International Day for the freedom of music, a challenge in Zimbabwe

This week, Zimbabwe and musicians join their colleagues from around the world in celebration of Freedom Day music. But Zimbabwe is still in force old laws to censor artists and
composers.Listening to radio stations in Zimbabwe's state-owned, one can get the wrong impression that everything is fine in this impoverished country. This song pays tribute to President Robert Mugabe to rely upon with as an editor, his vision and statesman.Traditionally, and the music was a means of artistic expression - among other things - the political opposition, rather than approval of the politics.Artists prevailing here that there are a lot of music in question in Zimbabwe government and the order of things. But they say that they are silenced only because the broadcasters, which is owned by the state, refused to air the music that criticize the government, or from Mugabe's ZANU-PF has party.One of them is Raymond Majongwe, released 20 albums. However, despite being a popular music in nightclubs, is featured only rarely in stations.Nothing local radio has played a lot of stable to me. A lot of time I have tried to show, said Majongwe I have been frustrated. Has pulled out of my posters. People who are often the [PF] they are not satisfied with the performance for me because my music is anti-Zanu-PF. I have criticized the plight of the people of this country has passed. That have not gone well with the [PF]. Majongwe is not alone. Got frustrated his mentor, Thomas Mapfumo and left the country in the late 1990s. Mapfumo created and popularized a radical music of struggle, which he described as Chimurenga, which he called for the overthrow of white minority government led by Ian Smith. But today his music is not broadcast in Zimbabwe.