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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Dumisani Maraire Class sound recordings<date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1970-12-07/1970-12-07"/></titleproper>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Ethnomusicology Archives</publisher>
        <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="2017">November 7, 2017</date>
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      <creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-11-26</date>.</creation>
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      <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Dumisani Maraire Class sound recordings</unittitle>
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      <physdesc>
        <extent encodinganalog="300$a">4 sound tape reels</extent>
        <extent encodinganalog="300$a">7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7"</extent>
        <physfacet>Duration: 2:49:51</physfacet>
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      <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1970-12-07/1970-12-07">7 December 1970</unitdate>
      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">Sound recordings of a get-together of singing, dancing, mbira, marimba, and drumming students at the University of Washington to play in various combinations</abstract>
      <langmaterial>English</langmaterial>
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      <p>Abraham Dumisani "Dumi" Maraire (1944-1999) was a Zimbabwean musician and singer-songwriter known for his mastery of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. In particular, he specialized in the form of mbira called nyunga nyunga.</p>
      <p> Maraire was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and studied music from an early age. From 1968 to 1972, he taught at the University of Washington in Seattle, and later taught at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. In 1982 he returned to Zimbabwe to create an ethnomusicology program at the University of Zimbabwe. He then came back to Seattle and the University of Washington to teach and obtain his doctorate in ethnomusicology. He died in Zimbabwe in 1999 of a stroke.</p>
      <p> Maraire is often credited as having introduced Zimbabwean music to North America, as well as cultivating the Zimbabwean music scene in the Pacific Northwest. His children, Chiwoniso Maraire and Tendai "Baba" Maraire are both musicians, the latter forming half of Seattle hip hop duo Shabazz Palaces.</p>
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      <p>Recollection by Dumi Maraire (6/90): He was teaching UW classes in singing, dancing, mbira, marimba, and drumming. The evening class was a get-together of all these groups to play in various combinations. There were also guests on this occasion, and the recording was titled "Visitor's Night."</p>
      <p> Contents: Music of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Reel 1: Introduction; Zimusi Musi; Kukaiwa; Machembere; Maimbwe; Tondori; Gonarinorapa; Vanoyera. Reel 2: Vambuye Kumba; Kapotso; Tsuimbo Rume; Nyungwe; Mambo Muzwireiivoo; Kumadzungudza Musoro; Chokurima. Reel 3: Kukaiwa; Chiradza dance; Minanzi Ye Vakuru; Vanotigo; Ncuzu; Saunyama; Vamudara. Reel 4: Misorodzi; Urombo; Mvura; Minanzi Vevakuru.</p>
      <p> Durations (work disc set): 46:36; 46:44; 44:34; 31:57 (total 2:49:51).</p>
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      <p>Unrestricted: collection is open for research.</p>
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      <p>Working Discs - 4 compact discs (digital, stereo)</p>
      <p> Working Tape (WT) set de-acquisitioned 12/2008 (4 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 10")).</p>
      <p> Digital files created 11/2008 - 70-6.1.aif, 70-6.1.aif, 70-6.3.aif, 70-6.4.aif (48 kHz, 16-bit); compact disc copies made 12/2008.</p>
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        <geogname source="ehraf" encodinganalog="651">Africa</geogname>
        <geogname source="ehraf" encodinganalog="651">Zimbabwe</geogname>
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        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Ethnomusicology</subject>
        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Folk songs, Shona</subject>
        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Marimba</subject>
        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Marimba music</subject>
        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Mbira</subject>
        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Mbira music</subject>
        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Music--Zimbabwe</subject>
        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Shona Music</subject>
        <subject source="ehraf" encodinganalog="650">Shona--Africa--Southern Africa</subject>
        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Songs, Shona</subject>
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        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Anthropology</subject>
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        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Music</subject>
        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Sound Recordings</subject>
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        <genreform source="lcsh" encodinganalog="655">Educational media</genreform>
        <genreform source="lcsh" encodinganalog="655">Instructional materials</genreform>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Working Disc 1970006-0001</unittitle>
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            <physfacet>1 CD, 7 tracks</physfacet>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Working Disc 1970006-0002</unittitle>
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            <physfacet>1 CD, 7 tracks</physfacet>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Working Disc 1970006-0003</unittitle>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Working Disc 1970006-0004</unittitle>
          <physdesc>
            <physfacet>1 CD, 4 tracks</physfacet>
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        <odd encodinganalog="500">
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