Kudaushe Matimba playing the Zimbabwean marimba at SOAS Graduation 2012
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 01/05/2014

This video is from the Wednesday afternoon ceremony at the 2012 SOAS Graduation and shows the procession music by Kudaushe Matimba.

In Zimbabwe the marimba (wooden xylophone) is played for joyous, energetic dance music, normally played by an ensemble of eight, to produce a solid wall of interlocking rhythms and melodic lines. Paring down the style to a duo for this occasion, Kudaushe Matimba is an internationally-known marimba player, SOAS graduate and bandleader of Harare Music. He combines traditional and contemporary styles into songs about social awareness and life yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Kudaushe Matimba - marimba
Mohamed Gueye - percussion

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