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| Chiwoniso Maraire: Zimbabwe singer dies, 37 | Chiwoniso Maraire: Zimbabwe singer dies, 37 |
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| One of Zimbabwe's best known singers, Chiwoniso Maraire, has died aged 37, her manager says. | One of Zimbabwe's best known singers, Chiwoniso Maraire, has died aged 37, her manager says. |
| Chiwoniso's album Ancient Voices made her a star of the World Music scene in the 1990s. | Chiwoniso's album Ancient Voices made her a star of the World Music scene in the 1990s. |
| She played the mbira, or thumb piano, which only men were traditionally supposed to play in Zimbabwe. | She played the mbira, or thumb piano, which only men were traditionally supposed to play in Zimbabwe. |
| She died of suspected pneumonia, just a year after the death of her ex-husband, Andy Brown, also a prominent musician. The pair leave two children. | She died of suspected pneumonia, just a year after the death of her ex-husband, Andy Brown, also a prominent musician. The pair leave two children. |
| Chiwoniso was the daughter of renowned Zimbabwean mbira player Dumisani Maraire, who taught at the University of Zimbabwe. | Chiwoniso was the daughter of renowned Zimbabwean mbira player Dumisani Maraire, who taught at the University of Zimbabwe. |
| The BBC's Brian Hungwe in the capital, Harare, says Zimbabweans are shocked at the news of her death. | |
| She not only broke a taboo by playing the mbira, she also successfully fused the traditional sound with modern instruments. | |
| She was born in the US in 1976, before moving back to Zimbabwe at the age of seven. | She was born in the US in 1976, before moving back to Zimbabwe at the age of seven. |
| "She has been in hospital for the past 10 days suffering from chest pains," her manager, Cosmas Zamangwe, told Zimbabwe's state-owned Herald newspaper. | |
| "We are however still to ascertain the disease she was suffering from but we suspect it is pneumonia." | |
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