AN Irish based Zimbabwean nurse-cum radio personality, Lovers Pamire has taken the Irish airwaves by storm as he pens down his Cinderella tale which saw him rising from being a security guard to a nurse.
Pamire, who is also an Afro-country musician, videographer and video editor, has seen his Friday mid-morning slot at the community RosFM (94.6) radio station become a favourite with both Africans and locals as he is breathing a new and different life to a widely Irish dominant cast.
The Friday slot of RosFM can easily be mistaken now for an African radio station as Pamire belts music across the continent. The show is called Lovers Paradise and is aired every Friday between 9am and 10am GMT, which is between 11am-12noon local time.
The show also discusses African cultures as well as problems faced by Africans on relocation, among other things.
What a breathtaking panorama of music.
Born on August 25, 1981 in Hurungwe (Mudzimu), Karoi, the young Pamire had a childhood to forget. His father was a polygamist with three wives, but he passed to the world yonder before Lovers kissed the earth.
This spelt doom for the young Pamire who had to start his primary school at a more “ripe” age of nine years. He was to endure bullying for being over-aged all his school life but that did not deter him from scoring good units at primary school and a good pass at secondary level.
“It was a difficult time and everyone in class would look at me with that eye,” Pamire told Standard Style.
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“However, l was a quiet person and l was a head boy at primary school and held several leadership posts in my secondary education.”
Upon finishing school, Pamire was among those school leavers who joined the unemployment bandwagon, but he was not a chooser.
He trained to be a security guard. Along the way in 2002, Pamire joined the Zimbabwe National Youth Service in Masvingo, which was to open his doors wide.
Upon completion of the programme, Pamire joined Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals as a general hand before the nursing call came.
In 2005, he started his nurse training and upon completion in 2008, he joined the private sector as a occupational nurse.
His love for music, which was dormant since 2001 resurfaced. He went into the studio in 2012 (Track Records) and released his debut album titled New Era with the help of his brother Herald Pamire, himself a complete singer too.
In 2013 he released Ndangariro (Memories) followed by Responsibilities in 2014 and Lovers in 2016.
The albums did not fare well in the Zimbabwean music market, but a listen to any of the albums, one is convinced that Pamire has the voice.
In 2021, Pamire relocated to Ireland as a nurse, but his love for the mic never waned. He quickly joined a radio station in Ireland and today, he rocks the airwaves in this western Europe country.
“I have always wanted the radio, l feel it is a calling too,” Pamire said.
“I am enjoying the moments and I am glad to the support I got from the radio manager Seamus Duke and radio presenters at RosFM as well as fellow Africans who are making it a must not to miss any of my shows,” he said.
"Aidan Raftery made my life easy both on the radio and going to places such as football matches and coffee outings,"
Pamire dreams of kick starting his music journey too as he lives to the old English adage: “The sky is not the limit, reach for the moon”
“All things permitting, l would like to continue working on my music now,” he said.
“I believe l have unfinished business there and l want to do well in that regard.
“However, l am taking everything one step at a time and at the moment, l want to transform myself to a radio personality of note. I want to spread African music and culture to my listeners.”
Pamire is married to Marry and they are blessed with two daughters and a boy.
