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| Hope Masike |
Mbira songstress Hope Masike has released her second album entitled Mbira, Love and Chocolate. The album, which features famous guitarist Mono Mukundu and Osbourne Mutengenzara, is a fusion of mbira and rhythms of samba and pop. The combination of rhythms gives the album a unique flair.
In an interview with NewsDay, the mbira musician said she was trying to spice up traditional Zimbabwean music with international genres to broaden appeal. “I’m looking at mbira as a symbol of our national culture, chocolate as the foreign one, but sweet flavour and love are the unifying factors that combine the two,” Masike explained.
