Chiwoniso maraire biography of william hill
Accomplished singer, songwriter and ambassador of Zimbabwean mbira music Chiwoniso Maraire was laid to rest at her rural home, amidst a family feud.
Chiwoniso Maraire was a Zimbabwean singer, songwriter, and influential mbira player ().!
Chiwoniso Maraire
Zimbabwean singer and songwriter
Chiwoniso Maraire (5 March 1976 – 24 July 2013) was a Zimbabwean singer, songwriter, and exponent of Zimbabwean mbira music.
She was the daughter of Zimbabwean mbira master and teacher Dumisani Maraire[1] (and former officer in the Zimbabwe Ministry of Sports and Culture in the early 1980s).[2] Describing the mbira, an instrument traditionally used by male musicians,[3] she said, "It is like a large xylophone.
It is everywhere in Africa under different names: sanza, kalimba, etc.
SoulDeep, born Rutendo Magwenzi is a God-girl, a singer/songwriter and fashion designer and aspiring linguist from Harare, Zimbabwe.For us in Zimbabwe it is the name for many string instruments. There are many kinds of mbiras. The one that I play is called the nyunga nyunga, which means sparkle-sparkle."[4]
Biography
Born in 1976 in Olympia, Washington, where her father had moved his family, The song bird spent the first seven years of her life in the US.
She spent a portion of her high school years attending The Northwest School