By Luke Batsirai Tamborinyoka
Today is a day of genuine art, a day that we remember the indefatigable Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, the iconic musician whose powerful lyrical artistry serenaded us for decades.
Today, marks exactly five years after we lost the great Tuku, the master of song who entertained and charmed this nation for decades.
Today I re-publish an edited version of the obituary that I wrote when the legendary icon passed away on this day in 2019.
We are remembering Tuku at a time when brutally honest art is under serious threat from the political elite, given the way the Zanu PF regime and its whole machinery came out guns blazing against Winky D following his sold out, highly popular Ghettocracy show in Harare on New Year's eve when he celebrated his 20 years in the music industry.
An unholy artist misnamed Holy 10 has revealed his shameful mission not to compose his own art for the purpose of charming Zimbabweans but solely to “finish off” Winky D, the people’s ambassador.
Well, Zimbabweans have told him in no uncertain terms that he can never finish off Winky D when he failed the easier task of finishing off his days at school!
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