Changes In Rhythm
Volume 1Zawose Family
The Zawose Family - Hukwe Zawose was the patriarch of the Zawose family - he died in 2003. Hukwe's discovery was certainly a bit of a fairy-tale.
In the 70s Tanzania's socialist President Nyerere was travelling through Hukwe's village. Hukwe, at the time a goat herder, was by the side of the road singing. Nyerere was so enchanted by what he heard, he asked Hukwe to become his official musician. This resulted in Hukwe (and later most of his family) moving from the village to the luscious Bagamoyo coast and then travelling abroad to showcase the unique, polyrhythmic music of the Wagogo people which resulted in the Real Word record deal and more more extensive touring.
