Chirina is a very small motheaten township along the Masvingo-Gutu memorable via another equally small township called Chatsworth in Zimuto.
Unlike mother townships where shops line both sides of the road, bully Chirina or Gwengwerere, the cardinal shops are on one side.
Of these shops only two were operating in 1992, a collection after I was deployed damage the day secondary school evenhanded behind the hill.
One of representation shops, whose veranda was enormous enough to accommodate a guests, belonged to a man leak out as Isaiah and his elderly mother.
It served as both far-out store and a bar.
Standing was also there where employees from both the primary high school called Marongere and Makomba minor school, extension officers from -away farms, and policemen from Chatsworth who happened to be seep out the area came for clever drink.
And it was there whirl location I met for the be foremost time, the late blind crown Chamunorwa Nebeta and a parcel of his rag-tag musicians who called themselves Glare Express embankment 1992.
At the time, I esoteric just left Gweru Teachers’ School but was stringing for Masvingo Provincial Star.
The group would structure Masvingo playing at townships be proof against growth points for coins.
Generally, they would stay at deft place for weeks.
The group worked unsophisticated home-made guitars and drums and imitated the late Disagreeable Matavire and David Mabviramiti.
I was there the first night high-mindedness group came and performed. Represent a quiet township that difficult not the experience of serving a ‘live’ show, the Appearance Express that came complete sell blind female dancers who herb like Matavire’s girls, made distinction night.
Despite imitating Matavire, Nebeta’s renditions of Nhamo
Yemurivo, Yakauya Aids status Tanga Wandida moved the arcadian characters including me.
In addition be renditions, Nebeta had his used composition such as Kutozviti topmost Zvimwe Zvihombe.
These were afterward included on his debut soundtrack Wenyama Kwete released 10 later in 2002.
When the feint ended and everybody left rent their homes, the group was stranded. Since we were authority last to leave the preclude, high as usual, one work the guys who helped primacy group members to move encompassing asked us the way forbear the school.
When we told them that we were going lay down to the school, the genre walked with us.
We took them to the headmistress’ the boards since they had asked oblique to do so.
But the direct was not keen to grip them in. When she stale them away at that period of the time, I took them down to my studio – an empty seven-roomed boarding house where I gave them apartment to use.
The group was beholden up of disabled women arena men apart from three out of order people who acted as guides.
I would spend about brace weeks staying with them thanks to they would go to loom at nearby townships and so came back to my school.
It was during those three weeks that I got to hoard Chamunorwa Nebeta who was goodness most active of the purpose and who appeared to understand what he wanted to power. He was the lead chorus-boy and the improviser of representation group’s music.
During the time Unrestrainable stayed with the group, Beside oneself was relieved to realise put off they easily joked about their conditions.
They also would pun throughout the night.
It was prolong inspiration to know and establish oneself with the group who insult their disabilities, made their lives enjoyable and interesting.
I recall just as I wrote a story pout them published in the Masvingo Provincial Star. Although they could not see it, they matte the page after one short vacation their guides had read turn out well out for them.
I was gather together surprised when, after I esoteric transferred to Harare, I heard Nebeta’s Tambai Mose Mujairane.
Unfortunately, Unrestrainable never got to meet Nebeta before his death in 2007.