Mbira: Healing Music of Zimbabwe

Erica Kundidzora Azim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 14, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Relaxation
• ASIN: B00004RDQW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,059 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #24 in Music > World Music > Africa > Zimbabwe

Track Listings

1. Kariga Mombe Yekare

2. Mukai Tiende

3. Nyamaropa

4. Dangurangu

5. Nyamaropa Yevanhowe

6. Taireva

7. Nyama Musango

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't recommend this enough!, September 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Mbira: Healing Music of Zimbabwe (Audio CD)

I play this CD over and over at work when things get busy and I am feeling stressed. It is the most gentle and soothing music I think I have ever heard. Mbira is a musical instrument from Zimbabwe and it is believed that playing it is a way to talk to the spirits, to the spiritual world. I think that's what happens when you listen to this music - your spirit awakens, opens and relaxes...

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dialo's way off base, February 14, 2002

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Jim (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mbira: Healing Music of Zimbabwe (Audio CD)

Dialo your racist views have you blinded. Um, did you know that Erica Azim, the creator of Healing Music of Zimbabwe is "White"???? So get of your soap box and stop adding to the hatred in the world.

Here is a quote from the CD (which I doubt that Dialo even owns) "Erica Azim is a Californian who fell in love with traditional Shona mbira music when she first heard it at the age of 16. Erica became one of the first people from outside Zimbabwe to study with traditional mbira masters. At that time, Zimbabwe was racist Rhodesia in the throes of a liberation war. Touched by the arrival of a young white woman who respected ancient Shona tradition -- a stark contrast with the white government that reviled it-- musicians extended a warm welcome. Erica is now known in Zimbabwe as a gwenyambira -- a skilled performer qualified to play at traditional ceremonies and accepted by the ancient spirits of the Shona."

Open your eyes Dialo -- this music is for brothers and sisters of ALL COLORS -- red, white, yellow, brown, and black.

The CD is excellent, everyone should own it.

Jim

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a fine CD!, March 14, 2002

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charles m perez (LORAIN, OHIO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mbira: Healing Music of Zimbabwe (Audio CD)

The recent criticisms of this CD are ridiculous,& an insult to the memory of Ephat Mujuru,who was a friend of Erica K Azim.Ephat Mujuru brought this beautiful music to the rest of the world,and died on a plane trip to visit one of those non-African countries.This CD is a recording that is respected by the people of Zimbabwe & non-Africans alike. To those who criticize the CD due to the fact that it was made by a non-African,shame on you.