We love this sound so much! Also known as an African thumb piano, the mbira is a musical instrument created and performed by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. Here's Professor Anand Prahlad demonstrating the mbira. Video via Mizzou, filmed in Columbia, Missouri. | African Drumming

THE COLLECTIVE EVOLUTION OF THE MBIRA-GUITAR STYLE: The history of music genres and styles is frequently hazy because those who create the history are completely unaware that they are doing so, so no one bothers to document it. The same is true for the Zimbabwean lead guitar style known as 'Mbira Guitar,' which dominates Mbira-based sub-genres such as Thomas Mapfumo's Chimurenga music, Oliver Mtukudzi's Tuku music, Zexie Manatsa's music, Chiwoniso Maraise's music, Four Brothers' music, and many