Ephat Mujuru (1950-2001), a Zimbabwean musician, was one of the 20th century's finest players of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona ethnic group of Zimbabwe. 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In East African music, the mbira (also lkembe) is a gourd-resonated thumb piano, a musical instrument consisting of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached fitted into a resonator. ... Shona (or ChiShona) is a native language of Zimbabwe; the term is also used to identify those Bantu tribes in Southern Africa who speak one of the Shona languages. ...

Although Mujuru played all of Zimbabwe's five types of mbira, he specialty was the mbira dzavadzimu In East African music the mbira (also lkembe) is a gourd- resonated thumb piano, a musical instrument consisting of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached fitted into a resonator. ...