Mtukudzi began performing in 1977 when he joined the Wagon Wheels, a band that also featured Thomas Mapfumo. Their single Dzandimomotera went gold and Tuku's first album followed, which was also a ...
Mtukudzi, better known as 'Tuku' and who began his artistic career in the '70s, would go on to release dozens of records and become one of the... Born on Sept. 22, 1952 in Zimbabwe's populous ...
Kenyans joined the world in mourning one of the greatest musicians in Africa, Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi, who died on Wednesday. His music career spanned more than four decades and produced 67 albums.
Oliver Mtukudzi, whose singing and guitar playing harnessed influences from across Southern Africa to create the most popular musical style in Zimbabwe, died Jan. 23 in Harare, the nation’s capital.
Oliver Mtukudzi’s song “Ndakuvara” is the story of a man admiring an ox. The man assumes, because all his other oxen had been easy to train, this one will be too. But the ox rebels against him, ...
We have gathered here today to celebrate the wonder that is Oliver Mtukudzi on what would be his 73rd birthday. Born on September 22, 1952, the late Zimbabwean superstar, actor, dancer, and singer ...
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Oliver Mtukudzi blends the influences, percussive sounds, and language of his native Zimbabwe with modern instruments and jazz-inflected arrangements on Nhava. On ...
Born on Sept. 22, 1952 in Zimbabwe's populous Highfield suburb, Oliver Mtukudzi, known as "Tuku" to his legion of fans, died Wednesday at a clinic in Harare from complications related to diabetes. The ...