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Hukwe Zawose
Tanzania • d. 2003-12-30
Hukwe Zawose is credited on 49 releases across 19 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1984–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
49
Pressings credited
19
Albums
5
Decades active
4
In collections
Biography
Hukwe Ubi Zawose (born 1938 or 1940; died December 30, 2003) was a prominent Tanzanian musician. He was a member of the Gogo ethnic group and played the ilimba, a large lamellophone similar to the mbira, as well as several other traditional instruments. He was also a highly regarded singer. He came to national and international attention after Julius Nyerere invited him to live and work in Dar es Salaam. He also gained attention for his work with Peter Gabriel, and released two albums (Chibite and Assembly) on Gabriel's Real World Records label. His final release before his death, Assembly, was a collaborative effort with producer/guitarist Michael Brook. At the 2005 Tanzania Music Awards he was given the Hall of Fame Award. His family is included in the 2009 documentary Throw Down Your Heart, which follows American banjo player Béla Fleck as he journeys through Africa. Zawose's daughter Pendo and granddaughter Leah perform together as The Zawose Queens.
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Credited work
49 releases · 19 albums · active 1984–2022
- Performance · 75
- Other credits · 25
- Production · 1
Studios: Real World Studios · Victor Studio · Victor Aoyama Studio · F.B. Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Zawose
- Big Blue Ball
- Master Musicians Of Tanzania
- Hukwe Ubi Zawose
- William Orbit
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