RESOURCE MATERIALS
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Resource Materials
Below are details of World Muzik Makers resources. If you would like to order any of the drums, books or CDs that we have available, please Contact Us, clearly stating your request and your postal address.
Books
World Muzik Makers has written a series of three, fully illustrated books of stories from southern Africa for young people. Each book contains five stories which are ideal for use in schools and are linked to a number of different curriculum areas. The stories will take readers on a magical journey into the heart and soul of Africa and its peoples. Interesting, funny, heart warming, thoughtful and suitable for a wide age range, the stories will bring a global dimension to classrooms and communities and help to create positive attitudes and respect for diversity.
Cost: £4 or buy all three for £10 |
The Princess and the Slave Girl "It is better to be poor and happy, than rich and sad. I may have had everything, but I did not feel free. They can enslave my flesh and my body, but not my spirit. Now I am free, I fly anywhere, I swim everywhere with my soul," Pepu smiled...
Other stories in this book include: |
Cost: £4 or buy all three for £10 |
Shingai and the Monster Dhundundu Once upon a time in the southern parts of Africa, a huge monster called Dhundundu swallowed all the people in the world together with all the animals...
Other stories in this book include: |
Cost: £4 or buy all three for £10 |
Thoko and the Rabbit As Thoko wandered back into the forest that very day, he realised that he could understand the language of the animals and the vegetation around him. He heard the birds' songs of peace, the bees celebrating and the trees complaining about strong winds. A new world had been opened to Thoko and it was magical...
Other stories in this book include: |
Audio CDs
World Muzik Makers is also part of performing and recording group Batanai Marimba. Why not buy some sounds to take home... Matumba Matumba and Mudzimu Mudzimu will bathe you in a selection of warm & hypnotic new Southern African dance tracks...
Cost: £14 plus £1.50 P&P |
Matumba Matumba
"This is another catchy and danceable release from marimba-man Wedzerai Zvirevo and his British based Zimbabweans, whose happy harmonies propel many messages of new and old wisdom. The song writing is clearly of the highest level, with subtle emotional uplifts between verse and chorus. And it's not just marimba madness: two richly resonant tracks with mbiras and female vocals act as warm ballads to break up the set..."
"The music is trancey and uplifting with the rhythms of the kalimba and marimba beating at its heart" |
Cost: £12 plus £1.50 P&P |
Mudzimu Mudzimu
"Mudzimu Mudzimu translates from Shona as 'the greater spirits'. And whilst Zimbabwe is famous for bira, an all-night ceremony of drinking, dancing and music, Batanai Marimba are not singing about Scotch malt whiskey and Venezuelan rum. Instead, this nine-piece, UK-based Southern African roots band are calling down the ancestors, making the connection with the motherland, riding a vibe that is proud, joyous and life affirming. And wildly funky." |