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 (and former officer in the Zimbabwe Ministry of Sports and Culture in the early 1980s). Describing the mbira, an instrument traditionally used by male musicians, she said, "It is like a large xylophone . It is everywhere in Africa under different names: sanza , kalimba , etc. 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."
12-441: Maraire is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chiwoniso Maraire (1976–2013), Zimbabwean singer-songwriter and musician Dumisani Maraire (1944–1999), Zimbabwean musician J. Nozipo Maraire (born 1964), Zimbabwean doctor and writer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Maraire . If an internal link intending to refer to
24-572: A cover of Thomas Mapfumo 's song, was released posthumously in 2015. She said, "To beat people, to threaten people, to put a person in a situation where they have to think for the next five hours about whether or not they are going to be okay — is a very, very bad thing to do." Maraire died on 24 July 2013 at South Medical Hospital in Chitungwiza , Zimbabwe, aged 37. According to her manager Cosmas Zamangwe, she had been admitted to hospital 10 days earlier suffering from chest pains. The cause of death
36-489: A music and church venue. Following the civil war , the area experienced rapid Rural-urban migration . Chitungwiza grew rapidly and the squatted area of Chirambahuyo alone had a population of 30,000 in 1979. Chirambahuyo was demolished by the authorities in 1982 and the inhabitants squatted elsewhere in the city in areas such as Mayambara. Slum areas in Chitungwiza were destroyed by Operation Murambatsvina in 2005. By
48-606: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maraire&oldid=1000688526 " Categories : Surnames Bantu-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Chiwoniso Maraire Born in 1976 in Olympia, Washington , where her father had moved his family, The song bird spent
60-558: Is her daughter, Chengeto, although Andy Brown had other children, the step-siblings of Maraire's daughters. Chiwoniso was honoured by Radio France ("Decouverte Afrique") for her debut album, Ancient Voices (1998), and was nominated in the Kora All-Africa Music Awards for best female vocals of Africa in 1999. The album entered the World Music Charts Europe three times. Chitungwiza Chitungwiza
72-582: Is the third populous urban centre in Zimbabwe and town of Harare Province in Zimbabwe . It is located on the outskirts of Harare . As of the 2022 census, Chitungwiza had a population of 371,244. There are two main highways which connect the city to Harare namely Seke road and Chitungwiza road. The Chitungwiza Aquatic Complex, built in 1995 for the All Africa Games , is no longer functional, and serves as
84-452: The first group to fuse mbira with contemporary beats". In 1996, she joined The Storm, a band led by guitarist Andy Brown (who later became her husband): "The Storm became one of Zimbabwe's biggest bands, touring the world and winning accolades.... Maraire's firm voice and Brown's plucky guitar made a beautiful combination." Chiwoniso fronted her acoustic group Chiwoniso & Vibe Culture for several years. Her first album, Ancient Voices ,
96-636: The first seven years of her life in the US . She spent a portion of her high school years attending The Northwest School in Seattle, Washington . When she moved back to Zimbabwe she attended Mutare Girls' High School and took evening classes at the University of Zimbabwe , where her father was teaching. In the early 1990s, when she was 15, she formed part of the Afro-fusion hip-hop trio A Peace of Ebony, which "was perhaps
108-505: The mid-2010s, the number of people squatting in informal settlements was growing. In 2020, the local authorities abandoned their plans to demolish squatter homes in Nyatsime, Seke, St Mary’s and Zengeza, after a court order was requested. Prominent lawyer, Liveours Mundieta comes from Chitungwiza. The musician Maskiri comes from Chitungwiza. The town clerk in 2016 was Dr George Makunde. In 2019 and 2020, Dr. Tonderai Kasu served as
120-526: Was also a core member of the multinational all-women band Women's Voice, whose original members hailed from Norway , Zimbabwe , Tanzania , the United States , Israel , and Algeria . Chiwoniso also starred in film, having worked on the soundtracks for movies and documentaries by an array of Zimbabwean writers and film producers in the last ten years. She made her last recording in March 2013, and "Zvichapera",
132-416: Was released to international acclaim in 1995. In 1998, she toured West Africa and Europe with fellow mbira player, Kurai Mubaiwa, serving as the opening act for Cape Verdean singer-songwriter Cesária Évora . Chiwoniso went on to record three more albums: Timeless (2004), Hupenyu Kumusha, Life at Home, Impilo Ekhaya. The Collaboration: Volume 1 (2006), and Rebel Woman (2008). From 2001 to 2004, she
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#1732876926966144-668: Was the result of suspected pneumonia , just a year after the death of her ex-husband, Andy Brown, also a prominent musician. The couple left behind two daughters, Chengeto and Chiedza. She was buried at her rural home in Chakohwa village in Mutambara. On September 12, 2015, the younger of her daughters, 15 year old Chiedza Brown, died by suicide. Chiedza was also a musician in the Mbira tradition like her mother and an accomplished singer. The last surviving member of Maraire's family with Andy Brown
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