Living in the light of God
This rope tuned, skin covered goblet drum is famous for the unique and variety of sounds its can produce when played bare handed. This is because of hardwood body and the untreated rawhide drum head, making it a versatile drum and very loud drum. This instrument is said to have originated from the ...
There is a extensive variety of African shakers from various parts of Africa consisting of: Gourds:Shekere shakers (Axatse gourd raattles), Televi (2 seed filled gourds on each end of a string), Ankle shakers (made of any marterial on a string or band, tight about the ankles). Woven ...
Originally a Zimbabwean instrument, the mbira is also known as the thumb piano. It is an instrument that is made of a wooden gourd, and inside is staggered metal keys. It is part of the idiophone family. It was made popular by Zimbabwean musicians, such as Thomas Mapfumo, and Dumisani Maraire. The ...
Consisting of wooden gourds as resonators which are hit with mallets, the marimba is a member is the percussion family.Much like the xylophone, it has a broader and lower tonal range and resonators while the bars are arranged as those of a piano. These resonators hang below each bar, all with ...
A gospel singer who recently graduated with a degree in vocal performance from the Musicians Institute of Los Angeles. Audiences around the world are inspired by Taps' music. Over 250,000 people cheered as they soaked in the message of hope from his song, "Africa," at a Joyce Meyer conference in ...
Born and raised in Harare, Tendai Nguni, started his music career in St Georges high-school choir and drama department, but as a college student in Australia, he discovered to true love for music, and his talent for writing. The rap star has taken taken up the American style of hip hop with a dash ...
She is one of Zimbabwe's best known singers. She became a star by playing and singing to a 'mbira', which is a metallic thumb piano, traditionally played by men. The singer, song writer is the daughter of a famous mbira player, Dumisani Maraire. At age 15 she formed a 'Afro-fusion' hip hop group ...
Also known as Wallace Chirumiko, is Zimbabwe's new reggae/dance-hall sensation, popularly known as 'The Big Man'. He has featured at the South African Music Awards as well as the Monash Beer Fest Carnival, which featured musicians such as Black Coffee, Cabo Snoop, Winky D, Dj Snypes, Dj Leks, ...
