| LC control no. | n 86140860 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Maraire, Dumisani |
| Variant(s) | Maraire, Abraham Dumisani Maraire, Dumi Maraire, Dumisani Abraham |
| See also | Graduate of: University of Washington |
| Other standard no. | Q1264998 0000000063667364 60573036 |
| Associated country | Zimbabwe United States |
| Associated place | Seattle (Wash.) Olympia (Wash.) Harare (Zimbabwe) |
| Birth date | 1944-12-27 |
| Death date | 1999-11-25 |
| Place of birth | Mutare (Zimbabwe) |
| Place of death | Zimbabwe |
| Field of activity | Mbira music Marimba music |
| Affiliation | University of Washington Evergreen State College University of Zimbabwe |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Musicians Music teachers University and college faculty members |
| Found in | Let your voice be heard!, 1986: CIP t.p. (Dumisani Maraire) data sheet (b. 1943) The position of music in Shona Mudzimu (ancestral spirit) possession, 1990: t.p. (Dumisani Abraham Maraire) UMI t.p. (Maraire, Dumisani Abraham, Ph. D.) Dumisani Maraire 001 session recordings, 1969 January 09 finding aid : (Abraham Dumisani Maraire (27 December 1944-25 November 1999) master performer of the mbira; born in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Studied at Kwanongoma College of Music in Bulawayo; taught from 1968 through 1972 at the University of Washington in Seattle. Remained in Washington state until 1982, teaching at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, giving private music lessons, and performing with marimba groups. Returned to Zimbabwe with his family in 1982 to develop an ethnomusicology program at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare. Four years later, he was back in Seattle, teaching and earning his own doctorate in ethnomusicology at the University of Washington, after which he returned again to teach at the University of Zimbabwe. He died of a stroke on 25 November 1999 in Zimbabwe) |
| Associated language | eng |
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