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Born Sulumani Chimbetu
May 27, (age 39)
Chegutu
Nationality Zimbabwean
Education Nyahuni Mission School, Ellis Robbins School, Christian College of Southern Africa
Occupation
Musician
Song Writer
Guitarist
Actor
Employer Government of Zimbabwe
Organization Dendera Kings
Known for Dendera Music
Parent(s) Simon Chimbetu
Sulumani Chimbetu is a Zimbabwean Dendera Music vocalist, guitarist, composer, stage performer and businessman. He is the frontman for the Orchestra Dendera Kings and son of the late Dendera music icon Simon Chimbetu. He first came to the public's attention in [1] when he joined The Orchestra Dendera Kings. Since then he has had a career marked by successful collaborations [1] with several local artists as well as an international tour schedule.[2]
Sulumani was appointed the brand ambassador for the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS). He was conferred with the rank of Assistant Commissioner by the late former (ZPCS) Co
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From the Zimbabwean Herald
by Richmore Tera, 23rd March
Dendera music has given birth to its first female musician in the form of Miriam Chimbetu, the last born of the late Naison&#;s children.
Miriam (16) is the latest find in the Chimbetu family and has defied the gender stereotype by playing the bass guitar with finesse, a feat that has charmed music audiences at some of the shows held by her brother, Tryson.
The Form 4 student at Glen View High 1 School in Harare thrilled fans at Mega I Bar in the capital recently, where she strummed the bass guitar with aplomb.
Even legendary sungura musician, Alick Macheso &#; himself a polished bass guitarist &#; could not help but marvel at her burgeoning skills on both the guitar and vocals.
&#;Rambai muchishingirira sisi nekuti mune chipo (Keep up the good work sister, you are indeed talented),&#; said Macheso. But how did she end up playing the guitar? &#;I started playing the guitar at the a
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I fought in the liberation war and still think of my comrades who died in my arms. They never fought for their own families alone but they fought so that Zimbabweans can repossess what had been taken away from them bygd the whites. I look at the opposition parties across Africa, just as I look at all new things that komma up, and I realise that they have no base. inom am a revolutionary and what inom see in most of our motstånd parties fryst vatten a group of people who have no foundation, they can&#;t think on their own. - Simon Chimbetu
Simon Chimbetu was an intrigue. Those who knew him well talk about a man who was like a picture skiva. There were parts of his life he never spoke openly about. Whatever secrets he haboured, they went with him into his grave.
He never made it a secret though that he was a staunch Zanu-PF supporter even claiming to have gone to Tanzania to lära as a guerrilla.
It was for this reason that he included a song about the liberation war on every album. And most if not