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Rhythms of the World

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on BBC Two England

Viva Zimbabwe
Thomas Mapfumo, one of Africa's most innovative pop musicians, describes the emergence in Zimbabwe of a unique style of 'chimurenga' dance music, based on Shona rhythms and the hypnotic sound of the 'mbira' thumb piano. Stella Chiweshe , one of the first women to play the mbira, has joined the ranks of the country's pop musicians while Zimbabwe's Christians have found their own musician, gospel singer Machanic Manyeruke. Producer Jenny Cathcart
Series editors Nigel Finch and Anthony Wall 0 PICTURE STORY: page 46

Contributors

Piano:
Stella Chiweshe
Singer:
MacHanic Manyeruke.
Producer:
Jenny Cathcart
Editors:
Nigel Finch
Source: Radio Times

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