Stella Chiweshe
Sign in to saveAlso known as Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, Stella Nekati Chiweshe, Stella Rambisai Chiweshe Nekati
Zimbabwean musician (1946–2023)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1946-07-08
- Active to
- 2023-01-20
chimurenga
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- 19,207
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Stella Chiweshe (also Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, Stella Rambisai Chiweshe Nekati, or Stella Nekati Chiweshe, b. Mujumi Village, Mhondoro, Zimbabwe, November 8, 1946) is a Zimbabwean musician. She is internationally known for her singing and playing of the mbira dzavadzimu, a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. She is one of the few female players of the instrument, which she learned to play in the mid-1960s when even fewer females played the instrument. <a href="https://www.la
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stella
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Zimbabwe
- Place of birth
- Rhodesia
- Place of death
- Harare
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.stellachiweshe.com
- Image
- StellaChiweshe2012.jpg
- Residence
- Germany
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- date of birth
- 1946-07-08
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- Stella Chiweshe
- date of death
- 2023-01-20
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