Zimbabwe: Mokoomba – Tusona (Tracings in the Sand)

[Afropop] By the time the Zimbabwean band Mokoomba arrived on the African pop scene with their international debut album Rising Tide in 2013, they had been developing their sound for a decade. No doubt that’s one reason Ivoirian singer/producer Manou Gallo was keen to produce the album. The sound was already fully formed and polished, and Mokoomba delivered onstage like nobody’s business, with choreography and energy that left audiences breathless. They quickly became one of the most talked-about bands on the