Matchume Zango is a renowned Mozambican musician, composer, and instrument maker recognized as a new master of the timbila (a traditional wooden xylophone). He has dedicated himself to traditional Mozambican music and dance since the age of six. Zango has roots in Zavala, Inhambane Province, the center of the timbila tradition and has lectured at the University of Cape Town. Inspired by this long and passionate trajectory of music and percussion, he began to play, study music and produce instruments such as timbila, mbira, xitende and djembe drums. He is part of the famous Timbila Mozimba group and has released solo work such as “Wata M'cande” and “Tatei Watu”. Over the past twenty years, Matchume has toured the world as a performing musician and composer of traditional, experimental and fusion music, being active in workshops and recordings, including collaborations with artists like Kate Griffin. The “Native Practices of Mozambique” is an audiovisual concert by Matchume Zango in the format of a renewed version of the songs, dances and rites of the traditional Bantu people of Mozambique. The project took place in 2023 and includes audiovisuals of the cultural practices of three ethnic groups in Mozambique: the Macuas, the Nyau and the Chopes.