https://yelloweaver.com/home daily 1.0 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1636322027235-1JT4WESKEG2MNU5PYBKN/IMG_2432.JPG Home https://yelloweaver.com/home/2016/10/20/ilam-at-grahamstown monthly 0.5 2016-10-23 https://yelloweaver.com/home/2016/10/22/karimba-1 monthly 0.5 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1477164312765-96IEEJXOXJ7DYQVJRYJ0/image-asset.jpeg Home - Matepe & Karimba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1477164408544-6F8J0RJRMTBEBFV9LYQM/image-asset.jpeg Home - Matepe & Karimba. https://yelloweaver.com/home/2016/11/20/metadata monthly 0.5 2016-12-02 https://yelloweaver.com/home/2016/12/2/bere-in-the-village monthly 0.5 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1480674509069-NJ8AGCX4P4RXSE47SMJF/image-asset.jpeg Home - Bere in the Village Josam Nyamkuvhengu (left) and his son Mishek Nyamkuvhengu (right) playing hera mbira built by Josam. Photo taken by Andrew Tracey on 6 December 1993. ILAM photograph reference number ILM00433 145. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1480674454672-M9075GGRCK801SG50NW1/image-asset.jpeg Home - Bere in the Village Ngoni Kadondo (left) and Isaac Kufandirori (right) walking towards Isaac's home in Nyamanyanya near Marymount Mission, Northeast Zimbabwe. Photo by Zack Moon. https://yelloweaver.com/home/2016/12/15/madhebhe-in-mutoko monthly 0.5 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1481801118006-IFM50YCVEP8AX7WU1L4U/image-asset.jpeg Home - Madhebhe in Mutoko Kudakwashe Nyaruwabvu (left) and Shorai Katsukunya (right) holding madhebhe mbira. https://yelloweaver.com/home/2017/1/4/hera-meets-matepe monthly 0.5 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1483536222189-P8QMKVZBJUI244YUVQRS/image-asset.jpeg Home - Hera meets Matepe Kuda Nyaruwabvu learns "Muchenjedza MuTonga" from James Kamwaza in Tynwald, Harare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1483534508854-OPTNQ9PKXRUY9BL65U4Y/image-asset.jpeg Home - Hera meets Matepe James Kamwaza's numbering system of the hera mbira. The order of the numbers follow the order of notes in the scale, but the ascending numbers correspond to a descending scale. The keys with the same numbers are octave equivalents. The notes labeled as 8 and 9 could also be named 1 and 2, but are so named to avoid repeats played by the left thumb. In this photograph I add LI, LT, RT and RI to indicate which notes are played by the Left Index, Left Thumb, Right Index and Right Thumb, respectively. The top row on the right hand side is played entirely by the Right Thumb. https://yelloweaver.com/home/2017/3/1/karimba-part-2 monthly 0.5 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1488359050217-2XBNVC0EN6OQ2HAON3CV/image-asset.jpeg Home - Karimba part 2 Mavis and Alec Bandeira in Nyamapanda, Zimbabwe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1488358988741-ZJJE3EWFR8EB0BT32NTT/image-asset.jpeg Home - Karimba part 2 ILAM Photograph collection #ILM00426 381_Johani holds karimba while listening to playback_1969. Seated next to him on the right is Sinati Kadende (known these days as Sinati Nyamande) and seated behind her, also in the white headwrap, is Mavis Bandeira. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1488460518170-LF5BCUSATXWDWNMWQXRO/image-asset.jpeg Home - Karimba part 2 Layout of Johani Chiyeha Bandeira's karimba, by Andrew Tracey in 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1488358914359-2ACB9TD94D1PEQLJPOKM/image-asset.jpeg Home - Karimba part 2 Layout of a Karimba (left) and Matepe (right) that are tuned together. Karimba made by Jacob Mafuleni and matepe made by Chaka Chawasarira. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1488358737976-LJFPWXXEDKHMBCA5NT4L/image-asset.jpeg Home - Karimba part 2 Jacob Mafuleni checks the karimba tuning with a diagram on his cellphone. https://yelloweaver.com/home/2017/3/16/fspbj1agrdsh2woqimds3oobf8kmgx monthly 0.5 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1490003301776-3FVE91IVXEQ3F4QK3KDK/image-asset.jpeg Home - Rains James Kamwaza tuning hera mbira in the park before shipping them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1490005491008-V61S19QXGCZF7W8A88QM/image-asset.jpeg Home - Rains The weaver's nest https://yelloweaver.com/home/2017/6/9/paper-scraps monthly 0.5 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1496997086031-K1WL2IG3NPHGGP9UFGAO/image-asset.jpeg Home - Paper Scraps Michael Bourdillon's hera mbira, made by Josam Nyamukuvhengu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1496994296757-6Y77BMBH8BUKTRAAUHDT/Letter+to+Michael+Bourdillon%2C+April+1970 Home - Paper Scraps https://yelloweaver.com/home/2018/2/22/masarakufa monthly 0.5 2021-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1519255221738-7O4U0UOJH0AQ3TGLFJSE/2017-12-21-PHOTO-00000139+%281%29.jpg Home - Masarakufa The Nyaruwabvu madhebhe (right) next to Kuda's madhebhe in-the-works. Notice the hollow soundboard, metal bridge, and wooden pillow (piro) where the keys will rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1519255932741-1R43ZT3DSJJ0QEF22363/IMG_20170515_111639966.jpg Home - Masarakufa Stuck in a muddy field on the way to the ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1519255254651-SCOQRLSHP6C0F7ZP0G65/2017-12-21-PHOTO-00000132.jpg Home - Masarakufa Kuda's madhebhe with half of the keys added. The left index finger keys have the Kamwaza twist in their design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1519255726225-PNAX8QYTHVRLWA3JAJUR/IMG_20170516_112013650.jpg Home - Masarakufa Masarakufa shows us the madhebhe he built in 1968. Kuda and I compare his mbira to Partson Nyaruwabvu's madhebhe on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1519255297855-26CYJWKYFHKFOBDCKP9A/2017-12-21-PHOTO-00000154.jpg Home - Masarakufa Partson Nyaruwabvu catches up on his playing with the repaired madhebhe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1519255348253-0L0RUOKHQLPW6HQDYPC7/2017-12-21-PHOTO-00000165.jpg Home - Masarakufa Kuda builds the sound board of a new madhebhe with a mbezo (an adze). https://yelloweaver.com/home/2020/8/18/sacred-technology monthly 0.5 2021-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1597709325075-GVOOHBNAAOCR2YVFS7BF/image-asset.jpeg Home - Sacred Technology Sekuru Matomati pounds a key for an old matepe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1597709383675-R5HMZXKG4QEHBSCSMIYY/image-asset.jpeg Home - Sacred Technology Sekuru Efraim Masarakufa shows us what type of wire he uses to make keys for madhebhe (and asks those visiting him to bring more of the same!) https://yelloweaver.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2016-10-16 https://yelloweaver.com/about-us daily 0.75 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58037f689f74569f6bd2e1b0/1476633033509-YH27NPHNW3OTWL6H7TRB/image-asset.jpeg About