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 ...

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, ...

Harare, Zimbabwe – Dzivarasekwa, a nondescript township on the southwestern rims of Zimbabwe’s capital, copies the 1907 template of the first ghetto, Harari (now Mbare): grim, monotonous, matchbox ...

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, ...

This story was first published in April 2021. Chaka Zinyemba never considered himself the counter-culture type, but his friends and family did. "When I think back, I was kind of frustrated that a lot ...

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 ...

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A MBIRA, featured on Thursday’s Google homepage, is Zimbabwe’s national instrument and has been a major part of the African country’s culture for centuries. Here is what you need to know about the ...

The creators of ride-sharing app Afri Ride will soon bring to market multi-purpose chat service, Mbira Chat, as an independent app. Named after the family of musical instruments traditional to the ...