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Born in a small town close to Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, the mbira master Linos Wengara Magaya plays and teaches a mix of traditional and modern mbira-reggae style music. The instruments he plays are the marimba, a wooden Xylophone, the mbira, which is called a thumb piano, the hosho (a pair made of maranka gourds which typically contain hota (Canna indica) seeds inside to make that typical rattling sound) and the bass.
The hosho are original instruments used in Shona music, especially together with the mbira and the marimba, the hosho are mostly considered the lead instruments by the mbira players.