| Ngonidzashe Kambarami | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Ngonidzashe Kambarami |
| Alias: | Ngonie Ngoni |
| Birth Date: | 1983 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Mabvuku, Harare Province, Harare |
| Origin: | Mabvuku, Harare Province, ZW |
| Instrument: | Vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboard, drums |
| Genre: | R&B, Soul, Urban Grooves, Ragga, Jazz, Mbira, Museve |
| Occupation: | singer, songwriter, arranger, dancer, choreographer |
| Years Active: | 2002–present |
| Label: | Highway Entertainment, Highway Entertainment (Pvt) Ltd. |
| Associated Acts: | Another Trybe |
| Website: | http://www.myspace.com/ngoniekambarami |
Ngonidzashe Kambarami (born 19 October 1983), popularly known as Ngonie, is a Zimbabwean musician who has produced three albums to date: Ndinoimba, Angu Mashoko, and idenderedzwa. His debut song "Ndiwe Chete" launched his music career in 2002, leading to the release of his first album.
Ngonie was born Ngonidzashe Kambarami on 19 October 1983 in Mabvuku Harare.[1] [2] He is the last of four boys and was educated at Donnybrook Primary School and Mabvuku High School in Mabvuku and also at Foundation College in Old Tafara, Harare, Zimbabwe.
See main article: Ndinoimba.
This album was produced by the duo of Tatenda "Take 5" Jenami and Sipho "TBA" Mkhuhlane of that Squad.
See main article: Angu Mashoko.
This album was produced by Wofman (Pedyo Newe) and Gordon Mutekedzi, TBA and Lyton Ngolomi for Highway Entertainment, 4RoomsOfLove Ngonie's own label.
This album was produced by Joseph "Joey" Madziyire, Sipho "Playboy" Mkuhlane, Lyton Ngolomi, Clive "Mono" Mukundu and McDonald "McDee" Chidavaenzi for Ngonie's private label Highway Entertainment. The album is distributed by Metro Studios under a Third Party Distribution Licence and was released into stores on 20 December 2007.
Ngonie received an award for Best Urban Grooves Male from the Zimbabwe Music Awards (ZIMA) 2004. His a cappella performance of "Donna" at the Spotlight 2002 show with Another Trybe also received the award for best performance in its category.[3]
He has appeared on Spotlight and Superstar as a contestant, and has had guest appearances on the popular Zimbabwean show Studio 263 shown on ZBC (Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation) and Obe tv (Sky channel 223). His songs "Angela" and "Shamwari" have also been used as background music for a number of episodes of this show.