Way back in the 1990s, even before the wool was peeled off our eyes, Thomas Mapfumo sang about \u201ccorruption in society\u201d and \u201cJojo siyana nazvo\u201d \u2013 a cautionary song to political activists. Decades later, Zanu PF has killed, tortured or disappeared its most vocal critics. Some have been abducted and fed on sewage water before being released. Lovemore Majaivana\u2019s songs were also ahead of their time. Leli lizwe kalila mali was years before Zimbabwe\u2019s economic meltdown and decades before Mangudya\u2019s bond notes. Even in Zhakata\u2019s dance tunes were subtle messages which only make sense now. The Notorious BIG rapped about blowing up like the World Trade Centre, as early as 1994. The towers fell in 2001 \u2013 seven years after his song, Juicy.<\/p>\n
Winky D \u2013 musician or prophet?<\/p>\n
But can we talk about prophetic song lyrics without mentioning Winky D, Zimbabwe\u2019s Messi of dancehall?<\/p>\n
\u201cNdaiCruiser ndiine jagwa \u2013 ndobva ndaona mai mupfanha vakahagwa\u201d<\/p>\n
The Second Lady, Marry Chiwenga, is in a spot of trouble with the law. She has appeared in court for fraud, apparently at the behest of Vice President General Chiwenga. Allegations of infidelity have been thrown about the independent press which is never short of spicy gossip. When VP Chiwenga appeared on television in November 2017, speaking of the \u201ccriminals surrounding President Mugabe,\u201d did he mean his own wife? Who knows. What is clear is that Chiwenga versus Chiwenga certainly fits the lyrics to Winky D\u2019s song Controversy.<\/p>\n
\u201cNdaiCruiser ndiineArmy Puma. Ndobva ndaona mai mupfanha vakahagwa!\u201d<\/p>\n
It is very hard to prove infidelity. You have to catch someone in flagrante delicto to prove they cheated. All we know is that the General\u2019s wife loves to hug. A lot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Way back in the 1990s, even before the wool was peeled off our eyes, Thomas Mapfumo sang about \u201ccorruption in society\u201d and \u201cJojo siyana nazvo\u201d \u2013 a cautionary song to political activists. Decades later, Zanu PF has killed, tortured or disappeared its most vocal critics. Some have been abducted and fed on sewage water before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":16873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[104,1170],"class_list":{"0":"post-16904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-chiwenga","10":"tag-mapfumo"},"yoast_head":"\n