Tozoenda pane Marariromba, ndakati inini handinete kuridza mbira. Ehe, usiku hwese ndinoridza mbira, kana svondo rese rinopera ndichiridza. Usiku, masikati, ndinogona kungoridza. Saka zvakangofanana…
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Moving on to “Marariromba” (Singing through the night), I noted that I never tire of playing mbira. Yes, I can play all night long,…
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Muridzi ndiTute Chigamba
Pane Vasina Katura, zvakafanana nekuti uri kuona vamwe vachirima, iwewe hausi kurima. Woona vamwe vachisevenza, iwewe hausi kusevenza. Unopona nekukumbira. Kana…
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Performed by Tute Chigamba
“Vasina Katura” is about a situation in which you are watching others farm, yet you are not farming. You are…
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Muridzi ndiTute Chigamba, dambarefu rinonzi Yangu Ndega
Nyatwa ndakaiwana pamatepe. Ndaiwana pamatepe ndobva ndazotsvaga kushaura kwacho. Zvokuti kushaura, kana ivo vematepe vacho havana kushaura… -
Performed by Tute Chigamba, from the album Yangu Ndega
I adapted “Nyatwa” (Calamity) from the matepe. I adapted it from the matepe, and then… -
“Mutendamambo” (Thanks unto God), my father died. Upon his death, then my younger brothers were left. There was Palmer, and Walton, they are the…
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Mutendamambo, baba vangu vakafa. Kufa kwakaita baba vangu, ndobva vakasara vanin’ina vangu inini. Pana uyu Palmer naWalton, ndovanhu vakanga vari pamusha, vari vana vaduku….
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Varidzi ndeveMhuri YeKwaChigamba
Ngozi Yemuroora ndakaicomposa ndiri kuDarwin. Ndaifanira kuiti Shumba Yemukwasha, ndobva ndaona kuti Shumba Yemukwasha iriko inotaura nezvemukwasha. Kwozoita kuti munhu wechikadzi… -
Performed by Mhuri YeKwaChigamba
I composed “Ngozi Yemuroora” (The daughter-in-law’s vengeful spirit) in Mount Darwin. I realized that on the one hand, there is…