Inside “Zuva”: painting an album
How a single oil painting became the face of the debut album.
The album
Zuva — an album painted in sound.
Zuva — "sun" — is the debut album from De Lukes: songs of prayer, love and home painted in bright Afro colours. SAMPLE: add the full tracklist in Admin → Music.
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Zuva Album Tour — Bulawayo
Bulawayo Theatre, Bulawayo · 7:00pm
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Harare Summer Sessions
Alliance Française, Harare · 6:30pm
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Victoria Falls Carnival Stage
Victoria Falls Rainforest, Victoria Falls · 4:00pm
Meet the artist
Luke Kamanga. Mbira forward.
De Lukes — born Luke Kamanga — is a Bulawayo singer, songwriter and mbira player whose music moves between RnB, Afrofusion, Soul and Gospel. His motto, Mbira Mberi ("mbira forward"), says it all: ancestral sound, carried boldly into the future.
Read the story“Nyengetera” is out now
The new gospel single with Harvest Music ZW is streaming everywhere.
Live at the Bulawayo Arts Festival
Relive the night “Ndinokuda” was recorded on stage.
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Social
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