Zimdancehall dreams: the back yard studios helping Harare get heard
by Nyasha Chingono in Harare from World news | The Guardian on (#5HC5S)
Infectious hits produced on a shoestring allow Zimbabwe's aspiring musicians to express their struggles and dream big
Inside a grimy flat in Mbare, Zimbabwe's oldest township in the capital Harare, about 10 young musicians nervously rehearse their lyrical chants as they wait to be called into the recording booth.
Many celebrated musicians in Zimbabwe have been born out of this old flat. For those here now, this is their one shot at stardom, or at least a future in music.
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