Mbira
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Mbira, also known as kalimba and zanza, are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe.
Mbira Dza Vadzimu ("Voice of the Ancestors")
Mbira dzavadzimu in a deze
A sansula, a recent interpretation of the mbira that has the instrument suspended on a drum-like membrane in a surrounding frame.
A Zimbabwean matepe
Maurice White
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Maurice White was an American musician, best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter and chief producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, also serving as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bail
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…kalimba after an ancient predecessor of the mbira family of instruments. It was popularized in the 1960s and early 1970s largely by such musicians as Maurice White of the band Earth, Wind and Fire and Thomas Mapfumo. These musicians included mbira on stage accompanying modern rock instruments such as electric…
White performing in 1982
White performing in 1975
White at the 2000 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony