GloballyArtistic]

The Lion of Zimbabwe is just amazing!!!

[BloodzMary]

zilizopendwa, this is it

[Phoonguy]

ha mukanya smashed it.

[hwatures]

ndochema here

[TheEbird67]

Can't beat this one !!! My favourite Mapfumo track

Paul Simon, Vampire Weekend et al get their inspiration from this

greetings from Holland

[Mmvisenim]

I get mad and u cant touch me when i am playing this song. i dnt even understand shona language but i am 100% Mukanya fan.

[rmakg]

@Mmvisenim mukanya`s e best bra!!!

[Penny068]

Nyaya hadzi taurwe muine vana Ruben Barwe .....lol .

[Qyute]

@Penny068 loooooooooooolest. Very funny lol

[meandtadiwa]

Where is my beloved Zimbabwe? Where my people? Why have struggle so much? Its time for my people to fight what belongs to them and not let a few destroy our beloved motherland. Enough is enough, its time to put our minds together and pick the moment and time to take our country back. The ex combantants who think that their sacrifice and past own our country they dont, we do and we here to take it back. Prepare, get ready, its now or never. Noto fighting each other, no to tribalism, No No No No

[pleasureseekers80s]

@meandtadiwa well said

[thegatesofhades]

maybe its time i went back home

[macnos]

@thegatesofhades Ndizvo zvandiri kutofungawo.

[mwenewazvo101]

THANX Mukanya, thats what I call music.

[wpromotor]

Long live African beats...I love this song.

[awoo20]

True, real and beautiful music (amazing song) I love it...This is the birth place of civilization, the beginning of rhythm started in Africa...

[fixzimbabwe]

Great Zimbeat!

[Qyute]

fodya yangu pliz. Chimonera one time!!!

[piills]

This song used to make me fall asleep when i was a baby. I rediscovered it not long ago and...i totally recognize it. And it's definitly in my top 10 of best songs in the world.

[tendiwero]

Rega, rega rega, hekani mhukahuru.

[vibrations111]

Rova Mhanzi Dhara,music as it should be played,Koka,koka!!!!!!!

[TheNgwarai]

The heritage of our children can never be taken away forever please remember Zimbaland "ndeyeropa" land of blood. Nothing will become better until blood flows

[dee2zola]

its just the memories of growing up with our parents that can never be erased listening to these tracks we might be thousands of km but no one can take away our heritage

[dee2zola]

iweee shwaaa 

[Mmvisenim]

Kuenda kumusha, I love zim music. is there anyone that can post more music like the sound of muddyface, Leornard dembo and the outsiders.

[Penny068]

Chihota ne dust road ...imbai zvenyu sekuru vangu

[HaleemChan]

I just downloaded this mp3 at mp3iiiiify. Check that site out - its sick. Google mp3iiiiify

[sweetieluvy]

Takes me back when i was growing up, just after Independence my dad and his brother's partying the night away in celebrations!! My heritage, my memories!!

[fazzywazzy]

This invokes the spirit of true soldiers like Matsikachando Chapungu Chihombemudhara Gutsa kunhehanda sector during the liberation struggle.

[isoceles180]

I can't stop listening to this song.

[ama7271]

that's what l'm talking about, who can deny that the rhythm comes from africa

[tracko1974]

hokoyo! uyingqwele mfoka Mafumo

[oridniv]

I love expanding my taste in music, our continent is the richest in culture and art

[stardot9]

whoever said rhodeshia fuck them its zimbabwe n hold tight thomas he is a O.G unongotambisa musoro ukanzwa music yake

[peteranton]

Bloods or Crips?

He doesn't seem the type?

He seems like he'd be against all that crap, rude language, disrespect and all!

[trenchraider1]

Rhodesia was super!

[Driedroz]

man, get real!

[Hellno53]

enough respect.

[1tayali2]

@Hellno53

MAKOROKOTO

[tsuuki]

infinite creative universe spirits magic life teacher teacher

[Mmvisenim]

Thomas mapfumo is the man

[dlockley]

I used to listen to an old tape of this song on my way to school every morning! Love this one!

[JustJules]

Is this picture about the man in the white pants and the red hat getting murdered by the black cloaked witchdoctor behind him and his family or friends are the ones who sold him out so they chat as normal and pretend they have nothing to do with it?

Just asking.

[tendiwero]

No, I see why you would think that but thats not the case.All I know is thats the album cover the pictureis not very clear for me to offer you an explanation abt whats going on in the picture.

[Zvabaz]

lol, Thomas is the man in black and the others are members of the Blacks Unlimited

[socialistskinhead]

im assuming you are baked.

[Driedroz]

handiguti, handiguti...thanks mukuru wangu!

[tendiwero]

GRAND

[tenkam]

this is a heavy tune dara pfumela

[lycrest15]

IWE!

[Bungumuridzo]

Tsvuura muromo .............Big up vese vana soko mukanya murehwa makwiramiti chikweva nemawere........

[bobymafi]

da evergreen conscious guru, murimhare mukanya, rambaimakadaro

[muzezuru69]

Thanks a million hama, ndatenda hangu .

[tinashe444]

da bomb!

[jah797]

ndiko kugonaka uku thanx 4 the upload 037712

[semirai]

ndiyo music ka iyi.....talented to da max

[lycaenops]

im from colombia, and i always have been tried to find these rythms !!!! a big hug to the people of of zimbabwe !!

[dynamitecrest]

Thankyou isutinokutenda

[kelz952]

kana 50 cent hasvike apa

[73gweks]

I love this song - reminds me of my Dad - R.I.P Shumba Guru Ndoro!!!

[Ruva212]

I am convinced he was possessed when he wrote and performed this song. Ndiko kushikirwa. We need another Ambuya Nehanda to lead us in our current struggle against neocolonialism and big/strong man politics.

[JustJules]

why is that guy standing in the background like a black shadow?

[Driedroz]

well justjules, why don't you ask him

[daisychain1]

have you?

[sunshine2913]

hahahahahahaha

[barrtok]

If u want Thomas mapfumo cd, go to emusic, it's a bargain for such great music!

[kairitukega]

My two year old loves this tune.he knows quality when he hears one.

[irirasum]

nyaya hadzitaurwe pane vateerei

[stupidzimba]

heavy stuffffffffffffff!!!!

[musaigwasave]

Mukanya ndizo. Pacheduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[zakafire]

gwingingwe rine ahumba ino ruma asi tine pfuti mukanya! iwe! zvakwanya arume!

[Phoonguy]

gwindingwi chiii?

[blacstud]

gwindingwi isango ----- 'jungle'

[Driedroz]

sango / munda

[phrenchvanilla]

OMG!!! Mukanya arume..

[peaceluvNnappinness]

pure niceness;)

[misstnn]

i gt dis on cd  great sng lol

[alozo19]

a genius

[massacuruman1]

I only have one mapfumo album. It a best-of put out years ago, I guess. Anyway, this is my favorite song on the whole album (CD). It's the last track I think. The guitars are killing it!

[jaimepaslesricains]

magnifique cette chanson

j'adore les instruments et la voix de thomas mapfumo

je t'aime

[daisypaul]

i plaed this tune to TUPAC IN MY OFFICE IN DC AND HE WAS HISTERICAL TO BITS I HAD TO GET HIM A COPY WORSE WHEN I EXPLAINED THE SENSE OF IT!!!GANGA NDIZVO MEMORIES

[blacstud]

jonah's signature all over this song. that was combination made in heaven.

[vhashito]

shumba

[Sibhoza]

SHUMBA!! IWE!!

[gallykambeu]

my absolute fav from mukanya, simply the best!

[Tsatse]

this is a pure classic

[chivarie]

my old time favourite could play it for hours on end

[Driedroz]

clicked wrong. it's a +3 there!!!

[mungwaru]

Svaa indeed kuna Mugabe!

Harahwa ine nharo dzemutana unoramba nemhandire kunge ichine mazino. Let the people go.

[OMGLOLWTFSTFU]

Found out about Thomas Mapfumo during this summer, he's so good! My name is Thomas too LOL!

[dangurangu]

Thanks for posting all the great songs!

[Zvabaz]

timeless, one of my favorite all time Mukanya tracks, he must have been possessed on that day

[trigpop22]

this is african rhythm to the fullest, check feel the drums, mukanya legend, hip hop is alright but tjis is where it came from... african soul..ratabula

[ravisinghbeats]

great track! thanks for posting. if you post more please let me know. 5*

[037712]

ok my friend

[037712]

best of the best when music was real music

[maximilian333]

@037712 Yeeeeeeeeeeeeesss! Real original chimurenga from Mr. Mapfumo.