Ngoma yembira, the source of inspiration and spiritual power for the Zezuru people of Zimbabwe

Abstract

In this paper the writer unpacks knowledge system that informs the Zezuru mbira music (ngoma yembira). The paper attempts to show how mbira music acts as the source of inspiration and spiritual power for the Zezuru .The data that informs this paper was collected through an ethnographic approach in which empirical data was collected through visual and audio recordings of the Zezuru people of Hwedza and Chikomba districts…………………………………………………….