The lion is back, for good.

Letter from Africa: Thomas Mapfumo, Zimbabwe's lion, roars for his fans


Known to his fans as the "Lion of Zimbabwe", Mapfumo has long been a figure of protest.

His music was the soundtrack during the fight for independence and some of his songs were later banned by state-owned media under Mr Mugabe's government.

So the crowds roared with delight this weekend to have the 72-year-old music legend back on stage in the capital, Harare, after 14 years in self-imposed exile in the US.

He played until the early hours of Sunday morning, revealing a deep nostalgia for his distinctive style of struggle music, known as "chimurenga", which first gained him recognition during the war against the white-minority rule in the 1970s.
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