Lion Songs: Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe

~ Release by Thomas Mapfumo (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

This compilation accompanies Banning Eyre's book Lion Songs. There are 23 tracks listed but some tracks just feature brief dialogue from Thomas Mapfumo. The title of these tracks starts with "Mapfumo Speaks:"

All songs recorded with The Blacks Unlimited except track 2, recorded by The Hallelujah Chicken Run Band which included Thomas Mapfumo as drummer and vocalist, and track 3 recorded by Thomas Mapfumo & The Acid Band.

Annotation last modified on 2023-10-27 14:03 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Mapfumo Speaks: "Hallelujah!"
0:52
2Ngoma yarira
2:08
3Pamuromo chete
3:24
4Mapfumo Speaks: "Mr. Smith"
0:26
5Pfumvu pa ruzevha
4:28
6Batsu mutandrika
3:46
7Mapfumo Speaks: "No Consciousness"
0:33
8Shumba
5:08
9Chauya chirizevha
4:07
10Mapfumo Speaks: "Revolutionary Songs"
0:48
11Nyoka musango
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (from 1995 to present)
35:21
12Magariro
4:29
13Mapfumo Speaks: "Little Gods"
0:27
14Corruption
8:24
15Mapfumo Speaks: "Dying for Politics"
0:29
16Jojo
4:49
17Bukatiende
5:01
18Mapfumo Speaks: "Light at the End of the Tunnel"
0:25
19Ndiyani waparadza musha
5:59
20Mapfumo Speaks: "Stolen Land"
0:27
21Marima nzara
6:37
22Mapfumo Speaks: "A Good President"
0:53
23Ndangariro
4:43