africa
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Up close with Mbira, Zimbabwe’s greatest gift to the music world
Long before the colonialism visited present-day Zimbabwe the people of that land had fashioned a unique musical instrument which has continued to dazzle music lovers across the world. The mbira instrument is a lamellophone whose unique sound is produced by plucking the metal keys. For the grouping of people known loosely as the Shona people,…
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Charity is good but opportunity is better – lessons from Binga
Every time that we posted some of the charitable efforts we were undertaking across Zimbabwe with Citizens Initiative, we would receive messages from our patrons; “We have to do something about Binga.” This was a call to action and on 10 December 2020 we undertook a needs assessment trip to the district. Binga is an…
