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.

 Biography 
Chiweshe nyɛla  bɛ daa dɔɣi so la Silimiin gɔli July dabaa anii dali yuuni 1946 tiŋ yuli booni Mujumi tiŋkpaŋa ka be Mhondoro. 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, ka daa lahi nyɛ chihiri British kaya ni taada ni.Offenhäußer, Dieter, Walther Ch Zimmerli, and Marie-Theres Albert. "World heritage and cultural diversity." UNESCO. 12 (2010): 05–13. 

 Pina 

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

Discography
 Ambuya? (1987, reissued 2021)
 Ndizvozvo (Piranha, 1988)
 Chisi (1989)
 Kumusha (1990)
 Shungu (1994)
 Healing Tree: Best of Stella Chiweshe (1998)
 Talking Mbira: Spirits of Liberation (2002)
 Double Check (2006)
 Ndondopetera (2007)
 Chakandiwana – Stella Chiweshe & Michele Longo" (2014)
 Kasahwa: Early Singles (2018)

Contributing artist
 The Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe (World Music Network, 1996)

Lihimi m-pahi 
 Mbira
 Music of Zimbabwe

Kundivihira

External links





 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

Category:1946 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:21st-century Zimbabwean women singers
Category:20th-century Zimbabwean women singers
Category:Deaths from brain tumor
Category:Deaths from cancer in Zimbabwe