Zimbabwe: Rest in Peace Chi

IF tombstones were to be inscribed with words that summarise our works during our lifetimes, Chiwoniso Mararaire's epitaph should have read: "Here lies a woman who revolutionised the mbira, the godly thumb piano of the Shona civilisation with amasing interpretation of the instrument".

Born in 1976, in Olympia, the United States (US), the singer and songwriter was in the shadow of her father Dumisani as he taught music in the US.

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