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COMRADE FATSO
Samm Farai Monro, better known
as Comrade Fatso, is one of the
most explosive and controversial
acts in Southern Africa today.
Comrade Fatso calls his poetry
Toyi Toyi Poetry, radical street
poetry that mixes Shona with
English and mbira with hip hop.
It’s an art form that is an
uprising against oppression.
2008 saw Comrade Fatso and
Chabvondoka launch their
much-acclaimed album, House of
Hunger, banned in Zimbabwe but
praised internationally labeled
‘undeniably alluring’ (Mail and
Globe, Canada), ‘irresistably
danceable’ **** (Songlines
Magazine, UK) and ‘the most
revolutionary album since Thomas
Mapfumo's music in the 1970’s’ (Agence
France Presse). House of Hunger
is now on sale through different
record labels in Europe and the
USA.
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Fatso and Chabvondoka have
performed extensively, having been invited to perform their
riotous music at festivals in the USA, France, the UK, Portugal,
Holland, Reunion, Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana, Malawi, Swaziland,
South Africa and, of course, Zimbabwe. Fatso's poetry and music
have appeared in print and broadcast media in over fifty
countries around the world. At just 28 years old his poetry is
already being studied at universities in the UK and South
Africa.
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