A LOCAL arts trust — Marianne Decher — is offering free mbira-tuning lessons as part of celebrations of the recent Culture Week at the National Handicraft Development and Marketing Centre. The ...

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 ...

The mbira, or thumb piano, is the classic instrument of Zimbabwe. It consists of approximately 20 to 24 flattened metal prongs which are fastened at one end to a wooden resonator body and has a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Zimbabwean musical instrument used to communicate with the spirits is becoming a hit with young players, who are taught the ...

Music lovers in Harare and Chitungwiza are set for a vibrant celebration of Zimbabwe’s traditional music when a series of mbira shows run under the theme “Mhemberero dzeMushavi.” The cultural showcase ...

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, ...

Music is Culture is an unusual organization, dedicated to preserving and nurturing at-risk cultures around the world. Among their projects is one focused on the Ndau ethnic group in southern Zimbabawe ...

EVERY September, Zimbabwe vibrates with the haunting, soul-stirring sounds of the mbira, an ancient instrument central to the country’s musical and spiritual identity. Marked as Mbira Month, this time ...