Name: Ke Ne Kele Kae
Duration: P00H05M45S
Description: Sometimes it is the things that are most important to us in life that we take for granted. It can be someone or something which we naively think will always be there, waiting for us. But people who are not loved or respected move on, and things that are not taken care of deteriorate. It is heart breaking to wake up when it is too late, wondering – where was I when I should have been there.

Ke Ne Kele Kae

from Mvura Ichanaya by Otto And The Mutapa Calling

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Sometimes it is the things that are most important to us in life that we take for granted. It can be someone or something which we naively think will always be there, waiting for us. But people who are not loved or respected move on, and things that are not taken care of deteriorate. It is heart breaking to wake up when it is too late, wondering – where was I when I should have been there.

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Iyo-yo, iyo, iyo-we
Dilwana tsa ga Mme di tserwe ke batho bo mang we? (Who has taken my mother’s belongings?)
Ke ne kele kae? (Where was I?)
Ke re ke tshwaregile teropong (Kept saying I was busy in the city)
Ke itlhokomolositse gae (Neglecting the needs of my home village)
Ke re ke roma ba ditsala (Sending friends instead)
Ba njela madi mahala (Who spent my money without doing what I had asked them to do)

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from Mvura Ichanaya, released June 26, 2018
Soprano marimba: Otto Gumaelius
Tenor marimba: Karabo Sankoloba
Baritone marimba: Graham Knight
Drumkit: Sophia Mogapi
Congas: Otto Gumaelius
Djembe: Yusuf Legwabe
Hosho: Otto Gumaelius
Lead Vocals: Otto Gumaelius
Backing vocals: Graham Knight, Karabo Sankoloba & Otto Gumaelius

Composition and arrangement by Otto Gumaelius

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Otto And The Mutapa Calling London, UK

Otto & The Mutapa Calling is a London based marimba band playing joyful music from Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, including folk songs, original songs and popular southern African covers. The band's set-up includes soprano, tenor and baritone marimbas, mbira, hosho, drumming and singing, with traditional & contemporary dances. The marimba band’s sound is full of energy & pulsating rhythms. ... more

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May 25

St Ethelburga's

London, UK

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