| Object | ||
|---|---|---|
| Identifier: | 1396 | |
| Title: | Double Check. Two Sides of Zimbabwe's Mbira Queen | |
| Genre: | Trance | |
| Genre: | Afro | |
| Description: | Born 1946 in Mujumhi, a village in Mhondoro Zimbabwe, the woman now known by her people as Ambuya Chinyakare (Grandmother of Traditional Music) has had to struggle hard every step of the way to becoming her true self, the Queen of Mbira. The colonial power, Britain, had banned the mbira during the first war of liberation, the Church told her that it was the work of the Devil, even her own people told her that it was taboo, an instrument that a woman could never play. Yet by the mid-sixties, she had become recognised as a gifted /maridzambira/, playing at healing ceremonies, weddings, funerals, concerts and parties and her debut single, /Kasahwa/, had gone gold. After Zimbabwean independence in 1980, she joined the National Dance Company and toured throughout Zimbabwe, Mozambique and then Australia, India, North Korea and Europe. Since 1987 she has been on a continual tour of Europe, North America and Zimbabwe. So far she’s recorded 22 local singles and 7 international albums, became the first Zimbabwean female mbira player to gain international recognition, been awarded an MA from Harare University, won two ZIMA Awards in 2005 and healed countless troubled souls. | |
| Contributor: | Piranha Musik & IT AG | role: Record Label |
| Contributor: | Piranha Musik & IT AG | role: Publisher |
| Contributor: | Stella Chiweshe | role: Artist |
| Contributor: | Sabah Habas Mustapha | role: Artist |
| Date-issued: | 2006 | |
| Type: | Sound | |
| Medium: | CD (Compact Disc) | |
| Medium: | audio file | |
| Source: | Piranha Musik & IT AG | |
| is referenced by: | http://www.womex.com/virtual/piranha_musik_it_ag/stella_chiweshe_1/double_check_two_of | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Wanyana | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Kuseniseni | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Madzokero | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Mhandu-Ye-Hove | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Vana Varikuchema | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Zvinonhamo | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Mutonga | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Kusvotwa | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Mazorodze | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Mese Maikwana | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Mapere | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Ndinogarochema | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Mikono | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Kudara Kwangu | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Machena | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Zungunde | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Chapfudzapasi | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Mudzimu Dzoka | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Huya Uzoona | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Chakauya | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Chaa! Chimurenga | |
| Has Sample: | role: audio title: Vana Vako Vopera | |
| Coverage-spatial: | Afrika/Ostafrika/Zimbabwe | Vocabulary: dmGeography |
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