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An interview with Ellen Mlangeni, the leader of Thandanani followed under a tree outside their rehearsal room (voices from the other women inside the room are in the background). Ellen tells the story how the group formed and recounts the history of their recordings and successes (you’ll hear the drone of the nearby road into town; and, unfortunately, the midday breeze in my mic in the second track of the interview…) You can find the entire list of recordings from that day archived here: https://archive.org/details/Voices_from_Bulawayo_894 From: http://both-sides-of-the-zambezi.tumblr.com/