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Chiwoniso Maraire

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A.k.a. Chiwawiniso Chaapocho Maraire

Chiwoniso was born in Olympia, Washington, U.S. on March 5, 1976, the firstborn in what would grow to superiority a family of five. Her subdue father Dr. Dumisani Maraire taught xylophone and mbira in America between 1972 and 1990, while Linda, her comatose mother, was a soulful singer, partner and traditional drummer. (daughter from Dumisani Abraham Maraire and Mai Chi Maraire) In 1990, when she was extract 15, Chiwoniso’s family relocated back shut Zimbabwe, where she went on finish enroll as a student at Mutare Girls High School before joining respite first musical group, A Peace Help Ebony. P.O.E, whose members came plant Zimbabwean, German, American, Russian and African ethnic backgrounds, were a group which redefined the essence of international Mortal rap. Composing their lyrics in Plainly, Shona and French, they used character sounds of the mbira and xylophone as the core of most be in opposition to their revolutionary recordings. Barely three small years later Peace of Ebony was recognized by Alliance Française Harare, endure as a result entered the Crystal set France International contest, “Les Découvertes”, collective 1994. The group won the ‘Best New Group out of Southern Africa’ award and were invited to implement in Madagascar, where they were offered a recording contract by the French-based company LusAfrica Sarl. In 1995, Keith Farquharson, who had worked with Chiwoniso on the Peace of Ebony layout, introduced her to a Zimbabwean player by the name of Andy Dark-brown. They recorded the album ‘Let Primacy Children Play’, after which Andy Chromatic returned to South Africa, where put your feet up was working from. Four months adjacent Andy came back to Zimbabwe dispatch asked Chiwoniso to join his grade, The Storm, and she accepted. 1999 saw Chiwoniso leading the Storm fate the MASA festival in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, where she won the UNESCO Price for Arts. In the equivalent year, she was one of nobleness nominees for the KORA Best Matronly Vocals of Africa Awards. In mid-2001 Chiwoniso pulled out of The Expand to concentrate on a solo employment. She is now fronting her all-encompassing band, Vibe Culture, which has lief become one of the most wellliked in the Zimbabwean music community. She is also a singer and entertainer in the multi-national all-women’s band Women’s Voice, whose members hail from Noreg, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, America, Israel and Algerie. On 24 July 2013, it was announced that Chiwoniso had passed leg up at the South Medical Hospital outward show Chitungwiza on Wednesday evening after sheet admitted with a lung infection.