Comments on: Donald Kachamba http://dulcimergirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/24/ Listening truly is an act of love. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: More about Donald Kachamba | The Kwela Project http://dulcimergirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/24/#comment-105 More about Donald Kachamba | The Kwela Project Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:40:14 +0000 http://dulcimergirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/24/#comment-105 [...] Burns (a.k.a Dulcimergirl) was one of the students that worked with Donald during this time, and she presents some of her memories, and a great recording of the students and Donald together, in her music [...] [...] Burns (a.k.a Dulcimergirl) was one of the students that worked with Donald during this time, and she presents some of her memories, and a great recording of the students and Donald together, in her music [...]

]]> By: The Kwela Project http://dulcimergirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/24/#comment-98 The Kwela Project Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:38:50 +0000 http://dulcimergirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/24/#comment-98 Hi Christie It was a real joy to find your post about Donald Kachamba and your time together at UCLA. I love the story about the village chief banning the hole-in-the-ground babatoni! Recently I found some early (1967) recordings of Donald, his brother Daniel, and two other boys playing kwela music on the Voice of America Africa Blog (linked from my kwela blog). It was really exciting to hear kwela from a country other than South Africa (where kwela originated) and set me off on a voyage of discovery about this man, which is when I found your post. Donald sounded like a great man to learn from and to be around; so sad to hear that he died shortly after his residency at UCLA. I'll be sure to try and get hold a copy of the UCLA CD. Kind regards, Chris Hi Christie

It was a real joy to find your post about Donald Kachamba and your time together at UCLA. I love the story about the village chief banning the hole-in-the-ground babatoni!

Recently I found some early (1967) recordings of Donald, his brother Daniel, and two other boys playing kwela music on the Voice of America Africa Blog (linked from my kwela blog). It was really exciting to hear kwela from a country other than South Africa (where kwela originated) and set me off on a voyage of discovery about this man, which is when I found your post.

Donald sounded like a great man to learn from and to be around; so sad to hear that he died shortly after his residency at UCLA. I’ll be sure to try and get hold a copy of the UCLA CD.

Kind regards,
Chris

]]> By: bill altman http://dulcimergirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/24/#comment-18 bill altman Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:08:46 +0000 http://dulcimergirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/24/#comment-18 I took a year out of college at the end of the 80's and spent it in Zimbabwe, Africa. The rhythms and harmony of this music brings back a lot of memories of my time there. Thanks for sharing! I took a year out of college at the end of the 80’s and spent it in Zimbabwe, Africa. The rhythms and harmony of this music brings back a lot of memories of my time there. Thanks for sharing!

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