We never expected that in a single weekend of three consecutive shows in Harare alone fans would have the energy to still chase after Tuku when he launched the Perekedza Mwana concept last night at the good old Mushandz in Highfield.

Perekedza Mwana is a ghetto comeback concept where Tuku is retracing his footsteps mainly to those ‘township’ venues where he started his career in the ‘70s.

In a series of shows lined up at selected venues countrywide Tuku is introducing his young son Sam, a recorded musician, to the ghettos that gave birth to Zimbabwe’s superstar. Father and son fired by the same blood!

After the Friday 26 February upmarket concert at the 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale and the Spillway lakeside performance the next day, fans still had amazing staying power. The crowds surprised all of us when they thronged the historic Mushandz aka Mushandirapamwe Hotel to witness the launch of Perekedza Mwana.

For Tuku it was a deeply emotional return to the stage where he started his professional musical career. From the energy in Tuku himself last night and amongst the audiences too one could see, feel and quite easily so the easing of sorts of deep-seated nostalgia and immediate connection with the past when old songs from hit albums of the ’70s and ‘80s were played among them Ndipeiwo Zano, Chokwadi Chichabuda and Muroi Ndiani?

Tuku never made it a secret that were it not for his son who conceptualized Perekedza Mwana he would probably not have returned to the ghetto venues for reasons strictly to do with space as the halls could no longer accommodate his ever growing multitudes of fans. The same concerns to do with space are sure to resurface during the countrywide tour of Perekedza Mwana judging by the overwhelming supportive crowds at Mushandz.

Tuku narrated how the venue offered musicians generous rehearsal space, shows and a livelihood – how it launched many artists to stardom and its outstanding history in the music of Zimbabwe.

In fulfillment of the theme of Perekedza Mwana, Tuku joined his son and played proudly together songs by either of them – a legacy and philosophy passing on to the younger generation of musicians. Sam has a debut Rume Rimwe album and is soon releasing his second.

Below: Perekedza Mwana in pictures.

Martha, Tuku and Sam
Part of the crowd at the launch of the Perekedza Mwana tour	Perekedza Mwana... Tuku and son Sam..
Sam Mtukudzi and father Tuku launching the Perekedza Mwana tour	Sulumane Chimbetu in guest appearance at Perekedza Mwana
Take off... Perekedza Mwana launched. Sam and Martha of Ay Band..	Take off...Perekedza Mwana launches. Sam and Martha of Ay Band..
The young ones too turned up to watch Sam Mtukudzi and father Tuku
Let the good times roll...a fan at the Perekedza Mwana tour...