Chiwoniso Maraire

**Chiwoniso Maraire** (5 Maris 1976 - 24 Yuli 2013) mawaƙin Zimbabwe ne, marubucin waƙa, kuma mai fa'ida na kiɗan mbira na Zimbabwe . Ita ce 'yar maigidan mbira ta Zimbabwe kuma malami Dumisani Maraire  (kuma tsohuwar jami'a a Ma'aikatar Wasanni da Al'adu ta Zimbabwe a farkon 1980s). Da take kwatanta mbira, kayan aikin da mawaƙa maza ke amfani da su a al'ada, ta ce, "Kamar babban xylophone ne. Yana ko'ina a Afirka da sunaye daban-daban: sanza, kalimba, da sauransu. A gare mu a Zimbabwe sunan kayan kida da yawa. Akwai nau'ikan mbira iri-iri. Wanda nake kunna ana kiransa sparkle-

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haife shi a cikin 1976 a Olympia, Washington, inda mahaifinta ya ƙaura da danginsa, *Tsuntsun waƙar* ya shafe shekaru bakwai na farkon rayuwarta a Amurka.

Ta shafe wani yanki na shekarunta na sakandare tana halartar Makarantar Arewa maso Yamma a Seattle, Washington . Lokacin da ta koma Zimbabwe ta halarci makarantar sakandaren 'yan mata ta Mutare kuma ta yi karatun yamma a Jami'ar Zimbabwe, inda mahaifinta ke koyarwa. 

A farkon shekarun 1990, lokacin da take da shekaru 15, ta kafa wani bangare na Afro-fusion hip-hop trio A Peace of Ebony, wanda "watakila kungiyar ta farko da ta hada mbira tare da bugu na zamani". A cikin 1996, ta shiga cikin The Storm, ƙungiyar da mawaki Andy Brown ke jagoranta (wanda daga baya ya zama mijinta): "Tsarin ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan makada na Zimbabwe, yana yawon shakatawa a duniya tare da samun lambobin yabo ... Muryar Maraire da ƙwaƙƙwaran gitar Brown sun yi kyakkyawan haɗuwa."

Chiwoniso ta gabatar da rukuninta na wasan kwaikwayo na Chiwoniso & Vibe Culture na shekaru da yawa. Album dinta na farko, *Ancient Voices*, an fitar da shi zuwa yabon duniya a cikin 1995.  A cikin 1998, ta zagaya Yammacin Afirka da Turai tare da ɗan wasan mbira, Kurai Mubaiwa, wanda ke aiki a matsayin buɗaɗɗen mawaƙin Cape Verdean mawaƙa Cesária Évora.   

Chiwoniso ya ci gaba da yin rikodin wasu albam guda uku: *Timeless* (2004), *Hupenyu Kumusha, Life at Home, Impilo Ekhaya.* *Haɗin kai: Juzu'i na 1* (2006), da *Mace Rebel* (2008). Daga shekara ta 2001 zuwa 2004, ta kasance mamba na ƙungiyar Muryar Mata ta ƙasa da ƙasa baki ɗaya, waɗanda asalin membobinta sun fito daga Norway, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Amurka, Isra'ila, da Aljeriya.
Chiwoniso ya kuma yi tauraro a fina-finai, bayan ya yi aiki a cikin shirye-shiryen sauti na fina-finai da shirye-shiryen da ɗimbin marubutan Zimbabwe da masu shirya fina-finai suka yi a cikin shekaru goma da suka wuce. Ta yi rikodin ta na ƙarshe a cikin Maris 2013, kuma "Zvichapera", murfin waƙar Thomas Mapfumo, an sake shi bayan mutuwa a cikin 2015.

## Da yake magana akan zaluncin 'yan sanda
Ta ce, "Don dukan mutane, a yi wa mutane barazana, a saka mutum a cikin wani yanayi da za su yi tunanin tsawon sa'o'i biyar masu zuwa ko za su kasance lafiya ko a'a - abu ne mai matukar muni da za a yi."

## Mutuwa da kashe 'yar
Maraire ya mutu a ranar 24 Yuli 2013 a Asibitin Kiwon Lafiya na Kudu a Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, yana da shekaru 37. 
A cewar manajanta Cosmas Zamangwe, an kwantar da ita a asibiti kwanaki 10 da suka gabata tana fama da ciwon kirji. Dalilin mutuwar shi ne sakamakon zargin ciwon huhu, shekara guda bayan mutuwar tsohon mijinta, Andy Brown, kuma fitaccen mawaki. Ma'auratan sun bar 'ya'ya mata biyu, Chengeto da Chiedza.  An binne ta ne a gidanta na karkara da ke kauyen Chakohwa a cikin garin Mutambara.

A ranar 12 ga Satumba, 2015, ƙaramar 'ya'yanta, Chiedza Brown mai shekaru 15, ta mutu ta hanyar kashe kanta. Chiedza ma mawakiya ce a al'adar Mbira kamar mahaifiyarta kuma ƙwararriyar mawakiya. 
Memba na ƙarshe na dangin Maraire tare da Andy Brown ita ce 'yarta, Chengeto, ko da yake Andy Brown yana da wasu 'ya'ya, ƴan uwa mata na Maraire.

## Kyaututtuka da karramawa
Rediyo Faransa ("Decouverte Afrique") ne ya karrama Chiwoniso saboda kundi na farko, *Ancient Voices* (1998), kuma an zabe shi a cikin lambar yabo ta Kora All-Africa Music Awards don mafi kyawun waƙoƙin mata na Afirka a 1999.   Kundin ya shiga cikin Tsarin Kiɗa na Duniya Turai sau uku. 

## Waƙoƙi

### Albums

* A Piece of Ebony: *From the Native Tongue* (1992)
* *Ancient Voices* (1998)
* Chiwoniso & Vibe Culture: *Timeless* (2004)
* The Collaboration: *Hupenyu Kumusha/Life at Home/Impilo Ekhaya.* *Volume 1* (2006)
* *Rebel Woman* (2008)

### Ɗaiɗaiku

* "Zvichapera" (an sake shi bayan 2015)

### Ba a gano ba/Ba a gano shi ba

* "Matar Rijiya" 
* "Mama Mai Girma Ruhu" (madadin sigar zuwa wanda a kan *mara lokaci* )

### Hakanan yana bayyana akan

* *[[Everyone's Child]]*: tracks 1, 15 and 17 (soundtrack, 1996)
* Andy Brown and The Storm: *Hondo Ye Sadza* (2000)
* Joy Denalane: *Mamani* (2002)
* Andy Brown and The Storm: *Passage of Time* (2003)
* *Women Care* with Marie Daulne, Talike, Anneli Drecker and others (2005)
* *[[Tanyaradzwa]]* (soundtrack, 2006)
* Trio Ivoire: *Across the Ocean* (2009)
* with Mari Boine and others: *Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace - The Nobel Peace Prize 100 years* (2010)
* Max Wild: *Tamba* (2010)
* Antonio Forcione: *Sketches of Africa* (2012)

### Wanda ya fito daga

* Outspoken Tha Humble Neophyte: "The Heavens And The Skies"
* Jah Prayzah: "Dande"

### Tari

* *Women Care* (2005) - "African Woman", "A Mother To Them All (African Woman 2)", "A Song For A Modern Woman"
* Putumayo Kids: *African Dreamland* (2008) - "Usacheme"
* *Hear Globally: A Cumbancha Collection* (2009) - "Vanorapa", "Woman of the Well"
* *Listen To The Banned* (2010) - "Rebel Woman"
* *Positive Generation* (2011) - "Galgal Hatzila (The Lifeline)" with David Broza and the Jimila Choir

## Magana