Paramount Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni people has died. The revered traditional leader, who served as Paramount Chief of the Ngoni-speaking people of Eastern Province, passed away today, bringing to an ...
Growing up in the West African country of Mali, Bassekou Kouyate recalls the tradition of the Ngoni running through the veins of his culture since he was a child. An instrument dating back nearly ...
Bassekou Kouyate is a master of the ngoni, an ancient West African lute and the key instrument of griot culture. Armed with a dynamite dexterity and remarkable lineage-he is descended from generations ...
King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has paid tribute to King Mphezeni IV of Zambia, a leader who helped reconnect the Ngoni and Zulu ...
The ngoni, a narrow West African lute with a short decay but a loud punch to its plucked notes, often gets a few solo shots, but it’s rarely featured as part of an ngoni orchestra. But that’s the way ...
Bassekou Kouyate is a virtuoso of the ngoni (West African lute), approximating the larger kora (West African harp) in sound but with a tougher, more percussive edge. Outside his home country of Mali, ...
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Mpezeni mourned

By JULIUS PHIRI and CYNTHIA NKHATA – AS multitudes of mourners, including Ngoni chiefs, gathered at Ephendukeni Palace in Paramount Chief Mpezeni’s area, tributes from a cross section of society over ...
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