The Soul of Mbira
By Paul F. Berliner
This sensitive, scholarly portrayal of Shona musicians and the African Musical tradition is highly engaging and comprehensive in its range of data. Paul Berliner provides the complete cultural context for the music and an intimate, precise account of the meaning of the instrument and its music.
The book is a model of ethnomusicological thinking and investigation and it suggests a specific way of approaching a complex socio-musical system.
–John Baily, Popular Music
