adminfavour of journalism, something that he has waited for, all his life.
“I am read to file for a ‘divorce’ with paper and chalk and now want to become a full-time journalist.
“I just want to inform journalists who used to write about me that we will soon be operating on the same turf,” he said.
The “Idya Banana” hitmaker, who is completing his media studies degree with Zimbabwe Open Universities (ZOU), said he would soon be in the newsroom writing articles.
“As you know, I have been busy working on my media studies degree and now that I have finished, I am ready for the new challenge and I am ready to quit teaching,” he said.
The sungura musician said he has not been holding shows because he was part of the just ended census exercise.
“I was part of the census enumeration team, so I was not holding shows. It was a national duty and if anyone is called for a national service, he should oblige,” he said.
The musician has released another album “Kuti Zvityise.”
Like his previous albums, the album is a social commentary and contains love songs that will make fans reminisce the 2007 hit album “Tapinda Tapinda” which carried the unforgettable “Idya Banana”,
With only three albums under his belt, Garakara has managed to carve his name among celebrated sungura musicians in the country. He made the grand entrance in 2006, when he released an album called “Uneni”, which did fairly well with such songs like “Soko Risinamusoro” and “Chiuya” receiving constant airplay on the radio.
But it was his second album, “Tapinda Tapinda” which propelled the musician to great heights.
The album carried the song “Idya Banana”, which won him a Zima award.
Online Reporter