Brummet's Conscious Blog

African Art & Culture The article by Dickson Adom, was written, as he explains: to "highlight the great benefits that African societies can gain from the arts and culture practised by the people. African governments, ministries and NGO's in charge of the development of art, culture and tourism must ensure the development of this field. Funding in the form of scholarships, research grants and awards must be offered to young scholars, researchers and artists to enhance the study of African art and culture because it is a pinnacle of the social, political and economic development of Africa ." Dickson has a strong passion for writing on virtually every global issue.  He is a member of the Open Researcher a\And Contributor Association (ORCID), Research Gate , Mendeley and European Centre for Research, Training, and Development . He is holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in African Art and Culture from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi, Gha...

Ancient Healing Music *A wonderful article written by Caven Masuku (with liberal editing by Lillian Brummet) that shares how shaman used music as part of their ancient healing methods - how this is being revived and the joy of traditional African music. " When I first listened to the mbira sound, I wanted to hear more and more. I could not stop it, I was sick until I learned to play, so I could hear these sounds. ", said Zimbabwe's Mbira Queen maestro, Stella Rambisai Chiweshe. The above experience is not unique to Stella, (as she is known by her legions of fans), Those same feelings also inspired the only Mbira music ensemble in Gweru, the Midlands Mbira Crew,  to the traditional beat. The group is a brainchild of three mbira enthusiasts, Trymore Marowa,  Chigama Hope and James Chiguvare was formed in November last year and are about to release their first album soon. The trio reveals that as they play and listen to the Mbira beat they get " engrossed by the spiritu...