The mbira originated in southern Africa and has played a key role in the traditions and cultural identity of Zimbabwe's Shona people for centuries. The instrument features prominently in Shona ...

Chaka Zinyemba's mbira dzavadzimu. It's a larger instrument than the other common ... Muparutsa found a link between the African diaspora moving to Canada in the '70s and Zimbabwean people ...

It encourages users to virtually play both traditional and modern songs on the instrument ... of the mbira - with bamboo tines instead of metal - was first created in West Africa 3,000 years ...

Perhaps no instrument is as distinctively Southern African as the mbira, a hand-held device with small metal keys attached to a wooden box. The so-called "thumb piano" has long been central to ...

Although the terms “marimba” and “mbira” may, to ears not used to Southern African languages, sound similar, the two instruments are very different. Mafuleni is skilled at both – with ...

The mbira, or “thumb piano,” a traditional African instrument, is declining in popularity in big cities, a musician and seller of traditional musical instruments from Cape Town, South Africa ...

the spirituality of the mbira instrument, its importance to the Shona African people and the different mbira types,” Choga said. “As I was carrying out my research, I spoke to spirit mediums ...

The Mbira is an old musical instrument found in Africa as a continent. However, the Shona people of Zimbabwe have closer relations with the instrument. It belongs to the idiophone family with ...

Also known as the thumb piano, the mbira is an African musical instrument that has been around in one form or another for at least 3,000 years. Now, however, scientists have developed a new ...

As the African adage goes ... Chiweshe inspired many young female mbira players, even though the mbira remains an instrument predominantly played by men. One of the notable musicians she ...

I wish to become the best African traditional music instrument manufacturer in the near future.” Mbukuro said he upgraded marimba playing skills during a stint with renowned mbira player Hope ...