The array mbira represents a bold reimagining of the venerable thumb‑piano lineage that has echoed across sub-Saharan Africa for centuries. While traditional mbiras feature rows of unevenly spaced ...

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What are they? "Thumb piano" is a generic, westernised name for a range of different sub-Saharan lamellophones (instruments played by plucking tuned fixed metal tines or keys). Usually, thumb piano ...

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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 ...