Author Topic: HISTORY OF SUNGURA MUSIC FROM ZIMBABWE  (Read 1671 times)

shamala on: August 18, 2022, 17:25

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PORTE-PAROLE NON OFFICIEL DE JB MPIANA ET WENGE BCBG.

jeantwatwa #1 on: August 19, 2022, 21:41

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I really can't stand that music, always feels like who'm ever is singing owes me rent money. luckily this is not the platform for it.

Papa_Na_Chandra #2 on: August 20, 2022, 02:58

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Hehehe . That's music from my country. It was derived from Congolese Rumba and Kanindo . During the time of war our soldiers went to Tanzania , Kenya DRC etc and came back with the sound.

World Music Afrique #3 on: August 22, 2022, 04:17

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Nice
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A lot of Zimbabwean genres like Sungura and Jit can be owed to Kenya Benga of the 70s.

Producer Phares Oluoch Kanindo was instrumental in the promotion and spread of Benga Music in East Africa, West, Central and Southern Africa.

Bhundu Boys, Alick Macheso Sungura Boys, John Chibadura, Leonard Dembo, Leonard Zhakata are some of best proponents of the genre.

In the style of Sungura, the rhythm guitar is emphasized more than the lead. Same as Kenya Benga.

In Congolese Rumba the lead guitarist is the driving force of the music. In the 70s and early 80s rhythm guitarists used to have "breaks" where the rhythm guitarist would fill in while the lead takes a break.

A lot of these genres including Kalindula are sons of Rumba.