Chiwoniso : discography
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Album : Rebel Women Year : 2008 |
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Album : Ancient voices Year : 2000 |
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News about Chiwoniso
Reggae Review is back up and running
Feature Article - Le Coeur de Fely by Diane "Livonn" Adam
World Beat Road - World Music Thirves at Ashkenaz: Zimbabwe's Mawungira Enharira and Chiwoniso and Macka B [Slide Show]
Feature Article - Sierra Nevada World Music Festival [Slide Show]
Feature Article - Reggae On The River [Slide Show]
Feature Article - Reggae Rising by Diane "Livonn" Adam
Feature Article - Monterey Bay Reggae Festival by Diane "Livonn" Adam
Feature Article - Twinkle Brothers by De'Nise Dennis
Nuff Lyrics - Peter Tosh's Can't Blame The Youth by Eric Doumerc
Source : www.niceup.com | 2008-11-10 18:39:28.0
Zimbabwe Songstress's Most Recent CD Focuses on Inspiration, Hope and Resistance
Chiwoniso Maraire's "Rebel Woman" CD sung mostly in Shona language
Source : voanews.com | 2008-11-03 15:23:07.0
Zimbabwe Songstress's Most Recent CD Focuses on Inspiration, Hope and Resistance
Chiwoniso Maraire's "Rebel Woman" CD sung mostly in Shona language
Source : voanews.com | 2008-11-03 15:23:07.0
Zimbabwe Songstress Chiwoniso Maraire Focuses on Inspiration, Hope, Resistance
Artist's "Rebel Woman" CD is sung mostly in Shona language
Source : voanews.com | 2008-11-03 15:23:07.0
Zimbabwe Songstress Chiwoniso Maraire Focuses on Inspiration, Hope, Resistance
Artist's "Rebel Woman" CD is sung mostly in Shona language
Source : voanews.com | 2008-11-03 15:23:07.0
Chiwoniso Plays Zimbabwean
October 14, 2008 - Zimbabwean singer Chiwoniso grew up on a soundtrack of Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and even Mozart. But her father, an ethnomusicologist, made sure that she a...
Source : ZimbabweStar.com | 2008-10-14 22:48:38.0
Chiwoniso Plays Zimbabwean 'Rebel' Music
On her new album, Rebel Woman, Chiwoniso shows off an assertive style that no other female singer in Zimbabwe can match. In her songs, she stands up for her country's children and poor. One of the most compelling voices in African music today, she confidently borrows from other genres — especially American ones.
Source : npr.org | 2008-10-14 15:07:00.0
Zimbabwean Vocalist Chiwoniso at Ashkenaz
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-09-24 19:21:27.0
Zimbabwean Musician Chiwoniso at Seattle's Dimitriou?s Jazz Alley Sept 29th
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-09-11 13:25:23.0
Chiwoniso Dumps Country for the U.S.
OUTSPOKEN Mbira songbird, Chiwoniso Maraire has relocated to the United States with her family, Standardplus has learnt.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-09-08 16:51:51.0
Chiwoniso quits Zim for States
HARARE - Outspoken artist, Chiwoniso Maraire, is leaving the country with her two young daughters to settle in the United States. Chiwoniso, who has often been in trouble with the police for her strai...
Source : ZimbabweStar.com | 2008-08-26 18:22:11.0
Zimbabwe?s Chiwoniso Will Release Rebel Woman in September 2008, Reflecting on Freedom, Equality and Love
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-07-31 11:33:17.0
Zimbabwe’s Chiwoniso Will Release Rebel Woman in September 2008, Reflecting on Freedom, Equality and Love
Rebel Woman will be Chiwoniso Maraire’s first internationally released album in over ten years. Her soulful and deeply personal songs offer messages of hope, inspiration and resistance, serving notice that this gifted singer and songwriter merits recognition as one of Africa’s greatest young talents.
“I am like a mirror,” declares Maraire. “I basically sing about what I see happening in the world. If someone comes up to me in the street to ask for money I’ll sing about that. If people are jumping borders because their economic situation is too difficult, I’ll sing about that. If the police are beating people up and intimidating them, I’ll sing about that.”
In recent months, Zimbabwe’s poli...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-07-28 07:56:00.0
Zimbabwe's Chiwoniso to release Rebel Woman
World music label Cumbancha will release Rebel Woman worldwide this September
Source : monstersandcritics.com | 2008-06-26 00:28:31.0
Music Freedom Day 2008 Is Celebrated Today
Musicians and broadcasters will participate Monday 3 March 2008 in world-wide will focus on music censorship.
Death threats in Yemen, murder cases in Mexico, new satellite TV restrictions in the Middle East, court cases in Turkey. .
This year, Oslo’s Nobel Peace Center will highlight the Music Freedom Day with a seminar and a concert featuring Kris Kristofferson, Ferhat Tunç (Turkey), Chiwoniso Maraire (Zimbabwe) and Norway's own world famous Sámi singer, Mari Boin.13 countries will broadcast the concert which will also be transmitted globally by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation via the internet.
In Afghanistan, 1,000 balloons will fly ove...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-03-03 13:17:36.0
Zimbabwe: Chiwoniso Finds New Love
MBIRA princess Chiwoniso Maraire appears to have found a "pain-killer" to the marital wounds she sustained in that stormy affair with fellow musician, Andy Brown.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-03-03 11:57:56.0
Chiwoniso Finds New Love
Chiwoniso has found new love in "protest poet" Sam Monro! Better known as Cde Fatso or Chabvondoka -- Chiwoniso's new love had been bragging that he was "dating" Brown's ex-wife al...
Source : ZimbabweStar.com | 2008-03-03 08:56:32.0
Chipfumo Stands in for Maraire At Book Caf
Progress Chipfumo is now standing in for Chiwoniso Maraire's Tuesday night slots at the Book Café as the mbira queen is reportedly on annual leave.
Source : ZimbabweStar.com | 2008-01-14 10:45:36.0
Zimbabwe: Chipfumo Stands in for Maraire At Book Café
Progress Chipfumo is now standing in for Chiwoniso Maraire's Tuesday night slots at the Book Café as the mbira queen is reportedly on annual leave.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-01-14 08:51:44.0
Award for the defence of musicians’ human rights
The independent NGO Freemuse prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary by launching an award for those who defend musicians’ human rights.
2008 will mark the tenth anniversary of an organisation devoted to the defence of musicians and their human rights worldwide. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, this NGO has slowly but steadily gained momentum, in part thanks to its remarkable conferences that are held every three years. Freedom of Musical Expression, or Freemuse, is the brainchild of a Swedish-Danish couple, Marie Korpe and Ole Reitov, who realised that music censorship is widespread and is not being addressed as a basic human rights abuse.
To mark this anniversary, Freemuse just announced that it would set up an award that would recompense a musician, composer, researcher, journalist, producer or organisation that has worked for freedom of musical expression in some form or manner. This could be through the remarkable bravery some of the artists have displayed in the face of threats and abuse; the monitoring of violations and their effects on music; or the resistance to the variegated forms of human rights abuse documented on all five continents. Each of these categories has been scrutinised by the dedicated team in Copenhagen who have published their works on the website www.freemuse.org. In the last month, this has included studies on intimidation of musicians and their followers in Belarus and Ukraine; the banning of film musicals in the Nigerian state of Kano; how drug barons in Brazil are banning music in the favelas they control; the worsening situation in Zimbabwe where artists speak out against police brutality and intimidation; and so many more cases of abuse.
I won’t try to hide my allegiance here. I first encountered Freemuse when I covered their inaugural world conference in November 1998 for Radio France International. The likes of Ray Lema, Miguel Angel Estrella and Malouma were just a few of the musicians who testified on the pressures they have had to live with in order to practise their art. Ten years on, and the testimonies continue to come through thick and fast, proving that the world has not become more tolerant or respectful of musicians’ basic right to express themselves freely. I have since become vice-chair of this association and try to devote time to help coordinate effective campaigns to support musicians in need and develop a network that can support threatened artists and composers. Unfortunately, the likes of Pakistani Salman Ahmad, Zimbabwean Chiwoniso Maraire, the French rap band La Rumeur and the much abused Turkish singer Ferhat Tunc still need our help to avoid persecution and even imprisonment.
The idea of an award to assist courageous people such as these and so many others is an important one. It has been created thanks to the Björn Afzelius International Culture Fund, named in memory of an outspoken Swedish singer who, in his lifetime, spoke out in defence of oppressed people around the world. He was one of Scandinavia’s best-loved artists ever, and devoted much of his earnings to projects for musicians in Africa and Latin America. This prize will undoubtedly further his lifelong desire to help musicians gain the respect and independence they deserve in every society on this planet.
Meanwhile, Freemuse Ambassador Salman Ahmad of the Pakistani group Junoon is one of several major artists invited to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert on December 11th. This annual event is televised in over 100 countries and is an appropriate platform to spread knowledge on musicians’ rights to a global audience.
December 2007.
Source : mondomix.com | 2007-12-05 01:31:27.0
Chiwoniso Speaks Out Against Cop Brutality
MBIRA songbird Chiwoniso Maraire has spoken candidly about her thoughts on police brutality in Zimbabwe and how it has affected her personally, as a musician.
Source : ZimbabweStar.com | 2007-12-03 18:39:46.0
Chiwoniso Speaks Out Against Cop Brutality
MBIRA songbird Chiwoniso Maraire has spoken candidly about her thoughts on police brutality in Zimbabwe and how it has affected her personally, as a musician.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-12-03 18:03:41.0
Zimbabwe: Banned Plays Set the UK Alight
The first play to be banned in independent Zimbabwe, Super Patriots and Morons, has resurfaced in the United Kingdom and generating rave reviews 3 years later. The play nominated for the Amnesty International 2007 freedom of expression award is running alongside another political satire, Pregnant with Emotions, both the works of renowned producer Daves Guzha. Featuring a high-powered cast of Chiwoniso Maraire, Chirikure Chirukure, Walter Mparutsa and Guzha himself, the two plays will run 40 times in 3 different countries, namely Denmark, Sweden and the UK.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-08-16 01:05:03.0
Africa: Chiwoniso Set to Perform At Mustle Africa Launch
SONGBIRD Chiwoniso Maraire is expected to perform at the launch of Mustle Africa, a storytelling and rehabilitation organisation targeted at street youths.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-07-25 18:33:16.0
Zimbabwe: Artistes Put Up Impressive Shows As HIFA Opens
THE Harare International Festival of the Arts opened with a bang on Tuesday with amazing collaborative performances from artistes, among them Chiwoniso Maraire, Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana, Zimba Marimba, Kwani Experience, Charles Wong, Mbare Trio and Cool Crooners.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-05-03 13:04:34.0
HIFA Opens in True African Culture
IN true African culture, the Harare International Festival of the Arts opened last night in the Harare Gardens with mbira player Chiwoniso Maraire blessing the occasion with her motherly voice and bea...
Source : ZimbabweStar.com | 2007-05-02 11:20:17.0
HIFA Opens in True African Culture
IN true African culture, the Harare International Festival of the Arts opened last night in the Harare Gardens with mbira player Chiwoniso Maraire blessing the occasion with her motherly voice and beautiful mbira sounds.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-05-02 11:05:35.0
