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Arts Correspondent
The Zimbabwe Rural Schools Library Trust is appealing to the corporate world and the general public for cash donations.
This is to enable it to get the new mbira divas, the Chaendera sisters to record a song for its planned forthcoming musical album promoting libraries and reading.And the sisters are Nyarai and Chenai.
The Trust has for the past six months been planning a musical album promoting libraries and reading as part of its advocacy and fundraising initiatives.
They have joined other musicians including Pastor Charles Charamba, Sandra Ndebele, Ranto Bokgo, Oliver Mtukudzi, the trust’s goodwill ambassador Leonard Karikoga Zhakata and New Zealand’s Jesse O’brien, a trustee of the Zimbabwe Rural Schools Library Trust New Zealand among others expected to contribute songs to the album.
The Chaendera sisters were touched by media stories about the trust’s effort to cultivate a reading culture in rural Zimbabwe and offered their services to do a song encouraging children to read.
The younger of the Chaendera sisters, 17-year-old Chenai, revealed in a recent interview that they had already composed the material.
“We have done the lyrics which fit very well with our beat, but the trust is struggling to raise the money needed for us to hire instrumentalists and paying for studio time.
“We felt the trust’s push for a reading culture is one that no reasonably thinking human being should ignore, and offer to contribute a song upon realising that they wanted to use music to spread their message,” she said.
The duo is riding on the success of new singles, “Ruvara” and “Ndega Musango”, taken off their upcoming album “Ruvara” which is due for release soon.
In April this year, Zhakata’s fans collected from among themselves over $600 towards Zhakata’s songs on the album.
Gospel musician Pastor Charles Charamba is taking care of all costs involved in the production of his song expected on the forthcoming album.
Well-wishers can donate through the trust’s EcoCash Account 0783708258.
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