Muso’s use of Mtukudzi guitar hits sour note with family

A musician who was close to Zimbawean jazz musician Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi has fallen out of favour with the family after he used the late legend’s most prized music instrument – an acoustic guitar – at a festival in Cape Town.

But Ashton “Mbeu” Nyahora says the guitar was one of many available from Mtukudzi’s arts centre – besides, he adds, he has permission from his widow.

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