We love this sound so much! Also known as an African thumb piano, the mbira is a musical instrument created and performed by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. Here's Professor Anand Prahlad demonstrating the mbira. Video via Mizzou, filmed in Columbia, Missouri. | African Drumming
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