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, ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Chaka Zinyemba plays ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Today's Google Doodle is celebrating Zimbabwe's national instrument, ...

On stage, Hope Masike, Zimbabwe's rising star and princess of the new mbira carries herself with so much swagger and majesty as she moulds a different world with her music. Lithe and elegantly put ...

Pioneering Zimbabwean musician, storyteller and actor who had a significant political and spiritual influence on her country Stella Chiweshe, who has died aged 76, was a rebel musician who transformed ...