Past Events
Level 42 with Hue and Cry, Bhundu Boys and The Blessed Madonna
20 August Aug 1987
London, United Kingdom
Level 42 with Hue and Cry, Bhundu Boys and The Blessed Madonna
19 August Aug 1987
London, United Kingdom
The Bhundu Boys was a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco and pop influences. Their style became known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success.
The band name came from bhundu (meaning "bush" or "jungle"), in reference to the young boys who used to aid the nationalist guerrilla fighters in the 1970s war against the white minority government of what was then Rhodesia. Lead singer Biggie Tembo was a Bhundu boy. Read more on