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MUTSERENDENDE: TWO AWESOME DECADES OF TUKU MUSIC

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In this post, I look at the last two decades of Dr. Oliver Mtukudzi’s (Tuku) music, from the 1998 scorcher Tuku Music to his final offering, Hany’ga/Concern . This period is crucially important to Tuku's legacy as it firmly established him as one of, if not the , greatest Zimbabwean musicians of all time. It should be noted that 1998 was not the year that Tuku became a hit maker. He had already won the prominent M-Net award for best movie soundtrack, staged the first live concert album recording and recorded numerous hit songs. It was only a watershed year because that is when he started to be thought of as the one of the very best. Leonard Dembo, Leonard Zhakata and Simon Chimbetu had dominated the music scene in the 90’s, whilst Thomas Mapfumo maintained a towering presence with his evergreen chimurenga music. With the release of Tuku Music ,  Tuku  claimed his spot at the very top and would lay legitimate claim to the mantle of greatest of all time .  ...