TRUST Mutekwa, popularly known as Ticha Muzavazi in arts circles, is set to launch his debut mbira instructional book titled Ticha Muzavazi’s Nhunga Mbira Handbook: An Enthralling Exploration of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I am yet to come across someone who beats Ephat Mujuru's expertise in mbira playing. He played with ease all the five common types of mbira in Zimbabwe which are mbira dzavadzimu, nyunga-nyunga, mbira ...

Erica Azim, one of the first Americans to study traditional mbira music in Zimbabwe, formed a mbira promotion organisation called Mbira in 1998. The United States of America -based organisation's aim ...