When I'm with you I grow, when I'm with you I glow | Hope Masike | TEDxSaoPaulo

Hope Masike shares some thoughts on the art of playing the "Mbira". She explains that her song is for somone who is important to you and the lyrics say "When I'm with you I grow, when I'm with you I glow". Hope Masike is one of Zimbabwe's Mbira music custodians.
Hope Masike holds a Degree of Music from the Zimbabwe College of Music in affiliation with Africa University, a Diploma in Fine Art and National Certificates in Applied Art and Design and in Musicology. Currently she is studying for a Master of Philosophy in Art with Arrupe Jesuit University in Harare and also studying French with the Alliance Française de Harare.
Masike's music is a fun-filled hybrid of music styles tied together by her signature sublime Mbira playing, sultry voice, and highly-charged performances. She mostly sings in little-known African languages like her mother tongue, Shona.
Hope Masike draws her inspiration from all things Art and Africa, leaning very heavily on nearly a century of a strong Mbira music legacy but not ignoring the obvious influences from modernity. She has brilliant hopes for the future of Africa and basks in carrying her African culture with her all the time.
Masike has published three studio albums: 'HOPE' (self-released in May 2009); 'MBIRA, LOVE AND CHOCOLATE' (self-released in May 2012) and 'THE EXORCISM OF A SPINSTER' released on London-based label Riverboat. She has also published two poetry anthologies; one in English titled 'Ask Me Again' and an anthology of Shona Erotic Poems called 'Dzevabvazera'.
Besides performing, Masike is a music teacher, offering lessons in Mbira, voice and music. Autobiography documentary 'One Woman and her Mbira'.
Hope Masike is a board member of the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, and a member of the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association and Zimbabwe Writers' Association. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx