Hope Masike Explained

Hope
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Birth Name:Ruvimbo Hope Masike
Origin:Harare, Zimbabwe
Instrument:Vocals, Mbira
Occupation:Singer, Mbira player
Years Active:2007–present
Associated Acts:Kakuwe, Mahube,  Monoswezi

Ruvimbo Hope Masike, professionally known as Hope Masike (born September 9, 1984)[1] is a Zimbabwean musician and dancer. She is known as "The Princess of Mbira" and her music has its roots both in traditional and modern African culture. Hope is also the lead singer for Monoswezi.[2] She initially studied Fine Art at Harare Polytechnic.[3]

Biography

Hope graduated from the Zimbabwe College of Music where she studied Ethnomusicology at Zimbabwe College of Music and later had a breakthrough in the music industry in 2008.[4] [5] Hope's music is influenced by African culture, including Francophone and Lusophone Africa.[6] It is important to her to maintain African culture in music, but to also "update it" in order to keep it relevant to her audiences.[7] She is known as "The Princess of Mbira."[8]

Masike was the first winner in the Outstanding Female Musician category for the Zimbabwe National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) in 2013.[9] In 2016, she was again nominated in the category of Outstanding Female Musician for NAMA and was also nominated for Best Video for the KORA Awards.[10] She was selected as a Onebeat Fellow in 2014.[11] Hope was cast as the lead in a theatrical musical drama called Bongile[12] which was adapted from a book of the same title written by Chiedza Makwara[13]

Discography

Albums

Monoswezi Albums

Single

Collaborations

Awards

Year Awards/Nominations
2013 National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) - Nomination for Outstanding Female Musician [20]
2015National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) - Winner for Best Music Video ‘Huyai Tinamate’
2016KORA - Nomination for Best Video ‘Huyai Tinamate’
2018National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) - Nomination for Outstanding Screen Production - Full Length Film 'One Woman and Her Mbira' [21]
2018Zimbabwe's Achievers Awards - Nomination for International Music Artist[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hope Masike meets Victor Kunonga. September 6, 2016. Financial Gazette. 20 November 2019. 4 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161104062855/https://www.financialgazette.co.zw/hope-masike-meets-victor-kunonga/. dead.
  2. News: Monoswezi. Male. Howard. 9 August 2015. Independent. 27 April 2019. EBSCOhost. subscription.
  3. Web site: Interview Feature: #RMeets: HopeMasike – Zimbabwe's Mbira Princess. Magazine. Editor of Infinity. 19 October 2016. Infinity Magazine. en-US. 22 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Zim's Hope Masike: More women should form, lead own bands. 2017-01-10. Music In Africa. en. 2019-04-27.
  5. Web site: The return of Hope Masike. Samukange. Tinotenda. 2013-08-17. NewsDay Zimbabwe. en-US. report by Tinashe Sibanda. 2019-04-27.
  6. Web site: Masike set for mbira concert. Mushawatu. Anesu. 2018-08-31. NewsDay Zimbabwe. en-US. 2019-04-27.
  7. Inside Africa: Breaking Boundaries Through Social Media. English. Video. CNN. 4:09. 27 April 2019.
  8. Web site: Hope Masike celebrates 10 years in music in Byo. Ngwenya. Nhlalwenhle. 14 June 2017. The Chronicle. en-GB. 2019-04-27.
  9. Web site: BIOGRAPHY HOPE MASIKE. 2016-01-03. KORA. en-US. 2019-04-27.
  10. Web site: Hope Masike on cloud nine. Nyathi. Xolisani. 9 February 2016. The Herald. en-GB. 2019-04-27.
  11. Web site: Hope Masike. One Beat. 20 November 2019.
  12. Web site: Top songbirds combine forces. Chida. Precious. 31 October 2019. Newsday. 22 November 2019.
  13. Web site: Bongile: Journey to Redemption (Book Review). N. Sarah. 17 January 2018. ZimboJam. 22 October 2019.
  14. Web site: Masike to launch third album . Majange . Kimberley . 26 July 2019 . H-Metro . en-GB . 2019-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516094339/https://www.hmetro.co.zw/masike-to-launch-third-album/ . 2023-05-16 . dead.
  15. News: Monoswezi: The Village – review. Spencer. Neil. 2013-01-27. The Observer. 2019-11-22. en-GB. 0029-7712.
  16. Web site: Monoswezi: Monoswezi Yanga. Caldwell. Rob. 24 April 2014. All About Jazz. en. 2019-11-22.
  17. News: Monoswezi: A Je review – Scandinavian-African band exploring the world. Denselow. Robin. 2017-07-27. The Guardian. 2019-11-22. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  18. Web site: Boombap Idiophonics. 2015. BBE Music. 22 November 2019.
  19. Web site: Hope Masike readies new album. Ndemera. Brandon Tonderai. 21 July 2019. The Standard. en-US. 2019-11-22.
  20. Web site: Mbira Star Hope Masike to Headline Zim Achievers South Africa. Digital. Leslyic. 4 December 2016. Zimbabwe Achievers Awards.
  21. Web site: Zimbabwe: NAMA 2018 Nominees List Out. Chekai. Lemuel. 1 February 2018. All Africa. 20 November 2019.
  22. Web site: Hope Masike to give a live in concert on Valentines Day!. Ngorimwa. Celeste. 13 February 2019. Oyos News. 22 November 2019.

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