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"I Fear For My Life And Safety If I Come To Zimbabwe" - Thomas Mukanya Mapfumo

2 years agoSun, 02 Oct 2022 07:46:10 GMT
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"I Fear For My Life And Safety If I Come To Zimbabwe" - Thomas Mukanya Mapfumo

Exiled Chimurenga musician Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says he will not be able to travel to Zimbabwe for the burial of his late brother Lancelot as he fears for his life.

Lancelot who died last month was a percussionist, one of the founding members of the Blacks Unlimited, and a brother to Mukanya. 

In an exclusive interview with Standard Style from his United States base on Friday, Mapfumo said he will not make the trip to Zimbabwe for the burial of Lancelot. He said:

Lancelot was my brother, workmate and friend. I and the band have lost someone we worked with throughout our lives. It won’t be possible to fill his gap.

Lancelot will be buried in Zimbabwe, his homeland. We are making arrangements to bring his body from here.

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Unfortunately, I won’t make the trip to Zimbabwe because of political reasons, as you know I am not a favourite of the government.

I fear for my life and safety if I come to Zimbabwe.

Mukanya has been living in the United States for many years after fleeing persecution during the Robert Mugabe era. He was a critic of the regime.

Mapfumo is also critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime.

He says Zimbabwe is not moving forward adding that the current government has failed the people and the gains of liberation have been wiped off. He added:

I am totally against the Mnangagwa regime. People, the young people should take into the streets and remove Mnangagwa.

I hate an oppressor, that’s why I am in exile. If it was to me I would be living large in Zimbabwe with farms and stealing money like they do, but I decided to stand with the people.

He said he stands with the oppressed, a message inherent in his music.

Mapfumo was imprisoned during the Smith regime and after independence criticised the new black government led by Robert Mugabe for corruption.

He was targeted and harassed prompting him to move to the United States in the late 1990s.

After Mugabe’s overthrow in 2017, Mapfumo returned to Zimbabwe in 2018, to a massive show named ‘Homecoming Bira’ in the capital.

He returned to his base after a four-month-long visit, but Mapfumo now claims that he is not safe from political danger.

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16 Comments

Ngonaya ngonaya · 2 years ago
Dzokai vakuru hapana zvatokuitai..huyai mucheme mukoma wenyu
Ed chibaba pasi neNgochanii · 2 years ago
Broke Nigga
Ridomuns · 2 years ago
who would want to harm a worthless tomb?
Byron Chitanga · 2 years ago
Usahwa iwe Toma, hlira vupenyu bwako muzukuru wangu
ex · 2 years ago
akangouya kuno anofa. video raaishora Mnangagwa hamuna kuriona. Mukariona hamutaure zvamuri kutaura. vanhu vakanda ma comments pamsoro apo munongotaura musina chamunoziva
Broke Musician · 2 years ago
The dude is broke with no investments or fallback plan in Zimbabwe. Prepare for crowdfunding to bring back his carcass when the good Lord finally calls him.
,,,, dott · 2 years ago
Vakuru kana musina mari motaura zvakanaka takakupai mari yekuchema hamayenyu
Job sikhala · 2 years ago
ahana mari yekuuyisa kuno chete cz kuunza body yechinhu kubva kuAmerica it will cost him mari ye2 to 3 trips ozoti iye plus family yake aaaaah ahana mari vana Grace Mugabe varimo wani nanhasi kuzoti iwewo hako aaaah asade kuita vanhu kunge pwere kana ashaya nyaya dzekutaura ngaacheme blaz vake not ktaura zvisina basa
......... · 2 years ago
iwe unayoubhadharire
convict · 2 years ago
Last time paya paakauya kuno pakamboita mahedalines mumanewspaper,mkanya stuck in zim no money to travel bek to his foren bhesi.kkkkk
Pablo · 2 years ago
Mapfumo is broke, can't afford airline bills. Akungohwanda ne political reasons. Inga pakubviswa kwa Mugabe Mapfumo was in Zimbabwe for some days and hapana chakaitika kwaari.
pk · 2 years ago
hauna mari chete mkanya. ungatadza kuuya kuzoviga mkoma wako shuwa kuita kutumira chitunha separcel. ndozvatinokumakira. ko munda wako wekusouth africa wakazodii nawo
BVANYANGU · 2 years ago
Mapfumo has a right to fear for his life. When he came last time he had not made his views known about this second administration, nor had he had a chance to analyze its performance. Mapfumo is safe where he is. Mandi Chimene is another similar example.
ZanuPF · 2 years ago
Mukanya akutsvaga reason to be ku USA, otherwise kana usina mari dai wakakumbira kwete zvaurikutaura, last time wakauya ukaita show wani, ukatadza ku manager finance wega, no one will harm you
BVANYANGU · 2 years ago
Winky D fled for his life in Kwekwe. How safe can Mapfumo be in this country? Mapfumo has no money just like all who fled this regime to the diaspora. Hapana chinoshamisa apo kuti haana mari. Vanhu vatema munoshamisa chaizvo, kupembedza vanokusvetai ropa, shame.
Jah🇿🇼Tsvarie-07 · 2 years ago
Don't lie, no one will harm you. why do Zimbabweans like shaming their own country in foreign land, its too bad...
chimundende · 2 years ago
musauye shuwa vamapfumo kunoku kwaipa ukango sura chete unokandwa chikurubi
Not Free Yet · 2 years ago
Ndizvo mukanya kugara muno kutoshaya kokuenda .

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