UChiwoniso Maraire wazalwa ngo 5 March 1976 wabhubha ngo24 July 2013). Wayengu mculi, eloba ingoma njalo eyingcitshi yokutshaya imbira kwelase Zimbabwe. Ubeyindodakazi ka baba u Dumisani Maraire oyingcintshi ekutshayeni lokufundisa imbira (njalo waye sebenza kugatsha luka hulumende olubona ngezemidlalo lamasiko abantu eminyakeni yabo 1980.[1][2] Echasisa nge Mbira, yona kuyi siginci esivame ukusetshenziswa ngabesilisa[3],wathi, "Iyafana le Marimba. Ikhona emazweni amanengi kuzwekazi lase Africa kusetshenziswa amagama ehlukeneyo anjengokuthi: sanza, kalimba, lamanye amanengi. Kwelase Zimbabwe imbira yilo ibizo elisetshenziswa kuziginci ezinengi ezisebenzisa intambo. Zinengi inhlobo zembira. Mina engiyisebenzisayo ibizwa kuthiwa yi nyunga nyunga, okutsho ubucwazi cwazi."[4]