John Thomerson (left) plays the mbira next to master mbira musician “Sinyoro” Caution Shonhai. When SKyCTC Academic Adviser John Thomerson first picked up a mbira, a Southern African “thumb piano,” as ...

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 ...

Zimbabwean singer Chiwoniso grew up on a soundtrack of Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and even Mozart. But her father, an ethnomusicologist, made sure that she also knew the songs ...

One of Zimbabwe's most celebrated musician Oliver Mtukudzi died Wednesday of an undisclosed ailment, a former colleague has said. "He has rested. He had been in and out of the hospital since last year ...

On September 27, Zimbabwean music sensation Gemma Griffiths headlined the Zim Health annual gala in Geneva, Switzerland. The event was marked not only by its philanthropic cause, but by an on-stage ...

Zimbabwe music legend Oliver Mtukudzi has been given national hero status following his death Wednesday. It is the highest honor that can be given to an individual by Zimbabwe. Mtukudzi is the first ...

In all the focus the Western world has placed on the individual, it has lost sight of the family—both immediate and extended versions, encompassing the members of a shared culture. In part that's due ...

With just a few months from the presidential and parliamentary elections, the Zimbabwe government is increasingly unleashing law enforcement to quell popular Zimbabwean musicians. With their social ...

Listeners who come to traditional African music from the American variety will find it a refreshingly organic experience. The sonorities reflect a variety of instruments both ancient and modern, ...

Zimbabwean music legend, Zex Manatsa, has died. In a message posted on his Facebook page, his family said, “With great sadness we would like to let everyone know that our Father, Our Legend , Pastor ...