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

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, ...

In an interview with a Kenyan newspaper a few years ago, Oliver Mtukudzi said young African musicians would not be able to convincingly represent their countries’ cultural identities on the ...

September is a month which we dedicate to celebrating the mbira instrument. Zimbabwe has been highly associated with mbira music as it has seen great artists and legends like Chiwoniso Maraire, Stella ...

Today’s Google Doodle focuses on the mbira instrument. Google Today’s doodle is also accompanied by a game wherein the user can “play” the mbira using their laptop or handheld device. Over hundreds of ...

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.

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Harare — TRADITIONALLY mbira music is an indispensable component that goes along with religious rituals but for Kutinya Marimba Mbira group, it has become a part of life and lucrative career. Since ...