A blog post on Africa is a Country
The multi-named thumb piano is quite an important foundational instrument for contemporary music all over the world, although it’s perhaps not always recognized as such. In Congo, colonial era missionaries banned the instrument from their services, saying that its association with traditional spiritual practices sullied the sacredness of the choral music they were adopting to the musical cultures of the people they sought to convert.
The Indelible Mark of the Mbira – Africa is a Country.
Hope Masike and Carmen Hwarari Mbira Concert in Malawi
Musicians Hope Masike and Carmen Hwarari will be performing a concert in Lilongwe on the 2nd of May.