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 ...

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 ...

Zimbabwean music sensation Jah Prayzah continues to captivate global audiences — this time stunning Grammy-nominated super ...

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 ...

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 ...

It had fewer notes than the mbira and “corresponded to a Western ... Andrew insisted that the marimba was a “quintessential” African instrument. “You can adapt (African) urban, township ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...