After he traveled to the United States to continue his education at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1982, Mujuru continued to periodically lecture and teach mbira and marimba at the school. Mujuru also taught at several schools on the East Coast. Although he played all five kinds of mbira, he mainly focused on the mbira dzavadzimu, an instrument with 22 iron prongs arranged in three register banks that he claimed represented "the voice of the children, voice of the adults, and voice of the elders." Mujuru joined with Zimbabwe-born and United States-based mbira player Dumisani Maraire to record an album, Shona Spirit. In a review of the album, -Roots World claimed, "this is real purity here: just two men with thumb pianos, shakers, and voices, with no clever tricks or star-studded overdubs." Mjuru collaborated with the Kronos Quartet on their 1992 album, Pieces of Africa. He died in London, England in 2001. ~ Craig Harris, Rovi
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