Watch: John Pfumojena Performance | Pitt Rivers Museum

Watch: This riveting evening event explored the spiritual ancestry of Greater Zimbabwe past and present with John Pfumojena, Visiting Fellow at TORCH. This unique event began with a rousing performance of music and song from composer, musician, singer, and performer John Pfumojena. Performing on the mbira and singing self-composed contemporary Zimbabwean music that spoke to the spiritual practice of invoking the ancestors, John’s was accompanied by Tawanda Mapanda, on the marimba. The performance took place within the cabinets of the museum collection, bringing the living contemporary music into confrontational conversation with the museum artifacts.