Nyatwa Mbira Piece Intensive

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Description

Nyatwa means ‘Trouble’, ‘Danger’, or ‘Misfortune’. The Chigamba family called it ‘Pfumvu yemhembwe’ (’Troubles of / danger to a duiker/small antelope’) in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, then ‘Pfumvu yenyasa’, later calling it Nyatwa. This collection includes perfomances of the piece in mavembe/gandanga tuning. [Total time: 75:55]

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Tracks

  1. Tute Chigamba kushaura 1994  [4:18]
  2. Irene Chigamba kushaura 1994  [0:36]
  3. Tute Chigamba 1991  [6:14]
  4. Tute Chigamba kutsinhira 1994  [3:26]
  5. Tute Chigamba kutsinhira 1994  [6:30]
  6. Tute Chigamba kutsinhira 1994  [6:38]
  7. Irene Chigamba 1994  [3:40]
  8. Garadziva Chigamba kutsinhira 1994  [3:59]
  9. Tute & Irene Chigamba 1988  [4:48]
  10. Garadziva Chigamba & Wiriranai Chigonga 1998  [5:52]
  11. Irene Chigamba & Erica Azim 2006  [6:02]
  12. Irene & Garadziva Chigamba & Young Zimbabweans 1994  [4:50]
  13. Irene & Garadziva Chigamba 2000  [9:21]
  14. Mhuri yekwaChigamba 1994  [8:46]

Additional information

Title Nyatwa Mbira Piece Intensive
SKU music-3936
Dimensions N/A
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