Mbare mbira ensemble, Gwindingwi Mbira Crew, formerly Buwe Buwe, has continued to shine in the budding musicians cultural competitions, scooping the annual Kwekwe Arts Festival trophy for the ...

Google is celebrating Zimbabwe ’s national instrument the mbira as part of Zimbabwe’s Culture Week, with an interactive video that allows anyone to try their hand at the unique instrument.

The mbira is a crucial link to the past for the Shona people in Zimbabwe. Traditionally played by men, in recent years women have begun to play the instrument and are pushing its sound in a more ...

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 … ...

Google on Thursday is celebrating Zimbabwe's Culture Week with an interactive Doodle of the mbira, the country's national instrument. The mbira originated in Southern Africa and has played an ...

Today’s Google Doodle focuses on the mbira instrument. Google Zimbabwe’s Culture Week is now ongoing, which is why today’s Google Doodle celebrates the national instrument of the country ...

Mbira/Sansi concerns the art of playing and making a traditional finger-plucking musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe. The instrument consists of a wooden board with metal keys attached on top ...

A wooden version of the mbira - with bamboo tines instead of metal - was first created in West Africa 3,000 years ago. The version that exists today, with metal tines, has been around for 1,300 years.

THE youngest mbira recording artiste in Zimbabwe, 13-year-old Tendai Mavengeni, will tomorrow launch her debut album titled Destiny at the Book Café. The six-track “traditional jazz” album is ...

The mbira, or “thumb piano,” a traditional African instrument, is declining in popularity in big cities, a musician and seller of traditional musical instruments from Cape Town, South Africa ...

What is the mbira made of? The mbira is a 1,000-year-old instrument made from a handheld hardwood soundboard (gwariva) and a series of thin metal keys, which are plucked by the thumbs and forefinger.