Birth name Tongai Moyo Name Tongai Moyo Origin Kwekwe, Zimbabwe Role Musical Artist | Genres Sungura Record label GRAMMA RECORDS Instruments Lead Vocals,Guitar Successor Peter Moyo | |
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Also known as Dhewa,Igwee or Murozvi Mukuru Born March 12, 1968 ( 1968-03-12 ) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer Died October 15, 2011, Harare, Zimbabwe Children Peter Moyo, Tanaka Moyo, Nicole Moyo, Nyasha Moyo, Obert Moyo, Natasha Moyo Similar People Alick Macheso, Simon Chimbetu, Leonard Dembo, System Tazvida, Leonard Zhakata | ||
Tongai Moyo - Greatest Hits
Tongai Moyo (12 March 1968 – 15 October 2011) was a contemporary Zimbabwean musician, often referred to as Dhewa. Born and raised in Kwekwe, Dhewa rose to fame in the late 1990s as a solo-artist with the Utakataka express. Smash hits such as Samanyemba, Naye, Muchina Muhombe and many others catapulted Dhewa to national, regional and international fame; he produced 14 albums in a career spanning over two decades. Tongai Moyo succumbed to non Hodgkin's lymphoma at St Anne's Hospital on the evening of Saturday 15 October 2011 in Harare. Close to 15,000 people came to pay their last respects to the sungura superstar at Mbizo Stadium in Kwekwe. He was buried in Zhombe his rural home.
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