ABOUT ME

I'm an Ethnomusicologist, Filmaker, Musical producer and Journalist from Brazil. Just finished my PhD degree. I love mbira, shona culture and traditional African Music and Culture in general. I'm going to Cape Town soon. Please, help me! :-)

my website: www.mbiracles.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share, learn.

Interests

African Culture and Music.

Music, mbira, read, write, traveling, jogging, dance and meet new people.

• literature
• dancing
• dining
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• mbira

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Russian literature: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Lermontov, Pushkin, Goncharov, Dovlatov, Blok, Babel, Jakobson, Sologub, Gogol, etc.
Other: Proust, Dickens, Cioran, Gunter Grass, Brest Easton Ellis, Joseph Campbell, Italo Calvino, George Orwell, Roberto Arlt, George Steiner, etc.
African Literature: Chimamanda, Hampate Bâ, etc

Music:
Mbira Dzenharira, Chiwoniso, Amadou and Mariam, Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi, Stella Chiweshe, King Aisoba, Sons of Kemet, Zawose Family, Louis Moholo, Sun Ra, Polar Bear, Gil Scott-Heron, Aphex Twin, Melt Yourself Down, Cocteau Twins, Novos Baianos, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, E.M.E, Laurie Anderson, Coltrane, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Lee "Scratch" Perry, El Rego, Fela Kuti, João do Vale, Esperanza Spalding, Venetian Snares, Roni Size, Lamb, Plaid, and much much more!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Love/Amor

Teach, Learn, Share

Mbira

What I Can Share with Hosts

A smile, a couch, a pillow, some food. :-)

Alegria, muita!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belarus, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Montenegro, Mozambique, Paraguay, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, Brazil, Russian Federation, United Kingdom