Chaminuka from Madzinga by Sekuru Tute Chigamba

Chaminuka is the name of a legendary ancestral spirit in Zimbabwe. In relation to this song, Sekuru Chigamba says:

I dreamed of a man who was very tall. How could I respond? That is when I composed a song that is similar to “Tinovatenda,” called “Chaminuka.” Because Chaminuka is the person I saw in my dream, and he instructed me. He said, “You shall rule, you shall exult, you shall forget, you shall suffer.” He said, “Those are the things I am leaving you. You shall see them.” So now, we are seeing those very things. Yes, in our jubilation, we didn’t know where to begin. That is how this song came to me, “Chaminuka.” So it is a sacred song.

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