being Zimbabwean and seeing this in 2024❤

@marshamutisi8442

2 ай бұрын

Me too iwe! I had no idea Tuku was at the desk until today!!

@Tatendamaisiri

2 ай бұрын

I'm shocked. RIP Legend 😢

@chantellmasara8023

2 ай бұрын

Me too shaaaa

@akhonaandrewsotuku4721

2 ай бұрын

I'm from SA but I would listen his songs all day long.

@oscarmarumure762

2 ай бұрын

shame on us

SAns gather here this guy's music raised us

@user-kb1tf6di5z

2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤am here

@josephjacobmalete

2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@Vicegpvdt

2 ай бұрын

He is indeed a living legend

@user-kb1tf6di5z

2 ай бұрын

@@Vicegpvdt voetsek he is a dead legend su bambhana apha

@Vicegpvdt

2 ай бұрын

​@@user-kb1tf6di5z😂😂😂 long lived Tuku thank you for making me aware

Who's here 10 years later in 2024

@OSADYEFO

20 күн бұрын

21 hr 16 06 2024 , am here

@olebileolebile4847

20 күн бұрын

There’s a song he performs first and last at Rwanda jazz. Please check the video here, Kigali, and tell me the names if u know em

To be born an African is the best privilege I have in this lifetime. To understand what a soul is. To come from the soil. To be black and radiant. What a blessing ❤ AMANDLA!!!!!!!!!! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

@squirrelbutler2119

2 ай бұрын

I feel the same about being Irish. Brilliantly alive and radiant. Understanding what a soul is, and rising from the green fields of Ireland. The shade of my skin doesn't define me. You have your culture and heritage to celebrate, as do I. Great music has sprung from Ireland, just as it has from Africa and other places around the world. Enjoy it. This is wonderful music.

@OrganicAlumination

Ай бұрын

I'm jealous in a way I wish my last name was African from time to time but I was born in America. If not African indigenous

@squirrelbutler2119

Ай бұрын

@@OrganicAlumination Well, I think your last name is just fine as it is. "Alumination" is a strong and noble name. I believe it originates from the Swahili phrase "Bum Kubwa" Look it up on a translator. It perfectly fits you Be proud and embrace your bigness

As a South African, this man’s music raised me bruh 🥺

@happym.4644

3 жыл бұрын

If you're African, it actually did 😊💛

@nkanyisoxaba5177

3 жыл бұрын

Especially this Todi track 💪💪

@dumacele6724

3 жыл бұрын

u know the vibes when 'todi' come on kuKhozi FM

@alexikaye

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@Winnerscircle2.0

3 жыл бұрын

memories are stored in this music

I don't know how I missed this. This gem has been on KZread for 10 years already!!! RIP legend Tuku!

The Tiny Desk Concert I didn’t know I needed in 2024. As a SAn, African music is just something else. It hits the soul differently.

Hey I'm from India first time listening to African song ,I'm not able to understand the language but feeling it 😉 cool song love it

Playing the Conga drums is my brother Strovers Shadaya one of the best Musicians in the world . Love from UK London .

@Mteste101

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

The algorithm has done it again. RIP to a legend🇿🇦🇿🇼

So grateful that this was recorded before his passing. May his soul rest in eternal peace

@nhlakaniphontombela3050

4 жыл бұрын

Oliver passed away same day as beloved friend Jaunuary 2019 I hope they rest well. Great artist he was

@benkobioho2965

3 жыл бұрын

Buena esa el coro celestial y em general

@selulekompisane5672

3 жыл бұрын

The importance of documentation. A lot of Afrikan knowledge,heritage and legends pass on without being documented.

@henryhaefker5687

3 жыл бұрын

@@nhlakaniphontombela3050 äääääääuìzźühhzhhzźźhhhhha

@TheRealLuqita

3 жыл бұрын

We'll meet in the Kingdom to Come 🙏🏽 Our Lord will be the King and the light for every pure soul, the spirits of the sons of God

Watching in 2024 in Dubai originally from South Africa

@tshiamomogodi

2 ай бұрын

wayaka joh

@koolterpolskie785

2 ай бұрын

@@tshiamomogodi lerete la gago

Todi - The plight of one living with HIV/AIDS Huroi - "Kusatenda Huroi" (Not thanking is Evil). This is advising us to thank our women who do a lot for us as husbands, especially when we are ill. Haidyoreke - "Nguva Haidyoreke" means "you can not Retain Time". so let us not misuse time but utilize it to do good. Time belongs to God.

@drpepperr

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@timonkokalj5911

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you indeed

@guillermoosuna5612

4 жыл бұрын

Tonderayi Kanoz no entiendobuna goma lo que decis che pero oliver es un genio

@bootiedude

4 жыл бұрын

Translate the song “Neria”

@magnet215

4 жыл бұрын

@@bootiedude He will be consoling one that has lost a husband. telling her to be strong

I am a Zimbabwean hip-hop artist who is an avid follower of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts and I only just discovered this today. The sense of pride in knowing that a Zim Music Legend, an icon, was on NPR!!! My heart is swelling with pride and joy!! I can't wait to do this also!! RIP to the Giant, Tuku!! 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼

@tumimokoena4404

3 жыл бұрын

🙌

@Blacma32

3 жыл бұрын

Kananeni ndazofara kuona Legendary conscious musician representing our culture in a special way & NPR Tiny Desk is classic I’m saving this timeless segment

@yemuraishure6378

3 жыл бұрын

Kana nenio just found this The way I’m so proud I’m going to be rewatching this like a million times 😌

@langadzino5150

3 жыл бұрын

I'm shook. You can say thay again

@amandahawker

3 жыл бұрын

Soon come for you too

I’m so happy to have found this Tiny Desk in 2021 🇿🇦❤️❤️

@tumisomogowane6226

3 жыл бұрын

Me too sis me too

@Vikamiy

3 жыл бұрын

Tiny Desk is the WHOOOLEE universe ✨

@mekim4406

3 жыл бұрын

me too

@jekanyika

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@madoccietheboi9977

3 жыл бұрын

Me to my sister

They call it Africa,I call it home😢❤.. This is where our hearts are glued.african music is home music

That drummer is a legend

@raymsanii

4 жыл бұрын

💯💯

@OfficialJoeBaz

4 жыл бұрын

Brother just killing it!

@sandpikd2213

3 жыл бұрын

He's amazing

@wanisaichigwendere9138

2 жыл бұрын

His name is Strovas Shadaya and he is not only a kind soul but a percussive beast!!!

@Ton7Tube

2 жыл бұрын

Love the chorus too!

Proud to be African where the sounds of life come from and shocked he did tiny desk guys if u African hit the like button

Finding this in 2023... real tears that I missed out on this man earlier in my life. Writing from S.A. , thank you Oliver

All music grew out of Africa. Jazz is considered a unique American art form - but listening to Tuku you just know that cannot be true. Sure Americans/Brazilians/Europeans contributed to the growth of jazz but the foundations were already in place.Tiny Desk Concerts nailed it - again.

This beautiful sounds is coming from 4 people only. No fancy instruments

How did I miss this show, ten years down line. Rest easy my number 1 Zim artist. Forever legend.

April 2024 and this is still such amazing pleasure to have experienced such a talent in my lifetime

I have no idea what he’s saying, but this music is so beautiful. Never really heard it before. I love it. Thank you NPR for bringing people together through awesome music!!!

@betherealdeal

4 жыл бұрын

Song is about the epidemic of AIDS Seeing a loved one slowly waste away kn I sing it will only end in death Another line is about a wife asking her man why he infected her Why some folks purposely infect others Just a sad song

@aregaali3587

4 жыл бұрын

Agree!

@betherealdeal

4 жыл бұрын

mayrac80 songs about aids Seeing loved one suffering and knowing it will end in death Wife lamenting to husband for being careless and infecting her

@nomadicsoul6144

4 жыл бұрын

@@betherealdeal It's haunting but beautifully so

@angelmediadorentrenosotros7579

4 жыл бұрын

...por vuestras obras, seréis juzjados; y nó hay obra, que no este compuesta por ideas; la psicología divina es la psicología que crea a los mundos; dirige las leyes del universo; la vida humana posee psicología individual; todos los que piensan, son de por sí filósofos y psicólogos; aunque no sepan discernirlos; la sienten y la viven; de verdad os digo, que si el Padre que creó los universos, posee libre albedrío, tal como lo poseéis vosotros, él escoge la forma, las características, los detalles, la psicología, la filosofía, la época y el lugar, de su divina Revelación; así como vosotros hacéis proyectos en la vida, así también lo hace el Padre; lo de arriba es igual a lo de abajo; muchos negaron la Revelación del Cordero de dios; sin tomarse el trabajo de averiguar, lo que negaban; de verdad os digo, que todo aquél que negó lo que pidió en el Reino, así también será negado, cuando sea llamado a su lugar de orígen; todos los que negaron, lo que es del Padre, ninguno entrará al Reino de los Cielos; es más fácil que entre al Reino, uno que investigó los Rollos del Cordero, a uno que nó investigó; el Padre Jehova premia el más mínimo esfuerzo y castiga la más mínima violación; los que negaron la Revelación en sus comienzos, la negaron sin conocimiento de causa; nó cumplieron con la divina enseñanza: el que busca encuentra;... ...aunque hay seres que sin pruebas materiales creen; todo el que creyó sin ver, entra al Reino de los Cielos; porque creyó venciendo dificultades; cumplió con lo prometido en el Reino; hizo esfuerzo de imaginación y ganó en fé; de verdad os digo, que todos prometísteis al Padre, cultivar la fé en la prueba de la vida; porque era vuestra prueba suprema; era vuestra lucha; la fé es universal; si vuestro Creador os creó, es porque tenía fé en vosotros; aún sabiendo que ibáis a caer; la fé mueve montañas fué escrito; porque si el Hijo Primogénito no hubiese tenido fé, vosotros nó le habríais conocido;... ...la Trinidad del Padre la comparte con todos; porque en todos está; y está en toda justicia y mérito; es por eso que los más cercanos en la Trinidad del Padre, son los colosales soles del universo; los soles primogénitos; he aquí la luz sobre la Trinidad; el universo infinito con el Padre Jehova a la cabeza; habiéndolo creado todo, delega poderes en todos; porque todo lo puede el Padre; a todos dá oportunidades por igual; los soles primogénitos, son los hijos mayores del Padre; los más antiguos después del Padre; lo del Padre nó tiene ni principio ni fín; más, sus creaciones tuvieron un principio; aunque sean de antiguidades aterradoras; porque exsisten hijos solares, que ni ellos mismos saben cuando fueron creados; todo principio salió del Padre; y retorna al Padre; vive por unos instantes en lejanos planetas; conoce otros tiempos relativos; y retorna al tiempo celeste del Padre; mientras más vidas se conocen, mayor es la jerarquía del hijo en su Trinidad; más grande es su gloria en el Reino de los Cielos; sólo el conocimiento es poder en el Reino; y todo conocimiento tuvo por guía las escrituras del Padre; porque toda morada planetaria posee sagradas escrituras; nadie es desheredado; todo conocimiento aprendido en los mundos, corresponde a la divina parábola: te ganarás el pan, con el sudor de tu frente;.- Alfa y Omega ORÍGEN DE LA PSICOLOGÍA EN LOS SERES PENSANTES; LA RAZÓN ES INVERSA AL DESARROLLO CIRCULAR DE LAS MOLÉCULAS DE LOS ELEMENTOS.- Y, El Tiempo ESTÁ CERCA, Por Lo Tanto No VAYAS EN POS DE ELLOS. LUCAS 21:8, El ANTICRISTO y El FALSO PROFETA y El ESPÍRITU de ERROR. 1 Juan capitulo 4. Mi Nombre Nuevo Apocalipse capitulos 3:12, 19:12, Alfa Omega Alian =Jehová El Altisimo El Todopoderoso Nuestro Divino y Amoroso Padre Eterno. JESUCRISTO =Mohammed Msto=Maestro=Cristo. LAODICEA =LATTAKIA SYRIA Colosences capitulo 2. El Anciano y La Señora Elegida y SUS HIJOS. 2 Juan capitulo 1. De La Humildad que es En Cristo. SI EL QUE BIENE.. 2 Corintios capitulo 11:4

am so proud to be zimbabwean

@15jorada

7 жыл бұрын

You should be, it is a beautiful thing.

@VDMAUDU

4 жыл бұрын

You really should be. Zimbabwe birthed an icon in Tuku. His music lives on.

@mydrmz

4 жыл бұрын

🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🐘🐘🐘 same here 🖤

@beastofrocktown9133

3 жыл бұрын

I'm more proud to be African

@bgknowable

3 жыл бұрын

You should be!

Never Heard Of This Obvious Great I'm in My kitchen in Birmingham England no Qlue what the songs are about but they feel so spiritual wow What a wonderful day to discover this Blessing

I didn't know he did a tiny desk concert. This is amazing 😍 watching in 2020 🇦🇺🇰🇭🇿🇼

@bontlemohlahlane5700

3 жыл бұрын

Watching in 2021... What a legend...

@tebogomametja1426

3 жыл бұрын

am only finding it today - am so lost for words

@ronaldncube7923

3 жыл бұрын

🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️ bro

I feel like I wouldn't be able to keep shakers going so smoothly and consistently like that for so long without becoming spontaneously uncoordinated. My brain would sabotage me.

"One thing about music: when it hits you feel no pain"

@andreareinhardt6834

4 жыл бұрын

Quote by Bob Marley :)

@trr7128

3 жыл бұрын

By the great Robert Nesta Marley a.k.a Bob Marley.

@telmagoncalves2651

3 жыл бұрын

Conforto.

@cc6691

3 жыл бұрын

Yet the scars are forever 🙏

@warrenjoseph76

2 жыл бұрын

Unless you know the meaning of the lyrics…from what I’m reading it’s beautiful but quite sad

Rest in Peace Tuku. Love from a Canadian in Nairobi

Oliver "tuku" was not just an icon: he was a musical unicorn, an anomaly, a prolific maverick whose gift continues to give from beyond the grave. Tuku ayenda veduwe! RIP Samanyanga ....

@honeybeeluminous136

2 жыл бұрын

🙌🏾🎶🏆🙌🏾

@VMusik

Жыл бұрын

Legendary

@town944folk

9 ай бұрын

Nyararai henyu Samanyanga Inga ndimi mhukahuru wani

@tannlightmedia

3 ай бұрын

Word 🔥

What???? Tuku doing Tiny Desk before he passed is the best gift. ♥️♥️♥️♥️

I'm Kenyan, cant understand the language but somehow i can understand what he is singing. Powerful!

@hiribae6807

5 жыл бұрын

Thats the beauty of bantu languages. They're quite similar.

@matayo5080

5 жыл бұрын

As Africans, we don't need translations for what another African is doing. It is innate, we understand as though it was our next door neighbour doing it.

@ginobatini6452

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Italy and I think the same thing... Exactly like you! Great!

@nomadicsoul6144

4 жыл бұрын

@@matayo5080 I'm South African. I only understand English and Afrikaans it somehow on a deep level I understand this

@nomadicsoul6144

4 жыл бұрын

The thing about African music it the power to soothe and awaken, to transcend and to excite. It's magical.

I'am from South Africa , I'am so proud of this performance by the greatest Oliver Mtukuzi from Zimbabwe

I've never been so happy in my life than to find this NPR concert. This man was iconic in South Africa. Weddings fill with the tapping of feet because of Todii. I wish he played Neria for this crowd. They would've lived with the hauntingly beautiful melodies of that song, even though no one would know what he said

So I only discovered now that Mr Tuku has a Tiny Desk performance recorded over 5 Years Ago, WOW. Rest in peace. LEGEND. 🇿🇦🇿🇼

Been watching npr for a long time now and I never knew Mtukudzi was here. Then a day after his death I get a suggestion. Always loved his music.😢

@SeunIdowu

5 жыл бұрын

He's dead????

@pm4594

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah about a week ago

@abigailn2168

5 жыл бұрын

i had no idea too

@teemumama123

5 жыл бұрын

P M noooooo

@princeofnilevalley6578

5 жыл бұрын

I can't help but ask how? He didn't seem that old...

if all the people of the world subscribe to this channel and listen to world music, i guess there will be no more war all over the world ! god bless all musicians that each of them light a candle for peace and a more beautiful earth ! (Farrokh, Muslim, From Iran)

@lucystone2352

3 жыл бұрын

So optimistic! But I hope so much the same thing! Lets share this channel ... who knows ... getting the right mood

@gudlukkay

3 жыл бұрын

Extremely naive comment.

Africa has lost a legend here... It had always been my dream to go to Cape Town Jazz Festival so that I could see Baba Hugh Masekela and Baba Oliver Mtukudzi doing what they do Live.. But life does what it does all the time. Take away Legends.

@ukwezi

4 жыл бұрын

Noooo!! Is Oliver Mtukudzi passed?

@greenszambasa4611

4 жыл бұрын

@@ukwezi Sadly he is. He passed on last year

@ukwezi

4 жыл бұрын

@greens zambasa...that is sad to learn

@Olivia-bh7vs

4 жыл бұрын

And then brings new ones 🙏

@aregaali3587

4 жыл бұрын

Grace Umuhire yes, sad

I really needed this today, I feel a bit better now. I need this everyday.

Striking wires without struggling, music ran in his blood. I remember he came to Kenya in 2010 and when the journalist asked what he had come to do in Nairobi he said, 'am at home'. Oliver was true African legend, may he continue resting in peace.

The drumming is quite impressive.

@friesiamans1966

5 жыл бұрын

+ steve - yep, africa is great... kzread.info/dash/bejne/faCJ1bezk6u1ldY.html edit: just watch, how everybody has his very personal style - love it! cheers from germany, haha... :-)

@MrOneortwo

5 жыл бұрын

Right !!

@domchemoves

3 жыл бұрын

he is soo dope

@stephenr80

3 жыл бұрын

TOTALLY,SOFT YET SO PERFRCT

@raphaelmishael7045

3 жыл бұрын

Konga... It's an Art here in Africa 🙂

His face and spirit remind me of my grandpa. I still love him and miss him regardless he passed away 20 years ago.

The grandmaster of Southern African Traditional songs, Dr Oliver Mtukudzi.

I now have respect for npr

@aregaali3587

3 жыл бұрын

NPR is great!

This is real music. No pretension or spectacle, straight from the heart.

@VMusik

Жыл бұрын

Legendary

Mixcloud highlighted this guy and I clicked it, it was the best ride I ever had. It’s hard to move after the brain tumor and I found myself dancing for the first time since the surgeries, which I didn’t even know was possible

@ziwewet

3 жыл бұрын

Music is a healer and you made the right choice to listen to this. Hoping to a full recovery!

@Ton7Tube

2 жыл бұрын

Blessings!

Absolutely beautiful

We saw you in New Mexico about 10 years ago. We drove 6 hours to see you play and my son was maybe 11 at the time. Your music is so lovely and transcendent. I am so sad for the loss of your son. Mine is 22 now and writes music, I remember him dancing that night to your music. All the best to you and healing to your heart. Tracy lind

A true Zimbabwean and African musical legend. I love that other people appreciate the talent. really didn't expect to see this on tiny desk. great job

@kgalalelomaake8991

4 жыл бұрын

Me2 I couldn't believe it

wow, I didn't know Baba played on NPR. I'm speechless. Sad I never got to see him live! Rest well and Thank you for sharing good music with us!

@NanaN495

4 жыл бұрын

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I can't get through the first song...its so beautiful!

A face that shows decades of hardship and happiness, Tuku is truly poetic.

Omg why I'm I only noticing this now😭😭 I really wish I was there live coz I'd be flexing for real🇿🇦 definitely sharing this with my father❤️

@joshrich5917

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how it took me 7 years to find this.

@HotMedia247

3 жыл бұрын

Just seeing this for the first today as well, who was hiding good music from us. I'm in love with the conga player.

Thank you Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 for the gift of everlasting music 🎼🎼🎼🎼😍. From your neighbors in South Africa 🇿🇦 and the entire continent

In any given lifetime, I'd choose to be Zimbabwean over and over again! What a blessing to listen to our legend's golden voice, I am in tears!

May your country find the democracy in your honor. I just love your beautiful music.

@aregaali3587

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!

I've literally watched countless Tiny Desk concerts but I'm only seeing the Legend now,continue resting in peace sir

Wow! Never knew the legendary Tuku had been on NPR, a firm favorite performer here in Botswana.

Those ladies are stunning They can sing They have rhythm They are musicians Try singing and shaking those things while keeping the beat

I can't believe he's gone. RIP legend. Love from South Africa

@evem620

5 жыл бұрын

RIP

@guivitepatriciocampira7750

5 жыл бұрын

jakama

@Kubwayo10

4 жыл бұрын

He is not gone he lives in you and it's up to you how you keep him alive.

Representing Africa, one of the best, authentic and well-seasoned performers. Tata Oliver Mtukudzi deserves to be at Music Tiny Desk Concert!!!

I'm Nigerian and I love what I am listening to here

I'm 7 years late, this is beautiful🥺😭

RIP Tuku I had the opportunity of watching and hearing him live twice. He was simply a magician, dancer and awesome performer. The first time I saw this episode I felt very proud of watching his performances and of being an African. And then Yesterday I hear about him passing away. I hope we Africans and human around the world pass his legacy to more and more generations to come. Tuku shall live forever

@MsLiboma

4 жыл бұрын

Robb Lucas Fernando also was blessed to see Tuku live a couple of times 🙏 bless this man and his musicians RIP

Turku is an amazing performer . This music touched my soul . I'm an old "white" guy , ostensibly , and I was raised in a white culture . Somehow I married a beautiful Dominican girl 45 years ago and have four beautiful Dominican-American , black children . I feel that somehow my ancestors must have been born in Zimbabwe because I feel Tuku's singing in my soul . I don't literally understand what he's singing , but somehow I understand . This is so inspiring and beautiful . Keep on keepin' on, Oliver "Tuku" . God's blessings on you and the rest of the group , who rock ! George Lewis, Sr.

@oliveoil3917

5 жыл бұрын

r.i.p to a legend brother

@saritakoeberg

5 жыл бұрын

RIP TUKU. Your music will live on LEGEND!!

@evem620

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly he has passed

@davidsalomon3020

5 жыл бұрын

Because of the time when you got married , You have had the blessing of having one of the most precious Caribbean women, Dominican.

@vuyanimas3845

5 жыл бұрын

Souls don't use words to speak. Energy & vibrations

this just poped on my timeline I enjoyed his music when I lived in Zimbabwe

So sad to find out he’s no longer with us! May he rest in power through all time. Thank you for your legacy of light baba

The music we grew up listening to is so rarely ever represented in our country these days. This LITERALLY brought me to my tears 😭😭😭. My late gran and I used to sing along to his music, now whenever "Senzeni" plays my mom and I just look at eachother and both try our hardest not to cry. THANK YOU NPR ❤️❤️❤️

@davidsalomon3020

5 жыл бұрын

Your people is simply wonderful; may I could speak a few words in any of your ethnic languages. Just to express my gratitude because of your kindness, colorful, beautiful, heart full and genuine gestures.

@ayanda1271

4 жыл бұрын

❤ we are passing by ❤

@Sanazy21

2 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me a little of what they are saying

@VMusik

Жыл бұрын

Tuku

Ncaaa!! This made my heart smile. RIP to the legend.

Saw this great musician in Minneapolis, MN. What a night. Will never forget. Everyone was on their feet. Thanks 🙏

Only seeing this now in 2024 wow. Long live Oliver

That made my day , so happy and positive , although I don't understand !!

can't stop watching this... i love that moment at the start where they sit in silence...

Can't believe I'm only seeing this today💕...RIP TUKU🇿🇼

As a south african 🇿🇦I grew up with Oliver's music. I was lucky to have seen him live. RIP Oliver 🇿🇼 . African music connects us all, so happy I found this vid.

Wow!!! The ladies are so beautiful

@aregaali3587

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are and beautiful voices too! Bless them!

@nomadicsoul6144

4 жыл бұрын

Oh they are right.?

@MsLiboma

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They are sisters , Oliver’s daughters

Man that drum sounds so good.

Saw Tuku live in my hometown East London, Buyelekhaya. I'm so glad I didn't miss that show. RIP tata.

BAB' OLIVER MTUKUDZI IS A FREAKING LEGEND. THANK YOU NPR FOR GIVING THIS LEGENDARY MAN HIS FLOWERS WHILE HE'S STILL ALIVE ❤️‼️. AS A SOUTH AFRICAN, WATCHING HIM PERFORM THESE TIMELESS GEMS ON THIS PLATFORM JUST WARMS MY HEART 🇿🇦🏆❤️. LOVE YOU SIR 🔥🔥

Catch me 2030 still watching this one 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

I always seem to discover a legend after they have gone. I have watched this over and over. Love it. Great singers and musicians with him too. Shame they not recognised in credits.

Southern Africa. My heart, my home. So blessed to have shared a stage with this legend. We miss you dear soul.

been watching tiny desk for 7 years. How am seeing this now in 2024 as a South African

Such A BEAUTIFUL Harmony The Song “Todii”..I First Was Introduced To This Remarkable Artist And AMAZING Musical Genius Twenty Years Ago..I Am Truly Filled With Extreme Sadness To Learn Of His Passing.Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi Was A Globally Recognized Musician Whose Music Will Out Live Us All,My Heart Felt Condolences To His Family First And Foremost,Also To Everyone Like Myself Who Appreciated And Enjoyed Listening To His Music. ETERNAL REST MY BROTHER !!

In 2018! I grew thinking this song was from Tanzania! It was kept in all radio station! Learned it from this honorable men! Oh Tuku, you rock, and make Africa the best place than any place ever! I love Tanzania and Africa!

Proud to see our very own legend on a major platform like this....

This emotional. Tata is poetic in so many ways, from the stories he tells to his own life. The relentless Africannes through various forms and moments of marginalization. True legend.

His one reason i am proud to call my self a zimbabwean, beautiful music from this living legend

How am I just seeing this now....RIP to a legend

Can’t believe I only found this masterpiece today after 8 years🔥🔥🔥 this man remains an absolute legend

What shall we do... Oh nice! Rest in power Tuku

What a legend, at a time when African art, myth and heritage were marginalized you remained a reassuring beacon. We will always see your smile in your music. Rest in peace Tuku.

The greatest Zimbabwean artiste!

This is amazing!

WHATTTTTTTTT???????? OH MY GOD!!!! WOW!!! I AM SO BLESSED BY THIS PERFORMANCE... I GREW UP WITH HIS MUSIC IN SOUTH AFRICA... AHHHH WOW... THANK YOU NPR TINY DESK... THANK YOU SO MUCH

I grew up listening to Oliver Mtukudzi and a few years ago my family computer crashed, erasing all my cherished music and i could not find any of his cd's we had. I am so glad i found him again! This song brings back so many memories:)

A legend 😄. So glad I found this on Tiny Desk

Wow. Clicked on this randomly to listen to while I worked and now I'm in love! This man's voice is so seductive.