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Songs of the Spirit

The life and spiritual journey of Zimbabwean musician, Chartwell Dutiro

The spiritual journey of Zimbabwean musician, Chartwell Dutiro, who plays a mbira - or thumb piano - and has helped people talk to their ancestors through music.

"As a small boy growing up in a colonised country it was difficult to continue playing mbira," he says. "When the missionaries came they discouraged the music and brought in the Bible."

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13 minutes