Chamunorwa
[11][12] The New York Times deemed the album "a quiet triumph," writing that "the music rolls along on its six-beat pulse, lightening Mr. Mapfumo's doleful meditations with the sparkle of mbira lines and sure but laconic drumming."[1] The Baltimore Sun wrote that "its gentle melodies and lithe, burbling rhythms require no translation—intriguingly infectious, they're enough to win over almost any listener."[19] The Chicago Tribune noted that "even those unfamiliar with [chimurenga] will find themselves seduced by the snaky guitar and mbira lines, complex net of percussion, bursts of horns and, driving everything, the distinctive rolling rhythms of Zimbabwean music..."[14] The Washington Post stated that Mapfumo's "multilayered chimurenga explores an array of traditional Shona melodies and percussion and is softened by the gentle plinking of mbira thumb pianos."[20] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the album "Mapfumo at his most basic, re-re-Africanizing the music by adding vigorous mbira parts and sticking close to rugged folk arrangements.