What better moment to do a series of articles celebrating female mbira players than March? March is recognised in many parts of the world as Women’s History Month.
While historically mbira has been dominated by male players, over the years there are women who have stamped their mark. Throughout the month of March expect different feature articles on some of these great women. If you would like to contribute an article on this theme just send an email through!
To start the series off, here is a vocal masterpiece on Nhemamusasa from the amazing Beaular Dyoko on a collaboration with Cosmas Magaya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azw0wwzK-Po
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