The lamellophone is a musical instrument that has been used in many parts of Africa for centuries. A local name is assigned to brand it depending on how it’s made and the materials that go into its ...

Santa Clara, CA - - January, 11 2007 -- No one knows precisely where and when the African Lamellophone was invented but ethnomusicologist and Rhythms founder Joe Agu knows the soul of this universally ...

Kalimba, Nsansi, Mbira : lamellophone in Afrika / Gerhard Kubik Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

Music has been part and parcel of humanity for a long time. Not every sound is musical, but sound has meaning and sometimes the meaning of sound is specific to its context. But when it comes to ...

The use of traditional musical instruments in Ethiopia goes back to centuries. Ethiopians have been playing their unique and revered traditional musical instruments for ages in various occasions for ...

Video Title Lamellophone (“thumb piano,” mbira) Description Performance by Zivanai Masango, video by Robin Truesdale, Colorado, 2018, courtesy of Zivanai Masango and Robin Truesdale; mbira group ...