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How underground bands formed a vital part of the struggle against white supremacy
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WHEN Samy Ben Redjeb of Analog Africa Records fell in love with African music in the 1990s it was music from Zimbabwe he admired the most — travelling to the country as much as he could, collecting records on sale in almost every shop and store.
His new album, Roots Rocking Zimbabwe — The Sound Of Harare Townships 1975-1980 features 25 tracks cut during the war of liberation in Zimbabwe (previously Rhodesia).
Under Rhodesia’s white-owned press, black people didn’t feature much — unless they were described as “dead terrorists.” But in 1972 The Rhodesia Herald printed a front-page photo of Manu Kambani, guitar player of the band Dr Footswitch (who could mimic Jimi Hendrix) with the caption “Jimi Hendrix is dead but Manu is alive.”
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