Musician Soul Jah Love remembered with impressive tombstone
Family pleads with fans to behave when visiting tombstone
By Staff Reporter
Three years after his untimely death and conferment of a liberation hero status, sensational dancehall chanter Soul Musaka, better known as Soul Jah Love, has further been honoured with an impressive tombstone.
The artistic stone was donated by Tendai Mbofana of Ngoda granites and the masterpiece, first of its kind, took close to a year to complete.
The unveiling ceremony was unveiled at a private function only attended by so-nicknamed Makuruwani’s brothers, three sisters and close friends at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare.
“We are forever grateful to Tendai Mbofana of Ngoda Granites, we have been working with him on this project for a very long time,” his brother Solomon Musaka said.
“Finally, a tombstone had been erected in honour of Soul Jah Love and we are sorry to the fans for making the event a private affair.
“We didn’t want to have a repeat of the day of his burial when his fans destroyed many graves around the cemetery.”
Musaka urged fans to visit the grave in an orderly manner.
“The tombstone is a first of its kind by Ngoda granites and we urge all Soul Jah Love’s fans that when they visit the site, they must do so in an orderly manner.
“They should not tamper with anything and leave everything as it is,” said Musaka.
Soul Jah Love died aged 32 on February 16, 2021 after losing his battle with diabetes.
He was conferred with the liberation hero status for being one of the musicians who pioneered and revolutionalised Jamaica’s popular dancehall sound by giving it a Zimbabwean identity – Zimdancehall.
The genre has taken Zimbabwean youths by storm, becoming a big employer, fundraiser and a platform for the country’s unemployed youth population to pass commentary about their daily social struggles.
