Mashakada ‘resurrects’ in new album

The late Cephas Mashakada

The late Cephas “Moto Muzhinji” Mashakada had so much love for his wife — Eunice Ncube — to the extent he feared she would desert him when his leg was amputated. Yet the widow, a keen follower of her late husband’s musical works, was bound to her man from the time he was diagnosed with diabetes up to the time of his painful death.

Mashakada died last year in August after a well-publicised battle with diabetes. Almost a year after his death, his widow has released an album — Shungu Dzangu (My Ambitions) — an album which mirrors the burning wishes of the late burly singer whose jiti and gospel music ranked him amongst the top stars in the industry.

Mashakada widow composes gospel song

Late Cephas Mashakada

The late musician Cephas Mashakada’s widow, Eunice, has composed a song Pane Shungudzangu, which she said would be released in two months’ time.

Eunice told NewsDay that after writing the song, she gave it to Shemu Chibage Mashonganyika, leader of Mashakada’s band, The Sounds of the Muddy Face, for finishing touches.

Mashakada's Muddy Face disintergrating

Late Cephas Mashakada

Sounds of the Muddy Face was a force to reckon with when Cephas Mashakada was still alive. The band churned many hit songs that rocked Harare such as Samson, Kunamata Ndaida and many others. Cephas Mashakada rose to fame with his hit song Nherera which was like a national anthem during the eighties.

News coming through the grapevine is that the band that Mashakada left is slowly disintegrating due to internal squables, which has of late affected the late Tongai Moyo's Utakataka Express.