The artist
De Lukes. Mbira Mberi.
Luke Kamanga — singer, songwriter and mbira player from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
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.
Born Luke Kamanga and raised in Bulawayo, De Lukes grew up between church choirs, township radio and the hypnotic ring of the mbira. Those three worlds meet in his music: the warmth of soul and RnB, the bounce of Afrofusion and the lift of gospel — all built around the instrument he carries everywhere.
Mbira Mberi
Mbira Mberi — "mbira forward" — is more than a slogan. It is a promise to keep Zimbabwe's oldest voice alive on new stages, from the Bulawayo Arts Festival to studios, churches and festivals across the region.
His debut album Zuva (Shona for "sun") is a portrait of that journey: songs of prayer, love and home, painted in bright Afro colours.
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