Aug 25 2009
Chiwoniso Maraire

Chiwoniso Maraire was born in Olympia, Washington in 1976. Her father, ethnomusicologist Dumisani Maraire, taught marimba and mbira in America between 1972 and 1990, and was a renowned stage performer along with her mother, Linda Nemarundwe Maraire.”Musical instruments were a core element of my childhood.
By the age of four I was playing mbira; “Tichazomuona”, my first recording with my parents, was released when I was nine” remembers Chiwoniso.
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