Ngozi yemuroora Mbira Piece Intensive
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Description
Ngozi yemuroora (‘the revengeful spirit of the daughter-in-law’) is a piece from the over 1,000-year old Shona mbira repertoire played in ceremonies. In traditional Shona culture, a woman goes to her husband’s village to live forever, after marriage, and must obey her mother-in-law. The name of this song refers to a wife who is treated so badly by her mother-in-law that she dies and then comes back as a revengeful spirit seeking justice. Though this name for the piece is used by the Chigamba family, it is called other names by other musicians. [Total time: 74:34]
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Tracks
- Tute Chigamba 2002 kushaura [5:25]
- Tute Chigamba 1986 [0:07]
- Tute Chigamba 1988 kushaura [2:08]
- Tute Chigamba 1988 kutsinhira [2:46]
- Tute Chigamba 1991 kutsinhira [5:28]
- Ngozi yemuroora [6:27]
- Tute & Irene Chigamba 1988 [5:09]
- Tute & Garadziva Chigamba 1991 [11:37]
- Tute & Irene Chigamba 1988 [12:08]
- Tute & Irene Chigamba 1991 [6:40]
- Ngozi yemuroora [8:14]






