Mbuya Dyoko

Mbuya Beulah Dyoko, best known as Mbuya Dyoko (23 November 1944 – 26 May 2013) was a Zimbabwean musician.

Mbuya Dyoko

History

Born in Zvimba, best known for the song "Makuwerere", she was the first female mbira musician to record her music commercially in the sixties.[1] In June 2005, while she was touring in the US, as a collateral effect of Operation Restore Order her backyard cottage was destroyed and, pushed by psychological stress, she turned alcoholic.[2] She was later diagnosed with a liver cirrhosis, and, when treated by American specialists, she suffered heavy injuries (including the loss of her teeth)[2] and she died at her St. Mary’s home in Chitungwiza.[1]

gollark: Z-code in jungle, by the way.
gollark: Normally I just stick up my own trade and get random hatchling offers.
gollark: (Yes, I know people like Z-codes *more* for whatever reason, but mostly I just seem to get normal stuff for them)
gollark: I know Z-codes are rare, but so are As, Bs, Cs, Ds, Es, Fs, Gs, Hs, Is, Js, Ks, Ls, Ms, Ns, Ps, Qs, Rs, Ss, Ts, Us, Vs, Ws, Xs and Ys.
gollark: What am I meant to do, ask for it back?

References
  1. "Mbira maestro dies". The Herald. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. Jonathan Mbiriyamveka (11 September 2012). "Zimbabwe: Blast From the Past". AllAfrica. Retrieved 29 May 2013.


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