Busi Ncube
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Busi Ncube is a female Mbira
singer from Zimbabwe
, who sings in six African languages.
Busi Ncube was a member of the Afro-Fusion group Illanga; the group released three albums during the 1980s, and played during the 1988 Human Rights Now! concert.
Busi Ncube later recorded eight albums with a backing band, Band Rain, including Malaisha and Live in Prague. The band toured Norway in 2006 and appeared at the Mela Festival. Ncube has also contributed to another Thulani project, "The Collaboration" which produced the album Hupenyu Kumusha/Life at Home released in 2006.
Mbira
In African music, the mbira is a musical instrument that consists of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached. It is often fitted into a resonator...
singer from Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
, who sings in six African languages.
Busi Ncube was a member of the Afro-Fusion group Illanga; the group released three albums during the 1980s, and played during the 1988 Human Rights Now! concert.
Busi Ncube later recorded eight albums with a backing band, Band Rain, including Malaisha and Live in Prague. The band toured Norway in 2006 and appeared at the Mela Festival. Ncube has also contributed to another Thulani project, "The Collaboration" which produced the album Hupenyu Kumusha/Life at Home released in 2006.