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Culture & Creativity
Mbira: the craft behind the music
Metal keys, interweaving melodies and the apprenticeship that keeps a musical practice moving between generations.
Craft, apprenticeship, rhythm and movement in documented living traditions.

Photo: Alex Weeks / Wikimedia Commons
Metal keys, interweaving melodies and the apprenticeship that keeps a musical practice moving between generations.
A dance tradition documented in Murewa and Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe brings acrobatic movement into conversation with percussion.
Dance and drumming in southeastern Zimbabwe, read through research on performance, identity and change.
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