declaring all Mau Mau leaders banished and should never return to Kikuyuland for good," read the chilling memorandum dated January 27, 1954.On behalf of then Kiambu District, they included senior Chief Josiah Njonjo, father of Kenyatta's long-serving Attorney General Charles Njonjo, Chief Magugu Waweru, the Rev Wanyoike Kamwe, Councillor Mbira, Chief Kibathi Gitangu, Rev Williams Njoroge (for the Presbyterian Church of East Africa) and Canon Samuel Nguru (for Anglican Church).On behalf of then-Nyeri District, the epicentre of Mau Mau activities and home to Mau Mau legends, Senior Chief Muhoya, the first African Head of PCEA in East Africa, Rev Charles Muhoro Kareri, and Chief Eliud Mugo (Mathira) signed.

As a musician, Nurullah has distinguished herself as an improviser on sitar, bass, and mbira. A member of the legendary Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, she co-founded the all women's bands Sojourner and Samana.

including mbira, mbaqanga, jit and the traditional drumming styles of the Korekore.

Nicknamed "Tuku," Mtukudzi produced music that featured traditional Shona instruments such as mbira and marimba.

Mbira musicians also use chikorodzi, a notched stick scraped by another stick, as well as kanyemba, an instrument made of many bamboo strips that are stripped together and filled with small seeds for percussion.

Tellingly, in Marriage Certificate, Li Shurui is not shown creating her paintings, but her husband is seen performing with several musical instruments: the stringed pipa and the mbira dzavadzimu, a thumb piano, among them.

The tracks are "Call to Action", "Mapmaker", "Listen: Mbira", "When I Go", "All Around You", "Listen: Oud", "Speak To Me", "Wordless", "Sense of Touch", "Listen: ERHU", "In Another Life", "Listen: Theorbo", "Remember When", and "The Day Before Tomorrow".

Audiences will be able to hear everything from Arabic clarinet and ney (wind) to Zimbabwean mbira (percussion), Indian tabla (percussion), Congolese vocals, English harmonium (wind), Chinese Erhu (strings) and Dizi (wind), Guinea-Bissau gumbe (percussion).

The group also included in their programme an African rendition played over an African instrument called Mbira that clearly indicated strong African influences over their music.

His companions are the animals, his mbira (traditional musical instrument), and a single spear, with which he hunts hares and rabbits for his food.

Once it was revealed the men behind the experimental project were Ishmael Butler or "Butterfiy" from Digable Planets, and accomplished Zimbabwean musician and son of son of mbira master Dumisani Maraire, Tendai "Baba" Maraire, Shabazz Palaces took on a whole new meaning, but for a moment, their fanbase was growing based on their musical merit alone.