THE MBIRA – MITEMO YE MBIRA

By Dr. Tony Michel Monda The history Mbira is closely linked to the sovereigns at the courts of Munhumutapa. Once featured by Google as its logo, the mbira is Zimbabwe’s…

Reviving Zimbabwean pan-pipes – Ngororombe

BY MICHELINA ANDREUCCI The Music of Zimbabwe is more diverse than meets the ear. With the impetus nowadays to re-discover and redeem one’s distant past, it is fit that we…

Music is Zimbabwe’s vibrant auditory heritage and memory

BY DR TONY MONDA The tapestry of Zimbabwe traditional music is woven with many colourful, sonoric threads; it is a complex and sophisticated musical heritage. It is the spirit of the…

The art of mbira – an instrument of resistance

By DR TONY MONDA Emanating from the bowels of Zimbabwean soil, echoing atop the granite hillocks, hollering from within the foreboding caves and travelling with the winds, is the wholly…

NAMA honours Chiwoniso Maraire

Staff Writer The National Arts Merit Awards through the Jacaranda Culture and Media Corporation and the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe continue to celebrate some of the greatest musicians to…

I used to steal mbira and learn how to play it says mbira fusion star

By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Mbira fusion star — Ronald Nyandoro — says while growing up he would steal the mbira instrument and learn how to play it. In an interview with…

REVIEW: Mbira fusion entrant Ronald Nyandoro drops Sabhuku

By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Mbira fusion player — Ronald Nyandoro — has delivered an unadulterated 10-track album simply titled — Sabhuku which already has the seal of approval of Chimurenga music…