Magaya, Cosmas
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Name (Latin)
Magaya, Cosmas
Date of birth
1953-10-05
Date of death
2020-07-10
Place of birth
Mhondoro District (Zimbabwe)
Place of death
Harare (Zimbabwe)
Associated country
Zimbabwe
Place of residence/headquarters
Harare (Zimbabwe)
Field of activity
Mbira Mbira music Ethnomusicology
Associate group
Mhuri yekwaMagaya (Musical group)
Mhuri yekwa Rwizi mbira group
Occupation
Musicians Music teachers
Associated Language
sna
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Cosmas Magaya solo, p2012:label notes (Cosmas Magaya; mbira player)
- Cosmas Magaya; mbira player and teacher; leader of the mbira ensemble Mhuri yekwaMagaya; performed with Mhuri yekwa Rwizi mbira group; located in Harare, Zimbabwe ( (Tinotenda Shona mbira musicians page, viewed May 10, 2013) )
- Mbira music / musics, 2019:page 363 (Cosmas Magaya (ZW--Harare); as a mbira master musician and teacher, he has taught master classes at United States and Canadian universities including Stanford, Northwestern and Duke; since 1971 he has collaborated with ethnomusicologist Professor Paul Berliner doing field research on Shona traditional music, resulting in scholarly book, The Soul of Mbira)
- New York times WWW site, viewed July 24, 2020(in obituary dated July 21, 2020: Cosmas Magaya; died on July 10 in Harare. Cosmas Magaya was born on Oct. 5, 1953, in a rural area of the Mondoro (now Mhondoro) district)