| Description |
1 online resource (26 minutes) |
| Summary |
This film is essentially an impressionistic portrait of Njari player Simon Mashoko, a deeply religious man who adapted Mbira music for use in Christian ceremonies. The Njari is a less common type of Mbira with more keys, and the Karanga are an ethnic group related to the Shona. "Karanga Songs in Christian Ceremonies" contrasts Mashoko's role as a performer of traditional shave, i. e. wandering spirits, songs for Karanga beer parties and dances with his role as a rural Catholic deacon who holds catechism classes and Sunday services. Mashoko reconciled his traditional beliefs with Christianity, feeling it was his calling to bring the Mbira into the Church. Karanga beer parties serve to placate the wandering spirits of the dead who have not received a proper burial. In the film, Mashoko performs a shave song that uses the Shona language version of the New Testament as its text. His adaptation of spirit songs into hymns shows not only the blending of differing traditions, but also the compatibility of Mbira music in another religious context |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed January 12, 2022) |
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In English |
| Subject |
Mbira.
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Mbira music -- Zimbabwe
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Shona (African people) -- Songs and music
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Karanga (African people) -- Songs and music
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Spiritualism -- Zimbabwe
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Catholic Church and spiritualism -- Zimbabwe
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Catholic Church and spiritualism.
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Karanga (African people)
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Manners and customs.
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Mbira.
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Mbira music.
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Shona (African people)
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Spiritualism.
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Zimbabwe -- Social life and customs
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Zimbabwe.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Songs and music.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Zantzinger, Alfred Gei, director, producer
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Bailey, Michael, producer
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Tracey, Andrew T. N., director
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Mashoko, Simon, interviewee, performer
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Constant Spring Productions, production company
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