Video: Tendai "Baba" Maraire 'Is She?'

African musician Tendai Maraire crafts a modern love song featuring auto-tuned vocals over Mbira playing.

Video: Tendai "Baba" Maraire 'Is She?'


Tendai "Baba" Maraire — whom you might know as one-half of Shabazz Palaces or from his upcoming collaboration with King Britt — recently released "Is She?," a modern love ballad that couples Maraire's mbira playing with auto-tuned verses.  Watch the Harare-shot video for the single below, which you can find on his album Wona Baba Maraire.

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