The documentary Mbira Talks, about a Zimbabwean-Canadian musician’s relationship with an instrument once banned during colonization, took a long time to make. We know this because Moyo Rainos Mutamba ...

In an interview on the sidelines of the group’s show at Book Café recently, Nyamasvisva said their music was about encouraging people to stick to their culture. “Our music reflects culture and mirrors ...

At least 30 mbira groups are billed to perform at the first ever Mbira Sunplash 2014 scheduled for Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions on September 28. The groups will go into camp on September 26 at DAI, ...

THEY say age is nothing but a number and mbira player and resource person James Tsindi, leader of the Nehumba Mbira Group, defied the odds, recently putting up a planetary mbira performance to a small ...

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 ...

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, ...

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A virtuoso of the mbira, a plucked instrument, he shared his knowledge with the wider world to preserve wisdom handed down orally. He died of Covid-19. By Jon Pareles This obituary is part of a series ...

WASHINGTON — Zimbabweans paid tribute Thursday to one of the country’s best known musicians and mbira legend, Chiwoniso Maraire, who passed away Wednesday evening after a short illness. According to ...

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 ...