Anna Mudeka has been a professional singer, dancer, drummer, and Mbira player since the age of fourteen. She has toured Japan with {the late} Ephat Mujuru one of Africa's best-known and respected Mbira players.
Anna was also a member of Thomas Mapfumo's Blacks Unlimited. She has worked and performed with a number of well known Zimbabwean musicians such as Chartwell Dutiro, Wedzerai Zvirevo, Torera Mpedzisi and many others. In Zimbabwe she is best known for her energetic dance performances with Thomas Mapfumo and with Idwala Elikhulu a fifteen-piece dance group. Since coming to the U.K. in '95 has assembled the group BabaSimba to perform both traditional and original modern Zimbabwean music. And has also toured with Zimba, Sangoma an Mbira based band, Batanai Marimba Ensemble and has performed many times with Chartwell Dutiro's Spirit Talk Mbira. In Anna put together a second band called Svikiro, for a nation wide tour, she still performs with BabaSimba, workshops widely and does many solo performances based around Mbira. Anna has recorded three CD albums "Chirungu, Rwendo Nevadzimu and Cham'tengure".
LIVE 
PERFORMANCEWORKSHOP
Traditional workshop performances are based around voices, HOSHO
(Gourd Rattles),
NGOMA (Drums), MBIRA (Thumb Piano) and MAGAGADA
(Leg Rattles) DANCE.
And can be done either large or small scale.
Performances last between 45 to 90 minutes split into two halves.
With large selection of African drums (approx. 40)
plus number of leg-rattles, shakers, costumes, large pictures and maps of Africa.
Also a wide range of objects, including - African masks, jewellery from around Africa, These can be exhibited and explained to adults and children at the seminar.
The group also provide half-term or after school projects in music and dance plus making of African masks, shields and leg-rattles.
The group can work with Special needs people their workshops can range from as short as one hour - half a day or a full day.
