Editing Mbira (section)

====In the diaspora====
{{See also|marimbula}}
[[File:Playing the Marimba, da Coleção Brasiliana Iconográfica.jpg|thumb|A Kalimba player in [[Brazil]] by [[Eduard Hildebrandt]] (1846)]]

The first documentation of Kalimbas in Brazil dates back to 1723 where they are referred to as marimbas (not to be confused with [[marimba]]s).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Between the Marimba Thumb Piano and the Grand Piano: Musicians and Black Musicalities in 19th-century Brazil with Dr. Rafael Galante|url=https://sppo.osu.edu/events/between-marimba-thumb-piano-and-grand-piano-musicians-and-black-musicalities-19th-century|access-date=2021-08-29|website=sppo.osu.edu|language=en}}</ref> They seem to have faded into obscurity as they didn't make it to the present day, although "modern" Kalimbas now exist in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kalimba history in Brazil|url=https://silo.tips/download/the-kalimba-a-brief-history-of-an-ancient-instrument-from-africa-mark-holdaway-p&ved=2ahUKEwjJnImdy9XyAhVfRTABHdjyC2cQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1q4_JofG8An-vdDJOT8gP2|access-date=2021-08-29|website=www.google.com}}</ref>

[[File:Marimbol-haitiano.jpg|thumb|An example of a Marimbula in [[Haiti]]]]

In [[Cuba]] African [[lamellophone]]s along with the [[Cajón]] influenced the origins of the marimbula, whose history is poorly documented but is suspected to have originated in eastern Cuba.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marimbula history and origin|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_601901%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjoyf30y9XyAhWDQzABHfaRDxIQFnoECCsQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw0Nh9ELn1RuZMKnwsNonbEB|access-date=2021-08-29|website=www.google.com|archive-date=2021-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829065527/https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_601901%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjoyf30y9XyAhWDQzABHfaRDxIQFnoECCsQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw0Nh9ELn1RuZMKnwsNonbEB|url-status=dead}}</ref>