At Sekuru Chigamba’s outdoor mbira workshop, a set of newly made mbira keys await placement on a wooden soundboard, or gwariva. A previously finished mbira will be used as a model for tuning the newly made instrument.
Photograph by Jennifer Kyker
- Intro
- Early Years
- Musical Life
- Independence
- Mbira
- Ancestors
- Overview
- Murenga: Founding Ancestor
- Guniuswa: Birthplace of Mediumship
- Biri Parts the Zambezi
- Entering Zimbabwe
- Masvingo’s Rise and Fall
- Dzivarasekwa: The Giving of Names
- Murozvi: Minister of Land
- Splintering Into Groups
- Adopting Totems
- Mutota’s Kingship
- Mapondera: The Last Mutota Ruler
- The European Struggle for Territory
- Disappearing Shrines
- Conclusion
- Explore