STAR OF THE MONTH: BLESSING MAGORE Blessing Magore is a Zimbabwean born artist based in the UK. The 27 year old singer has created his own unique fusion of his Zimbabwean sound and afro-pop music with some hints of reggae and dance hall. Blessing has performed on various stages in the UK including the NEAT14 festival and 2019 Cricket World Cup screenings. Blessing is not only a vocalist but he can play the mbira,drums,piano,marimba and the guitar. In 2021 Blessing released a single titled Mari which talks about how hard it is for a man to find love. Read the interview below Tell us how your music journey started My music journey started in Chitungwiza at the age of 5 where I started playing plastic bottles and buckets as drums in the street. While my peers where pushing wire cars or playing football “chikweshe”, I found joy and happiness in playing drums. What makes your music stand out? I think what makes my music stand out,...
STAR OF THE MONTH Our star of the month is the charismatic Chipo K aka Madam Blogger aka independent blogger, she is a well-known blogger and she resides in the City of Bulawayo. She finds joy in seeing women win specifically in media. She is a talented young lady with a bright future ahead of her. I was intrigued by her winter ABC challenge on Twitter, I guess the universe was eavesdropping on my intrapersonal conversation and fortunately we met at a summit and here we are. Like any writer she’s had to endure the writer’s block and fight social anxiety. In the interview below she tells us how she had to overcome these challenges she has faced as a blogger. The Independent Blogger Briefly tell us about yourself I am a blogger and I am a student. I am studying media studies at Zimbabwe Open University. I am a sister to one brother. In a nutshell that’s me. What inspired you to start blogging? My diary inspired me to start blogging, unfortunately it was confiscat...
STAR OF THE MONTH : FORTUNATE SIZIBA Our star of the month is Fortunate Siziba , she is a singer and song writer. She recently released her debut album Be Glorified. She also won the best female vocalist award at the Harvest House International clash of hub choirs for two consecutive years. Besides music Fortunate works at the Government of Zimbabwe and she studied banking and finance at Midlands State University and she also studied MSc at the National University of Science and Technology. Fortunate says music plays an important role in her life , it makes her feels alive and this transcends to her audience. Read the interview below Fortunate Siziba Take us back to when your music journey began My musical journey began in 2017 when I released my single titled Muzita raJesu . I realized I enjoyed singing at a very tender age. During my primary school period I would try all that I could to join the choir, I just felt like that was my niche, it just made me...
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