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15 "Joki rakafa." (1958, Zimbabwe) Bakumba party dance, with 2 drums and rattle

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Dr Perminus Matiure was brought up in a mbira playing family, he started playing mbira at the age of 12 and later studied mbira at the Masters and Ph.D. levels. He is the founder member of a contemporary mbira ensemble called "Zvirimudeze". Matiure (Ethnomusicology Senior Lecturer, University of Namibia) explains how dances were important and encoded social behaviour and ways of interacting through body language. The song is performed by a group of 5 Karanga men in Masvingo, Zimbabwe.

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