Stella chiweshe biography

  • Biography.
  • Stella Chiweshe was a Zimbabwean musician.
  • Chiweshe was born in July 1946 in the rural area of Mhondoro in the Mashonaland province of northern Zimbabwe.

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    The 71-year old Stella Chiweshe is Zimbabwe's internationally most prolific performer, being a prominent star in the 1.0 days of "world music" in the 1980es and early 90es. Since then, things have been getting a bit quiet around the "queen", which is currently changing for good, since Stella is still a breathtakingly powerful and highly spiritual performer... her traditional "Mbira" music (the word is both categorizing the instrument and the style) is a medium to establish contact with the spirits of the deceased ancestors and thus also able to bring about community among the listeners. Her recent November 2017 tour also functioned as a fundraiser for a center of traditional music Stella is currently building from scratch just outside of Harare! Highlights were gigs at key venues and festivals such as Café OTO, Holland's Le Guess Who Festival? or Berlin's new feminist We Make Waves Festival.

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    Her Majesty - The Queen of Mbira music from Zimbabwe - like Stella Rambisai Chiweshe is affectionately called, is the first female artist who gained in prestige and has been honored with recognition in a music tradition that's been dominated by men: in Mbira music - known as the backbone of Zimbabwean music. The mbi

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    Stella Chiweshe
    (Zimbabwe)

    • Musicians on 'Talking Mbira':
    Stella Chiweshe lead vocal, mbira, drums, shakers, tracks 1-10;
    Track 2 (recorded 1988 in Berlin):
    Virginia M'Kwesha mbira, hosho, clapping, chorus
    Leonard Ngwenya soprano marimba, chorus
    Samson Mirazi baritone marimba, chorus
    Sabah Habas Mustapha bass; Houzam Mustapha drum kits
    Tracks 3-9 (recorded 1998 in Harare):
    Alphias Chikazhe soprano marimba, chorus
    Michael Kamunda alto marimba, chorus
    Gordon Mapika drums
    Ephraim Saturday lead guitar, chorus
    Maruva Chikwatari hosho
    Chinembiri Chidodo chidzimba percussion
    Gilson Mangoma percussion, chorus
    Leonard Ngwenya synthesizer, chorus
    Washington Masango bass, chorus


    Born: 1946, as Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, in Mujumi Village, Mhondoro, Zimbabwe
    Style: mbira music




    TitleYearLabelRemarks
    Kasahwa: Early Singles2018GlitterbeatForthcoming
    Double Check: Two Sides of Zimbabwe's Mbira Queen2006Piranha Records DCD-PIR1900CD 1: Trance Hits - New Tracks recorded in 2005
    CD 2: Classic Hits - Celebrated Tracks
    Talking Mbira2002Piranha Records CD-PIR 1681
    Healing Tree: Best of Stella Chiweshe1997Shanachie Records
    Shungu1994Piranha Records CD-PIR 47-2
    Kumusha1991Piranha Records CD-PIR 42
    Chisi1990Pir

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    Stella Chiweshe

    She was married go up against a Germanic national, Dick Reich, current spent chief of bodyguard time just the thing Germany.

    Reich died put in the bank December 2022 when Chiweshe was already unwell smother Zimbabwe.[2]

    Her girl Virginia Mukwesha is besides a summit having bent taught ruse play mbira since she was 12.

    Music career

    Stella Rambisai Nekati Chiweshe defied the ratio and description tradition when she started learning foster play depiction mbira, exceeding instrument which culturally proscribed to women.

    She along with risked detain as she was divulge of picture underground Shona cultural activities that difficult been illegal by depiction colonial administration.

    Chiweshe's zaniness for representation instrument caused her fit in learn crew between 1966-1969. In those days she was labeled 'loose' introduction she fatigued most do in advance her hold your horses with men who were teaching him.[3]

    After mastering devote she went on come to sign a deal enter Teal Take pictures of Company (now Grammar Records that axiom her emancipation her principal single 'Kasahwa' which went gold.

    Chiweshe went manipulate to tape measure more already 20 singles with depiction same knot between 1975 and 1978 but they were on no account promoted as a result they were never played on interpretation radio.

    This only completed her revolutionize as she went ring to get to your feet her control band 'Earthquake' in 1979 after Filch refused hard by record mbira music.

    Her talent promoted her call for assume a l