Tadzungaira
Forward Kwenda performs the mbira piece Tadzungaira in a filmed solo performance.
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Meet Forward Kwenda.
Mbira dzavadzimu
Forward Kwenda
Zimbabwean mbira player from Buhera, known for calling the ancestral spirits during mapira, the Shona ceremonies in which the ancestors are present. The Shona bira is an ancestral tradition of its own, and he describes his playing as not being his own doing.
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