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Songs for ritual, entertainment, and dance from the Sena-speaking Tonga of Zimbabwe

Various Artists
Shona/Budya people, Zimbabwe. Kadori playing a Madebe dza Mhondoro mbira, Mutoko district.
Shona/Budya people, Zimbabwe. Kadori playing a Madebe dza Mhondoro mbira, Mutoko district.
Photograph by Hugh Tracey, 1932. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.

Track Listing

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Nyamulosa chimbo cha Gotosa (The song of Gotosa, the Mondoro) S. Murira with group playing Matebe dza Mondoro mbiras and murumbi drum 03:04
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102
Ai-ye! Nzara yakabora (Ai-ye! Famine has come) Group of young Tonga men and girls 02:58
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Kari muchipfuwa kanaziwa ne mwene wako (What is in your heart only you yourself can tell) S. Murira with group playing Matebe dza Mondoro mbiras and murumbi drum 02:59
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Murumi wakaenda ku Harari (The man who went to Harari (Salisbury)) Group of Tonga married women 01:41