Chimurenga guru, Thomas Mapfumo has opened up about his private life . He revealed that his earlier two marriages failed. As he starte...
Chimurenga
guru, Thomas Mapfumo has opened up about his private life . He revealed that his
earlier two marriages failed.
As he started
his musical journey in Mbare, he met a girl of Malawian origin who was called
Emily. They stayed together for some time and were blessed with a daughter
called Charity.
After a few
years they broke up and Charity went away with her mother. “Charity and her
mother are both late, but my daughter left children and grandchildren that live
in the country. My grandchildren now have their families and I am now a great
grandfather. They visit me when I come home, ” he told The Herald.
After
separating with Emily, Mukanya got a second wife named Elizabeth. She lived in
Epworth before their marriage.
Elizabeth had
two daughters with the musician – Janet and Charmaine – before the marriage
also collapsed.
“We had two
daughters that are now based in the United Kingdom. Their mother recently
returned from England. She had gone to see them. She is based here. Our
daughters are doing well. Janet has a white husband and she is a designer.
Charmaine works in a bank and she is not yet married.”
When Mukanya’s
marriage to Elizabeth ended, he married his current wife Vena. Vena grew up in
Bulawayo, but she is originally from Mutare. She gave Mukanya his first and
only son. They named him Tapfumaneyi after his grandfather (the musician’s
biological father).
After
Tapfumaneyi came two daughters Chiedza and Matinyaya. Mukanya moved with his
whole family to the United States.
Tapfumaneyi
followed his father’s footsteps in music, but chose to pursue hip-hop because
of American influence. He also runs a car sales company. He is married to an
Afro-American woman and they have two kids.
Chiedza
graduated with a degree in Accounting from University of Oregon and she works
for a big company in the US. She is married to a Nigerian and they stay in
Canada. They do not have children yet.
The last born,
Matinyaya, is studying for a degree in Medicine and she is expected to graduate
in May this year.
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