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Late musicians Dr Oliver Mtukudzi, Leonard Dembo, John Chibadura, Biggie Tembo, Solomon Skuza, Fanyana Dube, Chiwoniso Maraire, Simon Chimbetu and Marshall Munhumumwe, were an acclaimed league of extraordinary ladies and gentlemen.
A newly formed Bulawayo Afro-pop band, Ngoma, wants to revive fallen legends’ music including that of Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, Andy Brown, James Chimombe, Chiwoniso Maraire and Bhundu Boys.
When veteran mbira player Sekuru David Tafaneyi Gweshe took to the stage at the Mbira Festival last week, he decried the manner in which Zimbabwean stories are not being celebrated.
The late mbira queen, Chiwoniso Maraire’s music continues to inspire even in death, with a Japanese music band revealing that they have been inspired by her music before they even knew who she was.
She never knew peace! As a young girl, she was shuttled between Zimbabwe and the United States of America. Her mother and father were estranged — she lived most of her life with her mother’s people.
UNITED STATES – Chiedza Brown (15) the daughter of late musicians Andy Brown and Chiwoniso Maraire passed away on Saturday according to a statement released by the family.
On Tuesday, the sun sets on yet another year and this past year, like any other before it, has had its ups and downs.
Chiwoniso MARAIRE is gone but her legacy will live on judging by top-notch performance that her children, Chengeto and Chiedza, gave at the Book Café last Thursday.
Tendai Maraire, the eldest brother to the late mbira icon Chiwoniso, has for the first time opened up on the controversy that shrouded the burial of his sister saying they were under strict instructions from the physician not to allow body viewing or any contact.
The body of Chiwoniso Maraire was yesterday denied entry into her Bluffhill home in Harare because of a family feud.