Nyamamusango from Dzimbahwe by Musekiwa Chingodza

Nyamamusango means “meat in the forest.” It is a song that we play for our hunting spirits to give them energy when they are hunting  in the forest for us. In this Nyamamusango I played nhare in B tuning, the Chingodza family tuning.

Musekiwa Chingodza was born into a family of great mbira players in Mwangara village, Murewa, Zimbabwe, in 1970. He began playing mbira at the age of five and is self-taught. He regularly tours the US, Japan, and France. He says, “Our music is both medicine and food, as mbira has the power to heal and to provide for people. Mbira pleases both the living and the dead.