STRIKING IRON: SOUNDING FORMS: MBIRA
Lamellophone (“thumb piano,” mbira)
Shona peoples, Zimbabwe
Mbira performer: Zivanai Masango
Performance by Zivanai Masango, video by Robin Truesdale, Colorado, 2018, courtesy of Zivanai Masango and Robin Truesdale; mbira group performance, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2011, courtesy of Mr. Gift Mugwidi