# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chiwoniso-maraire
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:30:33.981Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chiwoniso-maraire"
name: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
slug: "chiwoniso-maraire"
description: "Chiwoniso Maraire was a Zimbabwean singer, songwriter, and exponent of Zimbabwean mbira music. She was the daughter of Zimbabwean mbira master and teacher Dumisani Maraire. Describing the mbira, an instrument traditionally used by male musicians, she said, \"It is like a large xylophone. It is everywhere in Africa under different names: sanza, kalimba, etc. For us in Zimbabwe it is the name for many string instruments. There are many kinds of mbiras. The one that I play is called the nyunga nyunga, which means sparkle-sparkle.\""
tagline: "Zimbabwean singer, songwriter, mbira master (1976-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chiwoniso.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-03-05"
deathDate: "2013-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.42
  momentum:             6.147540983606558
  historical:           12.28851866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3832053/"
    handle:    "nm3832053"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيونيسو ماراير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwoniso_Maraire"
    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwoniso_Maraire"
    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwoniso_Maraire"
    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwoniso_Maraire"
    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwoniso_Maraire"
    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwoniso_Maraire"
    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwoniso_Maraire"
    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwoniso_Maraire"
    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%80%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE"
    title: "Марэр, Чайвонисо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chiwoniso Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c4ce79b8-8a46-4fd7-ba92-c4bfff13c537"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525842"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump