FROM sizzling music videos playing on regional channels to a smashing top class act at the recently held Zimbabwe Music Awards (ZIMAs), Vanessa Sibanda is slowly positioning herself as a beacon of female supremacy on the local music scene.
BY KENNEDY NYAVAYA
Queen Vee, as the 2008 Miss Zimbabwe is popularly known, has so far exuded glamour on and off the set coupled with a fair stint of successes as a musician in Zimbabwe and South Africa, her base over the past five years.
The 27-year-old mother of one said she was back in the country to grow her career on home soil. “I have been in the (music) industry for the past five years and now I have decided to move back to Zimbabwe from South Africa so I can speak more to the masses here,” said Queen Vee.
Her new release, Mari Mari, featuring Zimdancehall chanter Soul Jah Love, is frequenting local charts and recently broke into the BBC Radio’s 1 Xtra Music Bot playlist prompting her to start an online dance challenge which will see top three winners getting prizes and featuring on the video.
“We are working on more collaborations with local musicians and others from around the continent, as well as pushing this rising brand forward,” she said.
A member of her management team, Farai Chamatowa, said she is currently working on an album compilation set for release in May adding that she is currently on the verge of finishing a single featuring Zambia’s Roberto of the Amarula fame.
Chamatowa said the diva is set to go on a country wide tour for outreach programmes with school children inspiring them to aim for better in life.
