Hukwe zawose biography

          Hukwe Ubi Zawose was a prominent Tanzanian musician..

          Hukwe Ubi Zawose was a prominent Tanzanian musician.

        1. Zawose, Hukwe.
        2. Hukwe Ubi Zawose was a prominent Tanzanian musician.
        3. Hukwe Zawose, a prominent figure in Gogo music, was Pendo's father and Leah's grandfather.
        4. Growing up in Doduma, he was a cattle herder with plenty of time to himself and a love of the countryside that's evident in his music and his championing of.

          5. Hukwe Zawose

          This master musician from Tanzania was a WOMAD Festival favourite for many years, and not just because of his extraordinary voice, which had a five-octave range. Zawose was also a consummate musician and a charismatic performer and anyone who saw him leading workshops at festivals or in schools knows the rapport he could establish with audiences of all ages.

          Zawose grew up on a farm in Doduma, teaching himself to sing and play the music of his people, the Wagogo, while he herded the family’s cows.

          He gained such a reputation that Tanzania’s first president Julius Nyrere invited him to come to Dar es Salaam, the country’s capital. Zawose then toured abroad, appearing in England in the mid-eighties with the Master Musicians of Tanzania.

          fRoots editor Ian Anderson recalled: “He seems to have at least three voices from different parts of his throat, sliding from one to another with breathtaking ease.” While in the UK, the Master Musicians rec