Blessing “Bled” Chimanga, the rising Zimbabwean marimba and drumming star, will be hosted by the Rhodes University Department of Music and Musicology and ILAM for the week of the 24^th to the 30^th April.

Bled, as he is better known, is an internationally recognised musician, who has performed with the likes of Zimbabwean stars, Hope Masike and Chiwoniso Maraire as well as Eric Wainaina from Kenya and Mike Del Ferro from the Netherlands and others too numerous to mention. In addition, he was recently named “The Best Marimba Coach in Africa” after winning 6 awards at the International Marimba and Steelpan Competition in South Africa which had over 2000 participants. Bled will be giving Rhodes music students workshops and master classes at ILAM and will end his visit with two concerts held at the Beethoven Room on Friday the 28^th April and Saturday the 29^th April at 7 p.m.