Vimbai Zimuto
# Vimbai Zimuto

Vimbai Zimuto (born 19 October 1983 at Chitungwiza) is a Zimbabwean, musician, dancer and choreographer based in Netherlands.

Zimuto plays the mbira and marimba, both traditional Zimbabwean musical instruments and also the traditional Zimbabwean percussion. She is a mother of two daughters and was once married to a Dutch national.

## Biography

Vimbai Zimuto started playing mbira at the age of 12. She played tambourine in her school’s percussion band at the age of six and also joined a traditional dance group. Studying music in high school, Zimuto sang in the school choir, where they recorded a music album, Wedding Bells. Zimuto worked in several projects and participated in music programmes. She joined Oliver Mtukudzi and his Black Spirits, with whom she toured in the UK, USA and Canada. With the musical theatre show Daughters of Africa she also toured the Netherlands.

## Discography

Zimuto has two albums; Her music is often accompanied by a video, which she keeps on her Youtube channel.

* Kure Kwemeso (2015)
* Hapana Kwaunoenda (2018)

## Awards

In 2020, Zimuto was nominated for the Zimbabwe Music Awards under the Best Alternative category.

## Controversy

She has sparked controversy in Zimbabwe for posting nude pictures of herself on social media as she says nudity is her form of art.

In 2018, after a Kenya-bound Ethiopia Airlines plane from Ethiopia crashed six minutes after take-off in Addis Ababa killing all on board, Zimuto posted a nude picture of herself and captioned the image: "Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust. May all the people who perished on Ethiopian airlines rest in peace." She received backlash, and responded with another nude picture of herself.

## Footnotes

* ↑ H-Metro. "MEET VIMBAI ZIMUTO". H-Metro. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
* ↑ "Vimbai Zimuto". Music In Africa. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
* ↑ Marunya, Kundai (5 October 2019). "The other side of Vimbai Zimuto". The Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
* ↑ "Vtude | Vimbai Zimuto". Retrieved 23 February 2021.
* ↑ "Vimbai Zimuto in daughters of Africa". 5 February 2014 – via YouTube.
* ↑ "Daughters of Africa musical theatre show". Capital Lifestyle. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2021. (Not connected with the 1992 anthology Daughters of Africa.)
* ↑ "Mbira artist releases second album". DailyNews. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
* ↑ "Vimbai Zimuto - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
* ↑ Shumba, Ano (3 February 2020). "Zim: 2020 Star FM Music Awards announce nominees". Music In Africa. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
* ↑ "Zimbabwe Music Awards 2020: All the winners". Music In Africa. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
* ↑ Showbiz Reporter (19 March 2019). "Vimbai poses nude to liberalise self from sexual assault". The Chronicle. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
* ↑ Zimoyo, Tafadzwa (12 March 2019). "Vimbai in eye of nudity storm". The Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
* ↑ Chekai, Lemuel (18 March 2019). "Lumumba And I Make A Perfect Couple: Vimbai Zimuto". 263Chat. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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