Arts and Africa - BBC African Service, London

ARTS, AFRICA, Sounds, PROGRAMME, Traditional, System, players, instruments
Date: 
12 September 1986
Collection: 
Centre for African Literary Studies
Creator: 
BBC African Sevice
Contributor: 
Bernth Lindfors Collection
Resource Type: 
Interviews
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
Resource Identifier: 
ALS 4/5 - The Bernth Lindfors African Literature Collection - BBC African Service London
File Type: 
Document
Extent: 
5 pages
Rights Holder: 
UKZN - Centre for African Literary Studies

At the College of Music in Zimbabwe's Capital, Harare, a formal setting for a mixture of traditional and modern sounds is there that a new depaertment for African music is being set up. The man behind it is Ephat Mujuru, one of Zimbabwe's greatest Mbira players. He's also the first person to devise a system of notation for Mbira music, capturing on paper

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