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• Musical Instruments
  • Matepe
  • Mbira
  • Ngoma
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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
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