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AWARD-winning Mbira musician Mbuya Stella Chiweshe has died.
She was 77.
According to a notice by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, her daughter Virginia Mukwesha-Hetze confirmed that Mbuya Chiweshe died peacefully from cancer of the brain at home in Harare this morning.
Born on the 8th of July, 1946, in Mujumi Village in Mhondoro, Stella Chiweshe was undoubtedly Zimbabwe’s Queen of Mbira and one of the country’s foremost cultural exports. With her swooping vocals on the mbira, she brought traditional Zimbabwean Shona music to the international stage.
With a career spanning over 40 years, Mbuya Chiweshe was a recipient of various local and international awards, including the Billboard Music Award (1993), the NAMA (2006), the NAMA Lifetime Achievement Award (2020), and the NAMA Legends Awards (2021).
Mourners are gathered at Mukwesha Homestead in Chinyika Goromonzi.
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