Biography kalimba

The kalimba has a rich and varied history in Africa that stretches back as much as 3000 years, but the metal tined kalimba is only about 1300 years old. The modern kalimba player can learn a lot from the strands of traditional African kalimba music.

First, some nomenclature: there are over 100 different types of traditional African thumb pianos, and mbira,kalimba,sansa, and karimba are among them. In 1954 Hugh Tracey chose one of those names, kalimba, for the version of the instrument he would soon ship around the world. In 1961, he also wrote an article, “The Case for the Name Mbira”, suggesting that we use mbira as a generic name for any traditional African thumb piano. Today, outside of Africa, kalimba is also used generically for any non-traditional thumb piano.

The first European to record seeing the mbira was Portuguese explorer and missionary Father Dos Santos who was in present-day Mozambique in1586. He documented the p

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Kalimba (singer)

Mexican singer and actor

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marichal and the second or maternal family name is Ibar.

Kalimba
Born	Kalimba Kadjaly Marichal Ibar (1982-07-26) 26 July 1982 (age 42) Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality	Cuban/Mexican
Occupations
Years active	1984–present
Relatives	M'balia Marichal (sister), Julia Marichal (aunt)

Kalimba Kadjaly Marichal Ibar (born 26 July 1982), known mononymously as Kalimba, is a Mexican singer and actor.

Career

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Kalimba was born in Mexico City to Afro-Cuban parents. He and his sister M'balia were both given traditional African names. His parents, especially his father, were involved in music and theatre.

Kalimba began his career at the age of three. He and his sister M'balia Marichal began performing in theatre and on television. Kalimba appeared on shows such as Chiquilladas and Chispas de chocolate (in which he shared

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Mbira

African musical instrument of the lamellophone family

"Kalimba" and "Zanza" redirect here. For the Rurouni Kenshin character, see Sagara Sanosuke. For other uses, see Kalimba (disambiguation).

Mbira dzavadzimu
Other names	finger harp, gourd piano, ikembe, kalimba, kilembe, likembe, likimba, marimbula, mbla, sansa, sansu, sanza, thumb piano, timbrh, zanzu, finger piano
Classification	Lamellophone, Plucked Idiophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	122.1 (Plucked idiophone)
Timbre	clear, percussive, chimelike
Volume	low
Attack	fast
Decay	moderate
Varies, see Tuning low to medium

Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking traditional musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe
Country	Malawi and Zimbabwe
Reference	01541
Region	Africa
Inscription	2020 (15th session)
List	Representative

Mbira (əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The