Tongai Moyo was a contemporary Zimbabwean musician, often referred to as Dhewa.
21 Facts About Tongai Moyo
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Tongai Moyo was an award-winning popular legendary Sungura icon, who was best known for his flamboyant lifestyle.
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Tongai Moyo was married to Mininhle Mukweli and had six children namely Natasha, Nicole, Obert, Tanaka and Nyasha and Peter Moyo.
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The most popular was "Ndoita Zvangu Ndega" which was released in 1991 Tongai Moyo was virtually known by then.
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Tongai Moyo went on to create his own band the Utakataka Express after which he released his first solo album, 'Vimbo' in 1996.
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At the time of his death, Tongai Moyo had just released his 14th album 'Toita Basa'.
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Tongai Moyo's fans believe that the sungura scene would have been a lot better if he was still alive and sungura genre breathed its last the moment Dhewa breathed last.
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Tongai Moyo was married to Miniehle Mukweli and had six children namely Natasha, Nicole, Obert, Tanaka and Nyasha and Peter Moyo.
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Tongai Moyo was known to have seven wives in his lifetime.
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Tongai Moyo's known formal wives are Maud Chirwa, mother to Nyasha Brenda Moyo, the late Barbara Muchengeti and his surviving wife Miniehle Mukweli.
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At some point in his career, Tongai Moyo was reported to be homeless.
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Tongai Moyo took a public HIV test to kill off rumours that he was in fact battling the illness.
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Tongai Moyo toured the United Kingdom, US, Botswana and South Africa at times in the company of Oliver Mtukudzi and Alick Macheso.
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Tongai Moyo received a number of awards during his blissful music career.
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At the time of his death, Tongai Moyo had just released his 14th album 'Toita basa'.
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Tongai Moyo succumbed to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at St Anne's Hospital on the evening of Saturday 15 October 2011 in Harare.
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Tongai Moyo had made it public that he was battling cancer and his struggle with the disease was recorded in a documentary film in October 2011, the same year he succumbed to the deadly illness.
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Business came to a standstill as Tongai Moyo's body, accompanied by family members and friends, was driven from the funeral parlour to his home town of Kwekwe.
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When Tsvangirai's wife Susan died in a suspicious car accident, Tongai Moyo travelled all the way to Buhera for the burial.
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Macheso, who is viewed by many sungura music lovers as the arch rival to the late Tongai Moyo, said he first learnt of the death when he was on tour in Chiredzi.
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Tongai Moyo said he learnt how special life was from the death of Dhewa saying God was in control of everything that we do in life.