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Thomas Mapfumo urges protests in response to rigged elections in Zimbabwe

Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo urges protests in response to rigged elections in Zimbabwe. Mapfumo says 43 years of Zanu PF rule will only end if people take to the streets and reclaim their freedom, “get out of your houses and demonstrate” he says. He says USD$15 billion was looted and Zimbabweans kept quiet and then the Gold Mafia scandal erupted this year and again Zimbabweans kept quiet he says.

WATCH: Lance Guma speaks to Thomas Mapfumo in Leicester, UK

For over 48 minutes, Nehanda TV Managing Editor Lance Guma speaks to Zimbabwean music legend Thomas Mapfumo at the Novotel in Leicester, United Kingdom.

As usual Mapfumo pulls no punches as he reflects on his distinguished music career, family life, fight against oppression in Zimbabwe and looming retirement plans. He explains what made him dump doing covers of singers like Elvis Presley and Mick Jagger to singing Chimurenga music in Shona.

He has interesting anecdotes of the time he met General Constantino Chiwenga and how he knew Chiwenga would be a problem later on, why President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a bad leader, his relationship with Oliver Mtukudzi and how he recruited guitarist Gilbert Zvamaida from Zig Zag band.

WATCH: Passion Java interview on the streets of London with Lance Guma

After a 30 minute interview inside a posh hotel in central London, Nehanda TV Managing Editor Lance Guma continues his chat with the controversial and flamboyant Prophet Passion Java on the streets of London. His “Personal Assistant” DJ Towers joins the chat towards the end. The “interview after the interview” centres on a variety of topics that sees Java claim sensationally claim that Zimbabweans in the Diaspora are struggling financially and must come back to Zimbabwe. This is despite his own family being based in the United States of America.

WATCH: Lance Guma interviews Prophet Passion Java in London

Nehanda TV Managing Editor Lance Guma sits down for a one on one interview with the controversial and flamboyant Prophet Passion Java in central London. How does Java balance showing off his wealth in such a sea of poverty in Zimbabwe? Why does he support a President and government that prioritises posh cars for chiefs and fancy airports when there is no paracetamol in hospitals. The interview also delves into his personal controversies among many other issues.