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Tag: Shona music

15 Key Shona mbira, nyunga nyunga style
Articles

Mbira: the Entrancing Zimbabwean Thumb Piano

Angel Romero October 29, 2023 No Comments mbiraShona musicworld fusionworld musicZimbabweZimbabwean music

The mbira, also known as the “thumb piano,” is a distinctive Zimbabwean percussion instrument. As an idiophone, it features resonant solid components integrated into its…

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An interview with Ephat Mujuru

Music of the World October 7, 2021 No Comments Ephat MujurumbiraShona musicZimbabwean music

Shona Spirit: Passing On the Ancestral Music …with excerpts from an article by Banning Eyre. While Zimbabweans fought and died to topple their Rhodesian oppressors in…

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