Bhundu Boys

The Bhundu Boys are a Zimbabwean band that plays a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco and pop influences. Their style has become known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success.

The Bhundu Boys are a Zimbabwean band that plays a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco and pop influences. Their style has become known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success. Their debut album was released in 1986, and attracted the attention of Gordon Muir, a Scottish concert promoter. After touring England for a year, the Bhundu Boys signed to Warner Brothers International.

The word Bhundu was the name given to the young boys who used to aid resistance fighters in the 1970's war against the white minority government and is a reference to their lead singer Biggie Tembo was a Bhundu boy.