Thomas Mapfumo isn’t Nelson Mandela. He didn’t rot in a prison for decades and achieve worldwide reverence as both martyr and father of his country. But Mapfumo is a hero and fierce patriot of his native Zimbabwe. Forty years ago he was covering Elvis Presley and Otis Redding tunes in what was then known as … Continue reading Thomas Mapfumo: A lion in exile comes to the Cedar