Track Listing

1. Ungadé We?
2. Chikara
3. Kuropodza
4. Mhinduro
5. Hapana Kuti Mbijana
6. Njuga
7. Kuipedza
8. Masimba Mashoma
9. Mbiri Hurimbo
10. Nzungu Imwe
11. Vachakunonokera
12. Kumirira Nekumirira

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #152563 in Music
• Released on: 2007-08-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Album Description
Second Heads Up release from the Zimbabwean Afro-pop icon. One of the most popular African artists to emerge on the world scene in recent years

Amazon.com
Oliver Mtukudzi, known familiarly as "Tuku," is already world-famous for his irresistibly infectious brand of socially conscious Zimbabwean pop. Now a revered elder statesman, he has graced several films, including Under African Skies and The Soul Of The Mbira, both from the BBC, as well as Jit, featuring an all-Zimbabwean cast, and Neria, which addressed the dire plight of women in male-dominated cultures. He has also composed soundtracks for documentaries about Africa's ongoing struggle against AIDS. The present album's title acknowledges that everyone's footprint is different while asking what lingering traces of our lifetimes we are likely to leave behind us. Have we hurt, ignored or helped other people, protected or sullied our surroundings? Did we talk too much and accomplish too little? These difficult questions are posed amid catchy yet unassuming vocals and artfully understated accompaniment. Ranging between the call-and-response choirs, bubbling guitars and the rippling mbira-like triple rhythms typical of his homeland's venerable folkloric sources, and coolly contemporary jazzy sounds and sax lines harking back to the heyday of South African jive, Tuku, as he always has, moves the heart as well as the feet. His legions of devoted fans will be delighted to add this gently philosophical, richly melodic set to their collections. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

Smooth Jazzy
I got into Mtukudzi with Tuku Music- which is one of the best albums of all time. This album is good- but he seems to be going over to a little bit of smooth jazziness. Overall still good. But if this is your first Mtukudzi album- buy Tuku Music. Cheers

A welcome addition to multicultural music collections and library CD shelves.
Tsimba Itsoka is a music CD by Zimbabwean Afro-pop icon. The album's title means "No foot, no footprint", a phrase that embodies the messages within all of the songs - is your metaphorical footprint a good one that should be followed to a lifetime of responsibility and well-being, or a bad one that will lead to decadence and misery? The lyrics are in Zimbabwean, yet express powerful universal themes, accompanied by soft guitar and steady rhythm. The translated titles of the songs are "Would you like it?", "Wild Animal", "One who talks too much", "Reply", "There's no in-between", "Gambling Card", "Wasting", "No power", "Fame is sticky", "One nut", "They are going to delay", and "Waiting and waiting". The song's themes reflect upon simple social issues, from the need to listen rather than just talk in order to foster true communication, to the harmful attitude young people have of depending on or hoping for inheritance from a dead parent rather than working to build their own lives and fortunes. The booklet that comes with Tsimba Itsoka explains the gist of each song's message for listeners who do not speak Zimbabwean. A welcome addition to multicultural music collections and library CD shelves.

Peek A Boo; I Don't See You
It is with great disappointment the the Tsimba Itsoka's cd arrived defective. As a purchaser of products from Amazon.com, this is the first time that I didn't receive a product that wasn't up to standard. Peek a boo!!!