By Tendai Guvamombe
Harare, Zimbabwe (News Of The South) – Traditional music would be incomplete without a magnificent rhythm of mbira sounds and with a little bit of marimba the traditional brew unlocks its drunkard properties.
Chihera and Shumba Investments was the trending corporate brand at the Launch of Cultural Week at Glamis Arena and assortment of mbira and marimba wares on display made the touring crew believe that the duo are the reason why Mbira music continues to dominate traditional music with cultural resemblance in the country.
Tinashe Mushonga made some elaborations how he teamed up with Chihera to come up with an initiative which directly manufacturers mbira and marimba instruments for traditional songs.
“We believe in our own culture and this the reason why we developed the passion to manufacture these instruments for traditional music.”
As a mbira investment company the duo has maintained prominence in distributing thier traditional music equipments both locally and abroad.
” Chihera and Shumba are our respective totems and over the recent years we see people making huge orders especially artits who are into cultural music.”
“Our biggest clientele base so far is the oversees market where mbira and marimba instruments are also now taught at colleges and universities.”
Tinashe believes that despite the era of modernity engulfed today’s world the Zimbabwean culture has been made alive with the continued production of traditional music instruments.
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