WHO IS GWEVEDZI?
Gwevedzi afro acoustics band is a musical group based in Harare the capital of Zimbabwe and it was founded on the 23rd of June 2016 by Tinashe William Masangudza ,Nyasha Hugin Murada, and Wilfred Nikisi.

THRUST
Our main thrust is to create a new generational sound which appeals to both, the old and the younger generation through hybridizing the local African sound with the European hence the combination of guitar, mbira and percussions. We do also seek to bring in acoustic music as a genre in its stature on the local market and industry, more so being of Zimbabwean citizenry and also Shona speaking we wish to enhance the native language through music so as to preserve it for this and future generations since foreign languages are fast diluting our local native languages, last and most importantly, we seek to take the Zimbabwean sound to another level in this age where it is being slowly overtaken by exotic musical styles.

WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT US?
Unlike any other musicians Gwevedzi is made up of a rare combination of instruments something which is unique in its own way, further more we play various sounds inspired from within running away from the traditional sounds which people mostly expect to hear whenever the mbira instrument is played, another trait of our uniqueness and most importantly our lyricism and vocal patterns is also another thing to take a closer look at in as far as our uniqueness is concerned.

GWEVEDZI MEANING
Gwevedzi is a Shona name given to a suitor’s friend/messenger in a courtship process. Although these days it is not common, Gwevedzi really played a major role in issues to do with courtship since the suitors were not supposed to approach his lady directly hence the Gwevedzi came in to pay.

WHY THE NAME
Since most of our songs are about love the name simply explains the case of “why love songs?” and the answer would be because we are Gwevedzi…., so in general we are all about heart and soul touching issues especially love in particular. Another fact is that of the music itself , for instance if you take into consideration our generation, mbira music is not given that much attention due to a number of factors with the most common one being that it is considered as music for madhara (folk music) as it is deemed to be way too old, more so the mbira instrument is one instrument that has faced societal prejudice as it is perceived to be a demonic instrument based on its age, so as the youth of that same generation we took it upon ourselves to try and de mystify the instrument as well as broaden its circles of its adaptability as we play it in different styles than those that the people are used to hearing.

In this case this mission which we have vested upon ourselves is one which is similar to pursuing a girl for love, since we are trying to get the younger generation to appreciate our culture through a fusion of acoustic guitar African percussions and mbira in the music. So as the Gwevedzi does in convincing the girl to loving his/her friend, so are we in this case.