Chiwoniso maraire biography for kids

Chiwoniso Maraire was born on March 5, in Olympia, Washington, US and died on July 24, She was the daughter of Zimbabwean mbira master and teacher Dumisani Abraham Maraire who was an officer in the Zimbabwe Ministry of Sports and Culture in the early s.

By Fred Zindi It is exactly nine years since the iconic Chiwoniso Maraire died.

Those of you who had the privilege to see her in action have memories to cherish forever.

I had the opportunity to interact with her when I was teaching Ethnomusicology at the Zimbabwe College of Music.

One Monday morning, I invited The Zairean singer, Kanda Bongo Man to the college to come and hear two beautiful voices from Miriam Mandipira, another iconic singer, and Chiwoniso.

He was so impressed that he wanted to take these two girls to Zaire with him.

We stumbled on the contracts which Bongo Man could not fulfil.

Chiwoniso Maraire was born on March 5, in Olympia, Washington, US and died on July 2