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Movement was formed after Bezil Makombe and Collins Chabana met in Harare in 1999. They were inspired by the desire to strengthen the growing movement towards the revival of traditional instruments and discover and expose talent from rural areas like Shona, Venda and Tsonga cultures and provide a platform for the expression of indigenous African culture to the world in an intergrated way. Through this motivation, they decided to identify people who can be part of this movement . Bezil Makombe was born in Seke [Zimbabwe] in 1972 and started playing Mbira at the age of five. He joined the group Blacks Unlimited with Thomas Mapfumo from 1990 until 1999. He toured many countries with the band and gained valuable experience, which was critical for the later success of Movement. Collins Chabane was born in Xikundu, South Africa in 1960. He spent three years in various countries in exile from 1980, followed by four years underground and five years in Robben Island. He learned to play the harmonica in Robben Island prison in 1986. He played with and co-ordinated a jazz band of prisoners called Collective Sounds until his release in 1990. He later became a member of Parliament representing the ANC and MEC of the provincial government in 1994. 2009 he was sworn in as Minister in The Presidency in charge of Performance Management and Monitoring and Administration. He continued to be a part of Movement and since learned to play the traditional instrument Timbila.