ZEXIE MANATSA'S UPS AND DOWNS
Zexie Manatsa's Green Arrows bandZexie Manatsa rose from an infant guitar prodigy in Mhangura to become one of the first local musicians of significant stature. In December 2006 the recently resuscitated Zimbabwe Music Awards paid homage to the grand patriarch of mainstream local music with the inaugural Cheuka Shure/Bheka Emva trophy.During the presentation ceremony, an urban grooves duo ushered the crowd back to 1974, with their rendition of Manatsa's first major hit "Chipo Chiroorwa"."Chipo Chiroorwa" has exclusive credit in the country's music annals as the first song by a black Zimbabwean to win a gold disc, having sold 25 000 copies back in the '70s.Speaking on the same occasion, Oliver Mtukudzi credited the Green Arrows frontman for mentoring him when he was still a showbiz...