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Recipient of the MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, 2020

Updated: January 4, 2020

I am proud to share that I have received the honor of being named a 2020 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grantee. The Artist Initiative grant program is designed to support and assist professional Minnesota artists at various stages in their careers by encouraging artistic development, nurturing artistic creativity, and recognizing the contributions of …

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Tags: african, mbira, mozambican, Mozambican Music, Twin Cities World Refugee Day, world refugee day, WRD 2018

Open Streets – Lake & Minnehaha

by NyttuChongo

Updated: July 13, 2019

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Join me for a beautiful day out on the streets of Minneapolis

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Tags: African Music, community event, mbira, Minneapolis, open streets

90 Days of Music – Street Busking – Saint Paul

by NyttuChongo

Updated: July 13, 2019

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I’ll be performing at Central Station in Lowertown, Saint Paul

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Tags: African Music, busking, mbira, saint paul, St. Paul, street music

New Show Scheduled!

by NyttuChongo

Updated: September 23, 2018

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Join me at Pimento Jamaican Kitchen for a FREE show featuring Mbiras from Mozambique. Here are a few sneak peeks at the instruments you will hear.

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Tags: mbira, Pimento

World Refugee Day 2018

by NyttuChongo

Updated: September 23, 2018

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Twin Cities World Refugee Day 2018. Once again, it was a beautiful day filled with music and culture. A special thanks to my friend, colleague, and incredible musician Clifton Nesseth for performing a piece with me this afternoon.

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Tags: african, mbira, mozambican, Mozambican Music, Twin Cities World Refugee Day, world refugee day, WRD 2018

Art-A-Whirl Concert at Mojo Monkey, May 19, 2018

by NyttuChongo

Updated: July 23, 2018

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The performance at Mojo Monkey for Art-A-Whirl was different from every other show this year so far. Rather than performing solo, this was a day-of improvisation performance with the owner of Mojo–Mark–and two musicians he collaborates with regularly. I discovered that my Mbiras sound beautiful with fiddle music–I am looking forward to collaborating further with the incredible …

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Tags: art, Art-A-Whirl, inanga, mbira, Mojo Monkey, mozambique, rwanda

Festival of Nations, May 2018

by NyttuChongo

Updated: July 23, 2018

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Thank you to everyone who came out to the Festival of Nations May 3-6th. It was a wonderful celebration of culture and music from around the world. I was pleased to give more than 10 performances over the four days of the festival, and enjoyed meeting the other musicians performing pieces from Ireland, Laos, Bulgaria, …

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Tags: Africa, African Music, Celebration, Cultural, Culture, Dzava Dzira, Festival, Festival of Nations, inanga, mbira, Music, Nyunga Nyunga, Performance

Spring Performances – Next up, Urban Forage Winery on May 12, 2018

by NyttuChongo

Updated: May 7, 2018

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I am looking forward to celebrating springtime with everyone next weekend. Come out for a relaxed evening at Urban Forage Winery & Ciderhouse. Here’s more about the performance from Urban Forage’s website. Nyttu Chongo brings music and rhythms from Mozambique, using traditional instruments such as the Mbira, Chopi Timbila and Inanga. Nyttu brings sounds to the …

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Tags: inanga, mbira, mocambicano, mocambique, mozambican, mozambique, rwanda, rwandese, timbila, zimbabwe