[2][3] Brothers Zexie and Stanley Manatsa founded the Green Arrows in 1966, initially under the name of the Mambo Jazz Band.
[3] It also became the title track of the Green Arrows' 1976 debut LP, the first recorded by a Zimbabwean band.
The lyrics of their liberation song "Madzangara Dzimu" led the group to be briefly jailed in the lead-up to the Rhodesian general election of 1980, which preceded Zimbabwean independence.
[5] When Bob Marley performed at the Zimbabwean independence celebrations on 17 April 1980, the Green Arrows supported.
[1] In 2007 Analog Africa released a digitally remastered compilation of Green Arrows material entitled 4-Track Recording Session, which included their entire debut album as well as ten singles from 1976 to 1979.