Preserving Matepe music
in the 21st century
This site hosts
- a comprehensive masterclass in playing matepe, consisting of 120+ video tutorials taught by master musician Chaka Chawasarira
- a 35-hour documentation of the process of building a matepe, starting from a block of wood and a pile of scrap metal
- a blog of our activities in the project and beyond
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We are as excited as we are happy and grateful to launch a project this month that we have been working towards for a long time: Over the next few months we want to create video lessons for the entire repertoire of Matepe master musician Chaka Chawasarira, as well as his instrument building process, and…