Otto & The Mutapa Calling
Otto & The Mutapa Calling is a colourful London based marimba band playing energetic, joyful music from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana, including folk songs, original songs and popular southern African covers. The marimba band’s sound is full of energy and pulsating rhythms – and their music shares the rich cultures, histories and stories of the people of southern Africa. The band was officially formed in 2017 by band leader, Otto Gumaelius, who started playing African music on the marimba in the late 1990s in Botswana. The band is currently comprised of musicians from Botswana, Zimbabwe and the UK. Otto & The Mutapa Calling is a unique and vibrant experience and is the only active professional southern African marimba band of its kind in the UK.

