Our #WCW is Tsungai Tsikirai, a singer-songwriter and performing artist, from Zimbabwe and based in the United Kingdom.
Her enthusiasm in the school drama club`s productions at high school took her around Zimbabwe initially, at the age of 15, and later around the world.
Tsungai was scouted by local touring artists and groups because of her talent and professionalism
Tsungai relocated to the United Kingdom in 2002 where she continues to perform and collaborate with other individuals and groups.
She has collaborated with Siyaya at Glastonbury Music Festival in 2010, worked with Free to Worship a UK gospel group from 2013 to 2015. She also worked with Sheffield based Sosa-Xa and got an opportunity to participate in their BBC Last Choir Standing workshops.
She worked and toured with Tavaziva Dance as a singer in their production Double Take choreographed by the Zimbabwean-born dancer Bawren Tavaziva.
Tsungai’s passion for the arts saw her partnering with other artists from southern-Africa to form a performing arts group, Flame Lily Arts. Although she has a flare for dance, her greatest passion is singing with some of her music influences being the legendary sounds of Miriam Makeba, Chiwoniso Maraire, Brenda Fassie, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Angelique Kidjo just to mention a few.
In 2014 she was awarded Best Music Female Artist 2014 at the ZIMMA Awards, and in 2015 Mporiro Festival awarded Tsungai for her contribution to contemporary music.
Tsungai launched her debut album, Rova Ngoma, at The Breaking Boundaries Concert in 2016 which was aimed at promoting cultural diversity and empowering women through arts and community development.
She has recently featured at The British Museum’s Faiths In Tune Festival, ZimFest Live 2017 & 2019, Notting hill Carnival 2017, Africa Fashion Week Brussels 2018 and held choral singing classes at ZimFest U.S.A in 2018.
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