Preface -- Introduction -- Part A. Components of the Mbira System -- Collecting ideas in an improvisation-based tradition : A longitudinal approach -- The mbira repertory : Central concepts -- ...

Today's Google Doodle is celebrating Zimbabwe's national instrument, the mbira, for Zimbabwe's Culture Week. The Google Doodle follows a Zimbabwean girl's experience of discovering and learning to ...

In the soft clinking of mbira keys lies a world of memory, prayer, and resistance. To many Zimbabweans, the mbira is not merely an instrument, but a bridge between the living and the ancestors, ...

PROLIFIC mbira player Mudavanhu Magaya says the best way of honing skills is to refine talent and share it with the youthful generations. Magaya has observed that the youth are always focused on ...

MBIRA player Nasibo, real name Nancy Mutize, is set to launch her first music album, Zaruwe-The Bird Must Fly, at the Alliance Francaise in Harare on Friday. The live performance has rich traditional ...

What happened to good old Christmas releases? In the past when Gramma Records and Zimbabwe Music Corporation were truly active, they would, around this time, release compilation albums of the singles ...

WILLIAMSTOWN -- When high-ranking Zimbabwean mbira player Forward Kwenda absorbs himself in playing his instrument, the results can be blindingly electric. "Nothing goes through my mind," Kwenda said.

HARARE — A sense of cultural pride filled the club as Virimai Nhedega enchanted his fans with the rhythmic melodies of the Mbira, a traditional Zimbabwean musical instrument celebrated for its unique ...

Listeners who come to traditional African music from the American variety will find it a refreshingly organic experience. The sonorities reflect a variety of instruments both ancient and modern, ...