Chartwell Dutiro is an internationally renowned mbira musician from Zimbabwe who now lives in Britain. Keith Howard is Reader in Music and Head of the Department of Music at SOAS, University of London, UK.

• Contents: Preface; Chosen by the ancestors, Chartwell Dutiro, interviewed by Keith Howard; Chartwell Dutiro: The history and politics of Zimbabwe, Theodore Konkouris; Spiritual continuity amongst musical change, Thomas M. Preston; Building bridges: the creative processes of Chartwell Dutiro, Tony Perman; Never-ending musical invention - the music of the mbira, Manuel Jimenez; On mbira notation, Elmar Pohl; Taanerimwe: notations, Ian Grocott; Taanerimwe: Shona lyrics, Penina Patchett; References; Index.

’Besides serving as a good introduction to and description of mbira music, the book discusses how mbira music is changing due to the musicians who have been influenced by international music forms and training.’ Journal of Folklore Research

Chartwell Dutiro is an internationally renowned mbira musician from Zimbabwe who now lives in Britain. Keith Howard is Reader in Music and Head of the Department of Music at SOAS, University of London, UK.

• Contents: Preface; Chosen by the ancestors, Chartwell Dutiro, interviewed by Keith Howard; Chartwell Dutiro: The history and politics of Zimbabwe, Theodore Konkouris; Spiritual continuity amongst musical change, Thomas M. Preston; Building bridges: the creative processes of Chartwell Dutiro, Tony Perman; Never-ending musical invention - the music of the mbira, Manuel Jimenez; On mbira notation, Elmar Pohl; Taanerimwe: notations, Ian Grocott; Taanerimwe: Shona lyrics, Penina Patchett; References; Index.

’Besides serving as a good introduction to and description of mbira music, the book discusses how mbira music is changing due to the musicians who have been influenced by international music forms and training.’ Journal of Folklore Research

Chartwell Dutiro is an internationally renowned mbira musician from Zimbabwe who now lives in Britain. Keith Howard is Reader in Music and Head of the Department of Music at SOAS, University of London, UK.

• Contents: Preface; Chosen by the ancestors, Chartwell Dutiro, interviewed by Keith Howard; Chartwell Dutiro: The history and politics of Zimbabwe, Theodore Konkouris; Spiritual continuity amongst musical change, Thomas M. Preston; Building bridges: the creative processes of Chartwell Dutiro, Tony Perman; Never-ending musical invention - the music of the mbira, Manuel Jimenez; On mbira notation, Elmar Pohl; Taanerimwe: notations, Ian Grocott; Taanerimwe: Shona lyrics, Penina Patchett; References; Index.

’Besides serving as a good introduction to and description of mbira music, the book discusses how mbira music is changing due to the musicians who have been influenced by international music forms and training.’ Journal of Folklore Research