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The biography of Clement Kuselima Remarbels Prince

My real name is Clement Kuselima I was born on 13th March 2003 at Chitungwiza Central Hospital in Zengeza 4 Harare, weighting 1,7 kg and 0,45 m height. My parents decided to gave me a name Clement because they have seen the Grace of God from the womb as they were told me. I'm the second born of Rebecca Marume, my mother from Guruve and Simon Kuselima, my father from Murehwa Musami in Kabaya Village but his father was from Malawi.

Then I grew up in Chitungwiza number 10130 Unit H Seke where my parents were renting near Chibuku Stadium ground. My Father is a driver from 1998 upto date and my mother is tailor from her child wood, she it's still in her business.

I came in a family of 8 and I'm the second born from my elder brother Cledwin, I have 4 young brothers, (Clive, Cleophas, Clever, Simon) and 2 young sisters (Themwani and Asante). We were all Christians from childhood, by that time we were 6  from 2003 and I was a Christian by that time.

I went to Seke 5 primary school in Chitungwiza from 2009 to 2015 as a primary student and started my high school at a college called Mt Carmel College School from 2016 as a form 1 student. I transferred to ST Mary's college School in Makoni Shopping Centre on January 2017 as a form 2 student and also transferred again to New light college in Makoni and I was in form 3. I only learned for 2 term and finally I finished my school in Species College in Makoni again from 2018  October to December 2019.I didn't go further with school because of fail, then I stayed home. And it was the time of the disease COVID.

My mother helped and teach me on how to use a tailoring machine or how to be a tailor  in 2019 after finishing my 'O' level at Species College. My mother was giving me pocket money each and everytime and I raised my it to start my business. I bought my own machine and I continued to help my mother.

In 2021 applied to Trading Arena as a worker and I was selling cigarettes(Madison and Everest) as an Agent of BAT in Zimbabwe. I leave my parents when I was 17 years old in 2021 and I became a tenant. I was leaving very well as a young and I was supporting myself.

By the time I was living alone as a young boy, I realized that I have a totem and then think were it comes from. I found a lot about it and I changed a religion to be in tradition. I loved traditional music from 2021 but I loved other music like Jazzy and Chimurenga from my young age but because of money I didn't record even. Thomas Mapfumo (Mkanya) and the late Oliver Mtukudzi motivated me in music.

My first song to record was an Afro song called Never leave me. It has been recorded in July 2021. From there I realized that I can record more. And I told myself that I have a good voice in music. As I was loving mbira I bought a  Nyunga Nyunga in February 2022. It was my first time to touch it and I didn't even play it.

I stored it for almost 5 months but not even played it. In the middle of July 2022, I found a group of mbira named Mbira yeGorekore playing mbira in Unit F Chitungwiza near C Junction. In this group there was Samaita Tembo, Milanzi and another Samaita Tembo. I didn't even know their names but totems. Then I approached them and showed them my Nyunga Nyunga mbira. We discussed a lot with them. I started to go to their house for mbira lessons for weekend. They teaches me basics of Chamutengure, Nhemamusasa and Majakara mbira.

By that time I was working and living in a Chinese Company called Kutedre Investment in Waterfalls Ardbenie and I was learning mbira in Chitungwiza. I think they helped me 6 times on how to play buy we linked for a month. I used that basics and it was easy for me to understand.

In August 2022, I wrote my song called Misodzi yepwere because of  my life I was living. In that song, I was crying, notifying and asking why I'm living a poor life. I was crying to my elders or my ancestors and my Lord God who's in heaven.

In that song I played Chamutengure mbira but it was not perfect playing because I rotated it at the same position until the end of my music. I recorded it to Diro Digital Studio where I found connection to my workmate who's name is Warrior Don and he is a musician again.

I thank my Diro Digital Studio producer who played guitars and some instruments on my song to the end and he have done his best. I didn't even know the type of music I was singing because it was like Jazz and it was like Chimurenga. Then I suggested to call it Chimurenga Traditional Jazz.

Then I printed my T shirts for the video of my song.

One Sunday day in 2022 when I was coming from Chitungwiza to see my parents. I mate a man at Masotcha Ndlovu way named Meka Chivambe and his totem is Mwoyo Dehwa. He's an Artisan in his own company in Waterfalls Parktown number 139 Corner 3rd and Masotcha Ndlovu Way. He loved me and my Thumb piano and he carried me with his car and discussed a lot.

We went to another house in Masotcha Ndlovu Way number 680 and linked me to an old man Wilbert Ruturi Nhize Musumoi Shava. And that man is a Mbira Player and he teaches me each and everytime I reached his place. He helped me on how to play in traditional functions as our culture.

I decided to leave my job in 2022 February and then worked with my friend Dehwa from 6 February and he became my teacher in mechanics. And now I'm still working with him and working in the same path.

I will go further with him and I want to thank people who teaches me a thumb piano.

I want to also thank my Father, mother, my elders and my Lord who gave me many talents and raised me to be a Hero in life.

Remarbels Prince

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