Zimbabwean musician Stella Chiweshe says that when she was growing up, she “wanted to listen to the sound of the mbira again and again.” She eventually came to feel that the best way to always hear ...

MORE than a decade after the haunting blend of mbira and violin captivated audiences in Harare, the rare musical pairing ...

Also known as the thumb piano, the mbira is an African musical instrument that has been around in one form or another for at least 3,000 years. Now, however, scientists have developed a new version ...

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 ...

WILLIAMSTOWN -- When high-ranking Zimbabwean mbira player Forward Kwenda absorbs himself in playing his instrument, the results can be blindingly electric. "Nothing goes through my mind," Kwenda said.

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, ...

According to the World Health Organization, 10 percent of all medical products in developing countries are substandard or falsified. Engineers have developed a sensor to test for real medicine based ...

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 ...