DEMBO’S LIFE IN SIZINDA

“How?”

That was the only question that came to Bulawayo jazz
musician Hudson Simbarashe’s mind when he first saw Leonard Dembo on television
after the release of one of his early hits, Venezia.

Simbarashe could not believe how the young man w…

“How?” That was the only question that came to Bulawayo jazz musician Hudson Simbarashe’s mind when he first saw Leonard Dembo on television after the release of one of his early hits, Venezia. Simbarashe could not believe how the young man who used to live just three houses from him in the high density suburb of Sizinda, had suddenly managed to get on national TV, which at the time was