Tongai Moyo Musical artist

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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)
DhewaIgwee or Murozvi Mukuru
DhewaIgweeMorozvi Mukuru
Birth dateMarch 12, 1968
Birth place
Zimbabwe , Kwekwe
Date of deathOctober 15, 2011
Place of death
Harare , Zimbabwe
Hometown
Zimbabwe
Kwekwe

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Musical artist

Career started1988
Career ended2011
associated musical artist
Somandla Ndebele
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Sungura
record label
Gramma records

Topical connections

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