I USED to dance to the sound of mbira. Rhythm came naturally to me. I had this effortless movement to stamp my feet in unison with everyone. But, at the Book Café in Harare last Friday, I discovered ...

Quad City Arts Visiting Artist, Nobuntu, will perform in the Butterworth Center Library in Moline on Thursday, November 13, ...

Google is celebrating Zimbabwe's Culture Week with an interactive doodle of the Mbira - a musical instrument traditional to the Shona people. The game tells the story of a Zimbabwean girl who watches ...

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

Harare will tomorrow night reverberate to the sounds of mbira when three prominent mbira outfits descend on the Sports Diner for a cultural musical flirtation. Coming onto the scene, after a long time ...

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 ...

There has been several mbira players in Zimbabwe over the past three decades. These range from Mbuya Beaula Dyoko to Simon Mashoko, Stella Chiweshe, Dumi Maraire, Mbira Dze Nharira, Nyamasvisva, ...

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, ...

Zimbabwe is known internationally for its Shona sculptures but it is also known for the mbira - a traditional musical instrument made popular by the Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo. Albert Chimedza ...

MBIRA sound is usually associated with African traditional religion, and it is believed to have a special connection with spiritual forces related to the religion. For some in Christian circles, it ...

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 version ...