Rugare (Zimbabwe), Discafrique Mango/Island/PolyGram Records
Past members
Biggie Tembo Rise Kagona Kenny Chitsvatsva David Mankaba Shakespear "Shakie" Kangwena Shepherd Munyama Washington Kavhai Kudaushe Matimba
The Bhundu Boys were a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco, country, and pop influences. Their style became known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success, and has influenced later groups like Nehoreka and Mokoomba. British world music DJ Andy Kershaw said that at the height of their magical powers they were "...the single most natural, effortless, catchy pop band I've ever heard";[1] the BBC's John Peel famously broke down in tears the first time he saw the band perform live.[2]
The name came from bhundu (meaning "bush" or "jungle"), in reference to the young boys who used to aid the nationalist guerrilla fighters in the 1970s war against the white minority government of what was then Rhodesia.[3] Lead singer Biggie Tembo (Biggie Rodwell Tembo Marasha) was a Bhundu boy.
^Thomson, Graeme (17 September 2006). "Jinxed: the curse of the Bhundu boys". The Guardian.
^Guchu, Wonder (19 September 2011). "Intimacy with Zim musicians: Bhundu Boys Zimbabwe's musical heartache". Intimatemomentswithzimmusicians.blogspot.com.au.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 128/9. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
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first world music labels in the United Kingdom, releasing records by The BhunduBoys, Orchestre Baobab and The Four Brothers amongst others. In 1989, he released...
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