Africa: Shona Mbira Music

by Mhuri yekwaRwizi

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'Africa: Shona Mbira Music' documents the interlocking patterns and spiritual resonance of Shona mbira performance. The recording presents the instrument's cyclical melodic structures in a format that introduced many international listeners to Zimbabwean traditional music.

Genres

  • Shona Mbira Music

Tracklist

  1. Nhemamusasa: Instrumental Excerpt I
  2. Nhemamusasa: Instrumental Excerpt II
  3. Nhemamusasa: Complete Performance
  4. Dande
  5. Taireva - Version I
  6. Nyamaropa yekutanga
  7. Taireva - Version II
  8. Shumba
  9. Nyamamusango
  10. Chaminuka We