Stella Chiweshe

Stella Chiweshe (shɛba mi o la Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, Stella Rambisai Chiweshe Nekati, Mbuya Stella Chiweshe, bee Stella Nekati Chiweshe; bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin gɔli July dabaa anii dali yuuni 1946 ka daa kpi Silimiin gɔli January biɛɣ'pishi dali yuuni 2023) daa nyɛla Zimbabwe yili yiina.^[1]

Biography

Chiweshe nyɛla bɛ daa dɔɣi so la Silimiin gɔli July dabaa anii dali yuuni 1946 tiŋ yuli booni Mujumi tiŋkpaŋa ka be Mhondoro.^[2] O nyɛla ŋun daa bɔhim mbira ŋmɛbu bin din gbaai yuuni 1966 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 1969, lala saha ŋɔ ka di daa chihira ni paɣa nyɛ binkumdi ŋmɛra,^[3]^[4] ka daa lahi nyɛ chihiri British kaya ni taada ni.^[5]^[6]

Pina

Billboard Music Award (1993)^[7]
Zimbabwe Music Silver Jubilee Awards – Female Most Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry of the Past 25 Years (2005)^[8]
Zimbabwe Music Silver Jubilee Awards – Best Mbira Artiste of the Past 25 Years (2005)^[8]
National Arts Merit Award (2006)^[2]
National Arts Merit Award Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)^[2]
National Arts Merit Award Legends Awards (2021)^[2]

Discography

Ambuya? (1987, reissued 2021)^[9]
Ndizvozvo (Piranha, 1988)^[10]
Chisi (1989)^[10]
Kumusha (1990)^[10]
Shungu (1994)^[11]
Healing Tree: Best of Stella Chiweshe (1998)^[12]
Talking Mbira: Spirits of Liberation (2002)^[13]^[14]
Double Check (2006)^[15]
Ndondopetera (2007)^[16]^[10]
Chakandiwana – Stella Chiweshe & Michele Longo" (2014)^[17]
Kasahwa: Early Singles (2018)^[18]

Contributing artist

The Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe (World Music Network, 1996)^[19]

Lihimi m-pahi

Kundivihira

↑ Stella Chiweshe obituary (en) (2023-01-30).
1 2 3 4 Zimbabwe, New (20 January 2023). Updated: Mbuya Stella Chiweshe dies (en-GB).
↑ Salawu, Abiodun; Fadipe, Israel A. (31 May 2022). Indigenous African Popular Music, Volume 1: Prophets and Philosophers (in English). Springer Nature. p. 379. ISBN 978-3-030-97884-6.
↑ Mangena, Fainos; Muwati, Itai (8 February 2016). Sounds of Life: Music, Identity and Politics in Zimbabwe (in English). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4438-8856-1.
↑ Chitando, Ezra (1 April 2016). African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa: Emerging Trends, Indigenous Spirituality and the Interface with other World Religions (in English). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-18420-1.
↑ Offenhäußer, Dieter, Walther Ch Zimmerli, and Marie-Theres Albert. "World heritage and cultural diversity." UNESCO. 12 (2010): 05–13.
↑ Carl, Florian (2004). "Review of Talking Mbira: Spirits of Liberation". The World of Music 46 (2): 195–197. ISSN 0043-8774.
1 2 Celebrating International Women's Day | Celebrating Being Zimbabwean (en-US) (16 March 2017).
↑ Clewley, John (16 March 2021). "Ambuya!'s back baby!" (en). Bangkok Post. https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/2084307/ambuya-s-back-baby-.
1 2 3 4 Romero, Angel (6 December 2017). Artist profiles: Stella Chiweshe | World Music Central (en-US).
↑ Jones, Claire (1 June 2008). "Shona Women Mbira Players: Gender, Tradition and Nation in Zimbabwe". Ethnomusicology Forum 17 (1): 125–149. DOI:10.1080/17411910801972982. ISSN 1741-1912.
↑ Pareles, Jon (29 January 1999). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; A Global Heartbeat On CD's" (en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/29/movies/critic-s-notebook-a-global-heartbeat-on-cd-s.html.
↑ Margasak, Peter (30 January 2003). Stella Chiweshe (en-US).
↑ Zimbabwean Albums – The Essential 10 (en).
↑ Stella Chiweshe – Double Check.
↑ Berlin, Digital in (2 April 2017). Stella Chiweshe (en-US).
↑ Stella Chiweshe (en) (3 July 2015).
↑ Dalton, Stephen (11 October 2018). Stella Chiweshe – Kasahwa: Early Singles (en-GB).
↑ McKinney, Raymond. The Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe. AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

External links

Official website
Stella Chiweshe at AllMusic
Stella Chiweshe discography at Discogs
Stella Chiweshe at IMDb
Lengthy feature about Stella Chiweshe at Fly
"Stella Chiweshe: Seeking the sound of liberation"—interview by Jennifer Byrne, from RootsWorld

Listening

Stella Chiweshe, Live in Studio 4A from National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, Sunday 19 October 2003

[1] Stella Chiweshe obituary (en) (2023-01-30).

[:0-2] 1 2 3 4 Zimbabwe, New (20 January 2023). Updated: Mbuya Stella Chiweshe dies (en-GB).

[:1-3] Salawu, Abiodun; Fadipe, Israel A. (31 May 2022). Indigenous African Popular Music, Volume 1: Prophets and Philosophers (in English). Springer Nature. p. 379. ISBN 978-3-030-97884-6.

[4] Mangena, Fainos; Muwati, Itai (8 February 2016). Sounds of Life: Music, Identity and Politics in Zimbabwe (in English). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4438-8856-1.

[:2-5] Chitando, Ezra (1 April 2016). African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa: Emerging Trends, Indigenous Spirituality and the Interface with other World Religions (in English). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-18420-1.

[6] Offenhäußer, Dieter, Walther Ch Zimmerli, and Marie-Theres Albert. "World heritage and cultural diversity." UNESCO. 12 (2010): 05–13.

[:3-7] Carl, Florian (2004). "Review of Talking Mbira: Spirits of Liberation". The World of Music 46 (2): 195–197. ISSN 0043-8774.

[:8-8] 1 2 Celebrating International Women's Day | Celebrating Being Zimbabwean (en-US) (16 March 2017).

[9] Clewley, John (16 March 2021). "Ambuya!'s back baby!" (en). Bangkok Post. https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/2084307/ambuya-s-back-baby-.

[:9-10] 1 2 3 4 Romero, Angel (6 December 2017). Artist profiles: Stella Chiweshe | World Music Central (en-US).

[:5-11] Jones, Claire (1 June 2008). "Shona Women Mbira Players: Gender, Tradition and Nation in Zimbabwe". Ethnomusicology Forum 17 (1): 125–149. DOI:10.1080/17411910801972982. ISSN 1741-1912.

[12] Pareles, Jon (29 January 1999). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; A Global Heartbeat On CD's" (en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/29/movies/critic-s-notebook-a-global-heartbeat-on-cd-s.html.

[13] Margasak, Peter (30 January 2003). Stella Chiweshe (en-US).

[14] Zimbabwean Albums – The Essential 10 (en).

[15] Stella Chiweshe – Double Check.

[16] Berlin, Digital in (2 April 2017). Stella Chiweshe (en-US).

[17] Stella Chiweshe (en) (3 July 2015).

[18] Dalton, Stephen (11 October 2018). Stella Chiweshe – Kasahwa: Early Singles (en-GB).

[AllMusic-19] McKinney, Raymond. The Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe. AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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