BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe -- The crowd at the Large City Hall here had become a sweaty, tipsy, swaying throng by the time Oliver Mtukudzi played his most controversial song, "Wasakara." As he sang in his ...

Zimbabwe, a land of cultural richness and diversity, is proud of its musical heritage that runs deep through its history. Music in Zimbabwe is a reflection of its people, traditions, and the ...

WILLIAMSTOWN -- To Cosmas Magaya, playing the mbira is natural -- he took up the instrument at age 8 in Zimbabwe. Today he has an international following. The national instrument of Zimbabwe, the ...

Berkeley’s Erica Azim will perform Shona mbira music at the Phillips School of Massage this Friday. A 1,000-year tradition in Zimbabwe, Shona mbira music has been used for centuries to call family ...

LETTER TO MA; CDR copy-"Chimeranga Songs of Zimbabwe." It was produced by Betty Rogers, "a radio producer and media consultant in various projects in Africa." The tape is accompanied by a letter from ...

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution. LETTER TO MA; CDR copy-"Chimeranga Songs of Zimbabwe." It was produced by Betty Rogers, "a ...

Zimbira is a band born from musical education. Do you want to learn how to drive? Get behind the wheel of a car. Want to learn how to play a particular style of music? Form a group that specializes in ...

Lyons Elementary has so many marimbas, the large keyboard instruments need their own room. The school’s 18 wooden Zimbabwe-style marimbas were built in 2006 by community members through a project led ...

SOUTH BEND — The Music Village presents “Concert & Conversation: A Cultural Music Pop-Up with Polyphony Marimba” at 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at 333 S. Michigan St. Peter and Karyna Swing formed Polyphony ...

It's a sad time for Zimbabwe's music industry following the death of Afropop singer Garikai Munashe Mapanzure, who suffered serious injuries in a road traffic accident along the Beitbridge-Masvingo ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was welcomed in Zimbabwe on Thursday by people singing songs criticizing the West as he made his last stop on a three-nation Africa trip aimed at ...