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Lion Songs

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Release : 2015-05-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 427/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lion Songs by : Banning Eyre

Download or read book Lion Songs written by Banning Eyre. This book was released on 2015-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo and his music came to represent his native country's anticolonial struggle and cultural identity. Mapfumo was born in 1945 in what was then the British colony of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The trajectory of his career—from early performances of rock 'n' roll tunes to later creating a new genre based on traditional Zimbabwean music, including the sacred mbira, and African and Western pop—is a metaphor for Zimbabwe's evolution from colony to independent nation. Lion Songs is an authoritative biography of Mapfumo that narrates the life and career of this creative, complex, and iconic figure. Banning Eyre ties the arc of Mapfumo's career to the history of Zimbabwe. The genre Mapfumo created in the 1970s called chimurenga, or "struggle" music, challenged the Rhodesian government—which banned his music and jailed him—and became important to Zimbabwe achieving independence in 1980. In the 1980s and 1990s Mapfumo's international profile grew along with his opposition to Robert Mugabe's dictatorship. Mugabe had been a hero of the revolution, but Mapfumo’s criticism of his regime led authorities and loyalists to turn on the singer with threats and intimidation. Beginning in 2000, Mapfumo and key band and family members left Zimbabwe. Many of them, including Mapfumo, now reside in Eugene, Oregon. A labor of love, Lion Songs is the product of a twenty-five-year friendship and professional relationship between Eyre and Mapfumo that demonstrates Mapfumo's musical and political importance to his nation, its freedom struggle, and its culture.

The Lion's Song

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Release : 2002
Genre : Readers (Primary)
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 822/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Lion's Song by : Kate Pistone

Download or read book The Lion's Song written by Kate Pistone. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Lion Song

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Release : 1996-01-01
Genre : Picture books
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 380/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Lion Song by : Judy Ling

Download or read book A Lion Song written by Judy Ling. This book was released on 1996-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

At Lion's Mouth

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Release : 1874
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Book Synopsis At Lion's Mouth by : Mary Dwinell Chellis

Download or read book At Lion's Mouth written by Mary Dwinell Chellis. This book was released on 1874. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Facing the Lion

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Release : 2009-09-30
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 679/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Facing the Lion by : Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

Download or read book Facing the Lion written by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton. This book was released on 2009-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centers on the raising and grazing of cattle. Readers share Lekuton's first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition. They follow his mischievous antics as a young Maasai cattle herder, coming-of-age initiation, boarding school escapades, soccer success, and journey to America for college. Lekuton's riveting text combines exotic details of nomadic life with the universal experience and emotions of a growing boy.

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