Zimbabwe: Mbira Prodigy Comes of Age

3 January 2014

Singleton Takaruza , a mbira player who made headlines in 1995 as the youngest artiste to wow crowds at only three years old, is back on the limelight with a new offering called "Nguva".

Although his late father, Simon Takaruza, had been a mbira player for some time, he was surprised one day in 1993 when he chanced upon the child playing the instrument and singing songs he had composed all by himself.

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