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Zimbabwean music sensation Jah Prayzah continues to captivate global audiences — this time stunning Grammy-nominated super ...
The exhibition at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe showcased creative solutions in music, art, recycling, and even food ...
The TEXPO Hackathon is bringing together developers and creatives to tackle what they believe to be some of the most pressing challenges in the African ... instruments like the mbira, ensuring ...
Africa Music Library (AML), a non-governmental music collective dedicated to the archiving, preservation and study of African music, and connecting older and newer generation of African musicians ...
Music legend Stevie Wonder has never shied away from expressing his deep love and respect for Africa ... mbira or thumb piano. This book by Berliner is a must-read to fully appreciate the ...
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 ...
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 two created mbira kits especially designed for Reddy’s unique Delta Blues approach to the instrument. Reddy led myself ... and Dance” presents Crawford’s visual exaltations of African-American ...
Although mbira is undoubtedly Zimbabwe's most iconic instrument, ngoma is the most commonly performed traditional musical instrument in Zimbabwe today, with a rich history across Southern Africa. At a ...