Lovemore Majaivana (real name Lovemore Tshuma )is a Zimbabwean musician(currently retired), probably the most popular Ndebele singer, and by far the most prominent to have ever came out of Bulawayo. He earned the faux surname ‘Majaivana’ (which means good dancer) for his exceptional dancing.
The turning point in his career came when he joined the Zulus, a band from Victoria Falls which featured two of his brothers. Finally having a stable base from which to work, Majaivana and his band released an album of traditional folk songs, Salanini Zinini, that he and his brothers had learned from their mother in 1984. From then, he progressed away from his former Western influences, and his popularity steadily grew especially in Ndebele speaking Matebeleland and Bulawayo in particular. His first international album was released in 1990.
The soundtrack to the movie, “A World Apart”, (score by Hans Zimmer) features several songs with Lovemore singing.
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