Chiwoniso Maraire

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Chiwoniso Maraire
Chiwoniso Maraire live in July 2009 in Oldenburg

Chiwoniso Maraire (born March 5, 1976 in Olympia , Washington , USA ; † July 24, 2013 in Chitungwiza ) was a Zimbabwean singer , musician and songwriter . Her music is mainly characterized by playing the mbira .

Life

Maraire was born in the United States to Zimbabwean mbira player Dumisani Maraire and singer Linda Nemarundwe Maraire while her father taught at Evergreen State College in Olympia.

She was introduced to traditional shona music at an early age by her parents . At the age of four she was able to play the mbira, although traditionally women in Zimbabwe are not allowed to do so, and when she was nine she and her parents recorded her first piece.

At the age of eleven she played in the band Dumi & Minanzi III. her father, at 14 with her brother Ziyanai, her sister Tawona and her father in the quartet Mhuri yaMaraire .

In 1990, Maraire and her family returned to Zimbabwe where they attended Mutare Girls High School. In 1991 she joined the band A Peace of Ebony , a group made up of members of different nationalities who saw themselves as part of African rap . With the group she was able to win the prize for the best young band from southern Africa at the Radio France Internationale (RFI) Festival in 1994 . After separating from A Peace of Ebony, Chiwoniso started her solo career.

Her first solo album, Ancient Voices , was released in 1996. On this she combines the modern and the traditional, sings in both English and Shona and plays a variety of contemporary and African instruments. The album was a success, receiving the RFI's 1997 Best Young Artist Award.

In 1999 she appeared as the front woman with Andy Brown and The Storm at the MASA Festival in Abidjan , Ivory Coast, among others . In addition, Maraire was nominated at the KOMA Award in 2001 in the category Best Female Vocals of Africa.

Since 2001 she has participated in various projects. She was the front woman of her acoustic group Chiwoniso & Vibe Culture , was a member of the multinational women's group Women's Voice between 2001 and 2004 and also wrote soundtracks for Zimbabwean film productions.

In addition, Maraire et al. a. worked with Sinéad O'Connor or Habib Koité from Mali .

In September 2008 Chiwoniso released another album, Rebel Woman , which is also her first international release.

On July 24, 2013, Chiwoniso Maraire died of a lung infection in the hospital in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe.

On the situation in Zimbabwe

During her 2007 tour in Denmark , she spoke out against the violence and brutality in her home country:

"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."

- Chiwoniso Maraire

Discography

Albums

  • A Piece of Ebony: From the Native Tongue (1992)
  • Ancient Voices (1998)
  • Chiwoniso & Vibe Culture: Timeless (2004)
  • The Collaboration: Hupenyu Kumusha / Life at Home / Impilo Ekhaya. Volume 1 (2006)
  • Rebel Woman (2008)

Singles

  • "Zvichapera" (published posthumously in 2015)

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  • "Woman of the Well"
  • "Return Great Spirit" (alternative version to Timeless )

Also appeared on

Featured

  • Outspoke Tha Humble Neophyte: "The Heavens and the Skies"
  • Jah Prayzah: "Dande"

Compilations

  • Women Care (2005) - "African Woman", "A Mother To Them All (African Woman 2)", "A Song For A Modern Woman"
  • Putumayo Kids: African Dreamland (2008) - "Usacheme"
  • Hear Globally: A Cumbancha Collection (2009) - "Vanorapa", "Woman of the Well"
  • Listen To The Banned (2010) - "Rebel Woman"
  • Positive Generation (2011) - "Galgal Hatzila (The Lifeline)" with David Broza and the Jimila Choir

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 'Dumi' Maraire Gave Northwest Sweet Taste Of African Marimba. In: Seattle Times. November 26, 1999, accessed May 6, 2009 .
  2. ↑ Chiwoniso. In: Nouveau Africana's Artist Focus. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009 ; accessed on May 6, 2009 .
  3. ↑ a b c Chiwoniso Biography. In: Chiwoniso homepage. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010 ; accessed on May 6, 2009 .
  4. ↑ Singer Chiwoniso Maraire dies aged 37. (No longer available online.) In: New Zimbabwe. Archived from the original on July 26, 2013 ; accessed on July 25, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.newzimbabwe.com
  5. ^ Chiwoniso Speaks Out Against Cop Brutality. In: All Africa. December 2, 2007, accessed May 7, 2009 .
  6. ^ Written by Keith Farquharson & Chiwoniso, recorded 2005/2007, mixed 2012. Louis Mhlanga guitar, Sam Mataure drums, Ian Hillman bass, Chiwoniso Mbira & Hosho, Keith Farquharson piano and mix.
  7. ↑ Hear Globally .
  8. ↑ Positive generation .
  9. ^ HIV, AIDS documentary set for release .
personal data
SURNAME Maraire, Chiwoniso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Zimbabwean musician and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 5th 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Olympia (Washington)
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 2013
Place of death Chitungwiza , Zimbabwe