The exiled Zimbabwe Music star, Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo has revealed that he is coming out with a new album of music to brace for more exciting new music this Year.

The singer, who is popularly known by his fans as Mukanya (Lion of Zimbabwe), left Zimbabwe more than a decade ago for Oregon in the United States of America. He claimed he was being persecuted and intimidated by politicians.

But his critics say he has been using his music to attack political leaders in the country including President Robert Mugabe in a form of freedom of speech in his various songs on the market.

Mukanya wrote on his Facebook page that his fans across Africa should prepare themselves as he will entertain them with this new album.

“We thank you all for your support in 2013; we hope you had a refreshing end of the year with the present we gave you through the Golden Classics collection”.

“We wish to extend our profound gratitude to our fans scattered right round the globe, journalists, music vendors, promoters etc, we also take this opportunity to pay our respects to the departed musicians we lost in 2013, may their souls rest in peace’’.

“This year we are happy to announce to you that we will be dropping the much awaited new album Danger zone, keep watching this space’’, he wrote.

The album will be sold by his agents in Zimbabwe but some too will be available online for download, he stated.

It was reported during the all inclusive government period in Zimbabwe that he was asked by the former deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara to return home but he was afraid he would be arrested upon arrival.

He joined his first band, the Zutu Brothers as a singer at the age of 16. From then he was always in one band or another. He has also toured many countries, signing and speaking about the economic, social and political problems in Zimbabwe.

Mukanya has more than 50 albums to his credit and he is credited by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change for his freedom of expression which he exhibits through his songs.

Issaka Adams / NationalTurk Africa News

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