Chaka Chawasarira
Chaka Chawasarira was born in Zimbabwe on September 11th, 1941. His father was a master drummer and his mother was a dancer to the drum her husband played. When he was nine, Chawasarira lost both his parents and was brought up as an orphan in a Catholic mission. He carried on his father’s gift for drumming, and in 1965 became a teacher at the mission school where he had been raised. There he met a matepe player named Mathias Chidavaenzi and was instantly drawn to the complexity and power of the matepe music.
See Also:
- Chaka Chawasarira on Vadzimuwe by Zengea Karimba Ensemble
Magore Kore
2001
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Magore Kore is a recording of uncommon beauty. The deep, resonant tone of the matepe mbira in the fluent hands of Chaka Chawasarira produces a compelling pull into the depths of spirit. With the exception of one narrative story-song (Chipupombi, track eight) all of these songs are either mbira with Chawasarira’s singing or purely instrumental.
Tracks:
- 1. Muchenjedza MuTonga Listen
- 2. Musumbu Wederere (A bundle of okra) Listen
- 3. Regai Kuchema Urombo Listen
- 4. Vadzimuwe Listen
- 5. Pasi panodya Listen
- 6. Kanotamba Mubani Listen
- 7. Marume Listen
- 8. Chimupombi Listen
Instruments: (in alphabetical order)
matepe mbira, vocals.