• Intro
    • About
    • Acknowledgements
    • Guide to Citation and Use
    • References
    • Contact
  • Early Years
    • Overview
    • Charama Eats His Beard
    • From Mushongahande to Morton Farm
    • Interpreting for the Spirits
    • Kachonda’s Karimba
    • The Woman Who Kept a Lizard
    • The Year of Drought
    • Threshing Songs
    • “Stealing” the Guitar
    • Father’s Mukube
    • Learning Chipendani
    • Herding Songs
    • Conclusion
  • Musical Life
    • Overview
    • Rhumba Dreams
    • Taking Up Mbira
    • Zaranyika
    • Mbira Dreams
    • Meeting VaMukwani
    • Meeting Sekuru Gora
    • Composing Songs
    • Destitution
    • Making Mbira
    • Mbira Tools
    • Conclusion
  • Independence
    • Overview
    • Dreaming Independence
    • Praying for Rain
    • VaMutumwa: God’s Messenger
    • Resettling in Rushinga
    • Half Leopard, Half Lion
    • Performing at CHOGM
    • Rushinga with the BBC
    • Resuming the Guitar
    • A terrible year
    • Reflections
    • Conclusion
  • Mbira
    • Overview
    • Origins: Music from the Ocean
    • Gwenyambira: The Player
    • Nziyo: Songs
    • Gwariva: The Instrument
    • Chakwi: The Name
    • Mutemo: The Law of Mbira
    • Hosho: Lighting the Way
    • Kwenje: The Spirit of Dance
    • Conclusion
  • Ancestors
    • Overview
    • Murenga: Founding Ancestor
    • Guniuswa: Birthplace of Mediumship
    • Biri Parts the Zambezi
    • Entering Zimbabwe
    • Masvingo’s Rise and Fall
    • Dzivarasekwa: The Giving of Names
    • Murozvi: Minister of Land
    • Splintering Into Groups
    • Adopting Totems
    • Mutota’s Kingship
    • Mapondera: The Last Mutota Ruler
    • The European Struggle for Territory
    • Disappearing Shrines
    • Conclusion
  • Explore
    • Overview
    • Instruments
    • Images
    • Songs
    • Maps
    • Family Tree
    • Timeline
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Sekuru’s Stories

Sekuru’s Stories

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  • Intro
    • About
    • Acknowledgements
    • Guide to Citation and Use
    • References
    • Contact
  • Early Years
    • Overview
    • Charama Eats His Beard
    • From Mushongahande to Morton Farm
    • Interpreting for the Spirits
    • Kachonda’s Karimba
    • The Woman Who Kept a Lizard
    • The Year of Drought
    • Threshing Songs
    • “Stealing” the Guitar
    • Father’s Mukube
    • Learning Chipendani
    • Herding Songs
    • Conclusion
  • Musical Life
    • Overview
    • Rhumba Dreams
    • Taking Up Mbira
    • Zaranyika
    • Mbira Dreams
    • Meeting VaMukwani
    • Meeting Sekuru Gora
    • Composing Songs
    • Destitution
    • Making Mbira
    • Mbira Tools
    • Conclusion
  • Independence
    • Overview
    • Dreaming Independence
    • Praying for Rain
    • VaMutumwa: God’s Messenger
    • Resettling in Rushinga
    • Half Leopard, Half Lion
    • Performing at CHOGM
    • Rushinga with the BBC
    • Resuming the Guitar
    • A terrible year
    • Reflections
    • Conclusion
  • Mbira
    • Overview
    • Origins: Music from the Ocean
    • Gwenyambira: The Player
    • Nziyo: Songs
    • Gwariva: The Instrument
    • Chakwi: The Name
    • Mutemo: The Law of Mbira
    • Hosho: Lighting the Way
    • Kwenje: The Spirit of Dance
    • Conclusion
  • Ancestors
    • Overview
    • Murenga: Founding Ancestor
    • Guniuswa: Birthplace of Mediumship
    • Biri Parts the Zambezi
    • Entering Zimbabwe
    • Masvingo’s Rise and Fall
    • Dzivarasekwa: The Giving of Names
    • Murozvi: Minister of Land
    • Splintering Into Groups
    • Adopting Totems
    • Mutota’s Kingship
    • Mapondera: The Last Mutota Ruler
    • The European Struggle for Territory
    • Disappearing Shrines
    • Conclusion
  • Explore
    • Overview
    • Instruments
    • Images
    • Songs
    • Maps
    • Family Tree
    • Timeline
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  • Musical Instruments
    • Matepe
    • Mbira
    • Ngoma
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Sekuru’s Stories is a born-digital monograph featuring Zimbabwe mbira player, oral historian, and ritual specialist Sekuru Tute Chigamba.

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