17 "Chimwanikoda." (1949, Zimbabwe) with Chimwanikoda bowed musical bow.

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". Dr Matiure (Ethnomusicology Senior Lecturer, University of Namibia) explains how the Chimwanikoda bowed musical bow encodes a great array of historical information on the historical circulation of music in southern Africa. This song is performed by Munthuanengwi Muhlanga in Gweru, Zimbabwe.