Tongai Moyo
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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 and with the band Utakataka Express. Highly successful singles including "Samanyemba", "Naye", and "Muchina Muhombe" led to his national, regional and international fame; he produced 14 albums in a career of over twenty years.
His 14th and final album, Toita Basa, was released on 25 November 2010 by record label Gramma Records. The album was released while he was being treated for cancer, which had been diagnosed in 2008. The song "Ndinobvuma" was especially dedicated to his fight against the disease.
Discography
- Mano (May 1998)
- Vimbo (1996)
- Naku
- Vise
- Mudzimu Weshiri (2001)
- Chirangano with Somandla Ndebele (2001)
- Samanyemba (2001)
- Chingwa (June 2003)
- Pakanaka Dhewa (2004)
- Naye (2006)
- Pinda Panyanga (2007)
- Muridzi Wenyaya (2009)
- Toita Basa (November 2010)
- Moyo Wekurera with Somandla Ndebele (1999)
Death
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 him at Mbizo Stadium in Kwekwe. He was buried in Zhombe his rural home.