Comments on: James Kamwaza https://matepe.org/james-kamwaza Preserving matepe music in the 21st century Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 By: Mike Thomas https://matepe.org/james-kamwaza#comment-61 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 20:12:15 +0000 https://matepe.org/?p=324#comment-61 I have interacted with both Sawhira Chaka and James Kamwaza. Both are brilliant mbira players. Both taught me how to play mbira. I can help the platform on what to include. A lot is still missing even Chaka has a lot that has not been fully documented but this is a good beginning. I recorded both of them extensively.

Please add more recordings by James Kamwaza for the purpose of preservation!

]]> By: Stefan_Franke https://matepe.org/james-kamwaza#comment-19 Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:28:41 +0000 https://matepe.org/?p=324#comment-19 In reply to Zack Moon.

Hi Zack, thanks! We’re hoping for the same, that this one is only the first puzzle piece of documenting the matepe landscape.

]]> By: Zack Moon https://matepe.org/james-kamwaza#comment-16 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:07:33 +0000 https://matepe.org/?p=324#comment-16 👏🏻👏🏻]]> So great to see all of you together and engaged in this very important work of documenting Sekuru Chawasarira’s vast knowledge and expertise of hera/matepe. That’s fantastic that Kamwaza is there too representing additional playing and building styles from Rushinga where Chawasarira first encountered this music! Hopefully this can lead to future projects of documenting repertoire and building of traditional hera in/from the Rushinga district! Hats off! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

]]> By: Rodrigo Laje https://matepe.org/james-kamwaza#comment-15 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:29:29 +0000 https://matepe.org/?p=324#comment-15 Nice crew!!!

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