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Tozoenda pane Marariromba, ndakati inini handinete kuridza mbira. Ehe, usiku hwese ndinoridza mbira, kana svondo rese rinopera ndichiridza. Usiku, masikati, ndinogona kungoridza. Saka zvakangofanana…

Moving on to “Marariromba” (Singing through the night), I noted that I never tire of playing mbira. Yes, I can play all night long,…

Muridzi ndiTute Chigamba

Pane Vasina Katura, zvakafanana nekuti uri kuona vamwe vachirima, iwewe hausi kurima. Woona vamwe vachisevenza, iwewe hausi kusevenza. Unopona nekukumbira. Kana…

Performed by Tute Chigamba

“Vasina Katura” is about a situation in which you are watching others farm, yet you are not farming. You are…

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…

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….

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…