Paso corto: Hondo Mojave

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Video: Tinashé – “Zambezi” (Versión mbira)

En esta edición de Paso corto vamos a ver el cortometraje Hondo Mojave, escrito y dirigido por Diego Cabezas, que cuenta la historia de Javi Mojave, un músico que fabrica y toca sus propios instrumentos inspirado en la tradición africana. La distancia que separa África de Extremadura (España), donde

Fragmento de una entrevista sobre “Zambezi”

How much influence did your African upbringing have on your first album, certainly the Zambezi track has a museve feel?

I tried to be very careful with that. I’m very conscious of my African roots, I want people in Zimbabwe to be proud of it. I hope what I am doing can be a constant reminder to people in the outside world that Africa is not a place with evil people and stories. At the same time, I don’t want to be a gimmick by exploiting where I’m from. You correctly identified the African story in Zambezi. I wanted to tell a story, a story my mum told me, about fighting for freedom and being in love at the same time.