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Stella Chiweshe (also Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, Stella Rambisai Chiweshe Nekati, Mbuya Stella Chiweshe, or Stella Nekati Chiweshe; 8 July 1946 – 20 January 2023) was a Zimbabwean musician. She was known internationally for her singing and playing of the mbira dzavadzimu, a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.
Stella Rambisai Chiweshe Nekati (Mujumi Village, Mhondoro, Zimbabue; 8 de julio de 1946-20 de enero de 2023) [1] fue una música zimbabuense conocida internacionalmente por cantar y tocar la mbira dzavadzimu un instrumento tradicional de los Zezuru, etnia perteneciente al pueblo Shona de Zimbabue, utilizado en el ritual Bira, una ceremonia de ...
30 de ene. de 2023 · Last modified on Wed 15 Mar 2023 14.40 EDT. Stella Chiweshe, who has died aged 76, was a rebel musician who transformed the music scene in Zimbabwe in the 1970s, when the country was still...
24 de ene. de 2023 · Stella Chiweshe was a singer, songwriter and musician who played the mbira, an ancient thumb piano, and fought for its preservation and recognition. She was a cultural activist, a pioneering woman and an educator who inspired many young female mbira players and challenged patriarchy and colonialism.
Cantante zimbabuense. Stella Chiweshe nació el 8 de Julio de 1946 en Mhondoro, Zimbabue. Internacionalmente conocida por cantar y tocar la mbira dzavadzimu, un instrumento tradicional de la tribu Shona.
25 de ene. de 2023 · Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, affectionately known in Zimbabwe as “the queen of mbira” or “Ambuya (grandmother) Chiweshe”, passed away on 20 January 2023. Chiweshe was born in July 1946 in the rural area of Mhondoro in the Mashonaland province of northern Zimbabwe. She began playing the mbira, an ancient thumb piano, in the early 1960s.
Remembering Stella Chiweshe, Queen of Mbira | The Magdalena Project - international network of women in theatre. Stella Rambisai Nekati Chiweshe. 8 July 1946 - 20 January 2023. Click here for Kordula Lobeck de Fabris' memories of Stella. Kristyan Robinson remembers Stella Chiweshe: ‘Mbuya Stella has ascended.’.
