Thursday’s Google Doodle, celebrated the mbira, an ancient, musical instrument of the Shona people in Zimbabwe, in honor of Zimbabwe’s Culture Week. The mbira is Zimbabwe’s national instrument. Google ...

Today’s Google Doodle focuses on the mbira instrument. Google Today’s doodle is also accompanied by a game wherein the user can “play” the mbira using their laptop or handheld device. Over hundreds of ...

Harare — WOMEN musicians have not made notable achievements as regards playing instruments. It seems men dominate the playing of instruments. Lack of personal time, education, resources and ...

In Zimbabwe, there's a resurgence of interest in the mbira, sometimes called the thumb piano. The instrument was all but legally banned by colonial rulers.

May 21 (UPI) --Google is celebrating Zimbabwe's national instrument, the mbira, with a new Doodle as Zimbabwe's Culture Week begins. The mbira originated in Southern Africa and serves as the cultural ...