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/Mr Absolom Mutavati
Mr Absolom Mutavati

Position: Lecturer

Department: Music Business, Musicology and Technology
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Qualifications

  • Master of Science in Music Technology (MSU)
  • BSc Hons. Music & Musicology (MSU),
  • Post Graduate Diploma In Tertiary Education (MSU)
  • T2 Diploma in Telecommunications & Electronics Engineering.(City & Guilds).

Research Interests

  • Music recording,
  • Mixing and Mastering,
  • Live sound reinforcement,
  • Microphone techniques,
  • Sound acoustics,
  • Studio designs.

Publications:

1.  Mutavati, A., & Muranda, R. (2023). A survey on the uptake of software and hardware resources for music production in Zimbabwean contemporary music. African Musicology Online, 12(2), 56-64.

2. Muranda, R.,2024. Chimbudzi, W., Mutavati, A., Moyo K.F. De-neocolonizing African music: Espousal of home-grown production techniques for indigenous music in the digitized age Zimbabwe In DeneocolonizingAfrica: Harnessing the Digital Frontier” U. S. Akpan (Ed) (p.433-447) Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66304-8_24

3. Muranda, R., Mutavati, A., Moyo K.F & Moyo, A. 2024. Digital Technology In Breaking Information Barriers Plus The Preservation Of Musical Arts In Zimbabwe In Indigenous African Communication and Media Systems in a Digitized Age. U.S. Akpan and E.M. Mutua (Eds) Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland (December 2024). 

Music Albums:

  • True Vine: Tenzi huyai

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