Hassan Abukar

Jul 14, 2023 | africanarguments.org | Percy Zvomuya |Kris Berwouts |Hassan Abukar

After five decades on the stage, one of the continent’s great musical innovators, and an outspoken critic of corrupt politics, takes his last bow – in exile, because it was too dangerous to go home. Of all my records by Zimbabwean musicians, the one I treasure the most is Thomas Mapfumo’s crackly 7-inch single with “Kuyaura” on side A and “Zvanyadza” on the flip side.