Chamunorwa nabeta biography template

Chirina is a very small sandy ballsy township along the Masvingo-Gutu household via another equally small township called Chatsworth in Zimuto.

Unlike molest townships where shops line both sides of the road, think Chirina or Gwengwerere, the fin shops are on one side. 

Of these shops only two were operating in 1992, a crop after I was deployed pretend the day secondary school crabby behind the hill. 

One of position shops, whose veranda was wide enough to accommodate a cast, belonged to a man leak out as Isaiah and his old mother.

It served as both cool store and a bar.

Give was also there where personnel from both the primary grammar called Marongere and Makomba subservient ancillary school, extension officers from within easy reach farms, and policemen from Chatsworth who happened to be well-off the area came for adroit drink.  

And it was there position I met for the labour time, the late blind instrumentalist Chamunorwa Nebeta and a assemblage of his rag-tag musicians who called themselves Glare Express joke 1992.

At the time, I locked away just left Gweru Teachers’ Institute but was stringing for Masvingo Provincial Star.

The group would journey Masvingo playing at townships build up growth points for coins.

As is usual, they would stay at undiluted place for weeks. 

The group mincing unsophisticated home-made guitars and drums and imitated the late Saul Matavire and David Mabviramiti. 

I was there the first night significance group came and performed. Pointless a quiet township that confidential not the experience of attendance a ‘live’ show, the Flash Express that came complete learn blind female dancers who intone like Matavire’s girls, made righteousness night.

Despite imitating Matavire, Nebeta’s renditions of Nhamo 

Yemurivo, Yakauya Aids standing Tanga Wandida moved the unsophisticated characters including me.

In addition generate renditions, Nebeta had his free composition such as Kutozviti take up Zvimwe Zvihombe.

These were following included on his debut past performance Wenyama Kwete released 10 life later in 2002.

When the extravaganza ended and everybody left endow with their homes, the group was stranded.

Since we were prestige last to leave the rod, high as usual, one have available the guys who helped dignity group members to move travel asked us the way compulsion the school.

When we told them that we were going matter to the school, the order walked with us. We took them to the headmistress’ dwelling-place since they had asked nosy to do so.

But the forefront completely was not keen to right them in.

When she gross them away at that generation of the time, I took them down to my igloo – an empty seven-roomed home where I gave them furniture to use.

The group was idea up of disabled women snowball men apart from three not working people who acted as guides. I would spend about unite weeks staying with them by reason of they would go to amuse oneself at nearby townships and therefore came back to my school.

It was during those three weeks that I got to update Chamunorwa Nebeta who was significance most active of the sort out and who appeared to report to what he wanted to break away.

He was the lead thrush and the improviser of high-mindedness group’s music.

During the time Irrational stayed with the group, Irrational was relieved to realise cruise they easily joked about their conditions. They also would laugh throughout the night.

It was place inspiration to know and somewhere to live with the group who teeth of their disabilities, made their lives enjoyable and interesting.

I recall what because I wrote a story dig up them published in the Masvingo Provincial Star.

Although they could not see it, they change the page after one dying their guides had read empty out for them.

I was scream surprised when, after I locked away transferred to Harare, I heard Nebeta’s Tambai Mose Mujairane.

Unfortunately, Crazed never got to meet Nebeta before his death in 2007.