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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

September is a month which we dedicate to celebrating the mbira instrument. Zimbabwe has been highly associated with mbira music as it has seen great artists and legends like Chiwoniso Maraire, Stella ...

Traditional dances in the country are now under threat of extinction due to changes in culture and beliefs. As growing technology rapidly builds a global village that compresses divergent beliefs and ...

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, ...

Can you explain how you fall in love?” asks Erica Azim. “In a certain way it’s an impossible question.” Yet it’s a conundrum the Berkeley native has contemplated for half a century, every time she’s ...

Mutare is set to pulse with ancestral rhythms and spiritual energy on December 27, when the inaugural Bira Rematendo Festival transforms Mutare Sports Club into a living shrine of music, dance, and ...