Music
Kora, Mbira, Talking Drum: 10 African Instruments Every Music Fan Should Know
The kora, talking drum, mbira, djembe and more: 10 African instruments every music fan should know, where they…
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Music
Stella Chiweshe: the mbira queen who played an instrument women were told to leave alone
Stella Chiweshe, born in Mhondoro in 1946, took up the mbira in the 1960s despite criticism that it…
Arts + Culture
Thomas Mapfumo put the mbira on the electric guitar and sang against Rhodesia. Then he turned on Mugabe
Thomas Mapfumo, the Lion of Zimbabwe, created chimurenga music by translating the patterns of the mbira to electric…