Rise Kagona

One of the two surviving members of Bhundu Boys – Kenneth Chitsvatsva – insists the late Biggie Tembo’s legacy won’t be interred with his remains.
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This is part 8 of the interview where A.A.V. Amasi, a Barchester Scholar at the National Film And Television School in the UK ,speaks to Bhundu Boys guitarist Rise Kagona about the musical journey that saw them conquer the international…
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This is part 7 of the interview where A.A.V. Amasi, a Barchester Scholar at the National Film And Television School in the UK ,speaks to Bhundu Boys guitarist Rise Kagona about the musical journey that saw them conquer the international…
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The following is Part 6 of an interview with Bhundu Boys guitarist Rise Kagona. It has been over twenty-five years since the band took the UK music world by storm, with their Harare sound. Kagona reflects on his musical journey as he speaks…
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The following is Part 5 of an interview with Bhundu Boys guitarist Rise Kagona. It has been over twenty-five years since the band took the UK music world by storm, with their Harare sound. Kagona reflects on his musical journey as he speaks…
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The following is Part 4 of an interview with Bhundu Boys guitarist Rise Kagona. It has been over twenty-five years since the band took the UK music world by storm, with their Harare sound. Kagona reflects on his musical journey as he speaks…
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The following is Part 3 of an interview with Bhundu Boys guitarist Rise Kagona. It has been over twenty-five years since the band took the UK music world by storm, with their Harare sound. Kagona reflects on his musical journey as he speaks…
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The problem with local music was that you could not record it anyway; the Rhodesians did not like our music. They used to think that we were politically talking about them in our language. The desire to play our own Africa music was there,…
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Rise Kagona is a musical icon, a play station guitar hero type, but yet he is not even mentioned amongst the list of guitarist on Wikipedia. Has the world forgotten how to do the Jit Jive? Or are us Africans not appreciative of those that…
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Bhundu Boys guitarist and founder member Rise Kagona (49) went from the heady heights of playing at Wembley to not having a roof over his head. The Bhundu Boys were once one of the most famous African bands of all time and supported Madonna…
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