Harare, Zimbabwe – Dzivarasekwa, a nondescript township on the southwestern rims of Zimbabwe’s capital, copies the 1907 template of the first ghetto, Harari (now Mbare): grim, monotonous, matchbox ...

Victor Chimusoro, known by his stage names Bravikzw and GwenyaRimbA, is a marimba player from Harare who has dedicated his life to preserving and promoting traditional marimba music in Zimbabwe. With ...

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, ...

In a remarkable celebration of unity and rhythm, more than 1,000 marimba players from South Africa and Zimbabwe will converge at the GrandWest Grand Arena on Saturday, 2 August 2025, aiming to secure ...

Lyons Elementary has so many marimbas, the large keyboard instruments need their own room. The school’s 18 wooden Zimbabwe-style marimbas were built in 2006 by community members through a project led ...

SOUTH BEND — The Music Village presents “Concert & Conversation: A Cultural Music Pop-Up with Polyphony Marimba” at 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at 333 S. Michigan St. Peter and Karyna Swing formed Polyphony ...

The first time Peter Swing heard marimba music from Zimbabwe, he was struck by how familiar it sounded, despite it being created half a world away. "It just seemed familiar, even though I'd never been ...

More than 1,100 marimba players from South Africa and Zimbabwe gathered at the GrandWest Grand Arena on Saturday, setting a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Marimba Ensemble in the World. The ...