Chaminuka: The Music of Zimbabwe
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The Shona culture of Zimbabwe has vital traditions and a vibrant contemporary music scene. Dr. Dumisani Maraire has been teaching Americans and Zimbabweans about them for over 20 years, both academically and on stage. Dumi is a master of the mbira (thumb piano), whose rolling circular rhythms are heard on a number of tracks on this CD. His mature voice provides marvelous deep flowing counterpoint to the plucked metal keys of the mbira. Dumi is known for his establishment of marimba groups, and you'll find some wonderful marimba works here featuring his group Minanzi III. Outstanding songs on Chaminuka include the irresistible, life-affirming, marimba piece "Buka Njari," the lyrics of which advise fighting the self-destructive animal which resides within each of us; and the mbira song "Mwanangu Kura Uridze Mbira" ("I Want My Child to Grow Up to Play Mbira"), which stresses the importance of passing on cultural traditions to the next generation. — Jeff Grubb
- Butsu Mutandari
- Chaminuka
- Machekeche
- Chemutengure/Mundendero
- Kutambarara
- Mwanangu Kura Uridze Mbira
- Buka Njari
- Yuwi Maiwe
- Mwanawe Ndoerera
Title: Chaminuka: The Music of Zimbabwe
Sales Rank: 105334 in Music
Artist: Dumisani Maraire
Label: Music of the World, 1996-10-29, Audio CD, 1 Disc
- Not an Introductory Album -- Work Your Way up to This One.
- This is (mostly) a solo album by the Master himself. It is pure, undistilled, classical mbira. If you are already familiar with the form, the cadences, the intervals of mbira music, and the rather odd way the vocals interact with the instrument, then you can stop searching right now -- you've found the Holy Grail (or you will… More reviews
- Love it
- This is true, traditional African music that will help reawaken your black soul. Brothers, stop being mislead and buying white commercial, business stuff, and get the stuff that is in harmony with your inner being! More reviews