On this day in 1976, Zimbabwean songwriter, singer and skilled mbira (thumb piano) player Chioniso Maraire was born in Olympia, USA. Maraire moved back to Zimbabwe with her parents during her high school years. She started playing mbira at an early age learning from her father David Maraire and and her music career in the […]
Read More →On this day in 1936, the first black president of independent Zimbabwe Canaan Banana was born in Matebeleland. He was also an ordained Methodist Minister as well as a theologian. Canaan Banana died in 2003 at the age of 67.
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