Kudaushe Matimba playing the Zimbabwean marimba at SOAS Graduation 2013
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 2014-04-25

This video is from the morning ceremony on Friday 26th July 2013  at the SOAS Graduation Ceremony and shows the exit 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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