By Style Reporter
Socialite and women rights activist Alice Tagwira has revisited a song she penned a decade ago with the hope of “winning souls for Christ”.
The song titled Chimoto, which was released on Friday, follows the success of Tagwira’s duet with Qaya Roots boss Willis Wataffi titled Mweya, a gender-based violence awareness track.
Chimoto was produced by MacDee Chidavaenzi at Eternity Studios and according to Tagwira, the song highlights the “unbearable hell of a life”, she and many other women experienced.
“I have just remembered that I wrote this song in 2012 when I was still an innocent girl,” Tagwira said.
“I wrote it out of passion and zeal for saving souls.
“At some point in my life I was a preacher and l remember opening a church in Gweru, which would gather a great number of married and single women.
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“I would preach and accurately prophesy to them and my spirit was very sharp.”
Tagwira said she became connected with her congregation of women beyond the walls of the church.
She said highlights of her preaching episodes was when she prayed for two sex workers in Gweru who later repented and gave their life to Jesus.
She took her evangelism to Bulawayo where she started as a street preacher.
However, Tagwira said all this changed when she got married.
“Things shifted when I got married and I lost it all. The fire was doused,” she said.
“When you are emotionally damaged, you cannot function properly.
“I believe a normal and successful life revolves 80% around emotional stability.
“I lost myself and I started clubbing as well as dating for wrong reasons.
“I would spew bitterness on everyone and all this happened in search of solace, answers, comfort, love and happiness but unfortunately it was in the wrong places.”
She said all this happened in a very short space of time.
“Maybe to just remind me that life without Jesus was hell of a fire,” Tagwira said.
“One thing that I have learnt in my journey as a Christian is no matter how broken or backslidden you are, there’s that small still voice that always reminds you of who you are in Christ.
“It reminds that you are not of this world. In many cases, that harnessed my behaviour.”
Tagwira said part of her life experiences are contained in the song Chimoto.
She said music was more of a hobby to her.
“For now I would want to be identified as a hobbyist musician,” she said.
“You can expect more music from me, but I am not sure about the time and the genre l would sing.”
She paid tribute to Wataffi who helped and joined hands with her on the track Mweya.
“We did a great track on gender based violence with Willis Wataffi,” Tagwira said.
“We all know about this phenomenon is rooted in gender inequality which continues to be one of the most notable human rights violations within all societies.
“Gender-based violence, however, affects more women than men.”
She said in the song Mweya she shared her story of how she survived gender-based violence.
She said her forthcoming track Chimoto was her first gospel track, adding that she won’t be limited to singing gospel music but anything that pertains to life and edifies the society.
“My service as a women’s rights activist and civic leader requires that I’m liberal and accommodate differences,” Tagwira said.
“I would want to preach about women’s rights and gender-based violence using music too.”
