Condolence message for David Mungoshi
The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ), Management and staff would like to express sincere condolences to the Mungoshi family, the arts fraternity and the nation at large following the death of veteran actor, writer and poet David Mungoshi (71).
Mungoshi who passed away on Saturday was a multi-talented individual who excelled in various arts disciplines. He is a 2010 NAMA award winner for his novel The Fading Son written in 2009 which tackled issues of breast cancer and its effect on the patient, their spouse, family and friends. The book was put on the list of literature set books for schools.
The late Mungoshi also contributed to Poetry with his works featured in many anthologies following his own collection of poems Live Like an Artist which is a retrospective arc populated by femme fatales, oral histories, metaphysical musings and coming of age diaries.
A former University of Zimbabwe linguistics lecturer, Mungoshi will also be remembered as an actor for his role as John Huni in the local groundbreaking soapie Studio 263. He also starred in other local film productions, The postman and Ngugi wa Mirii’ Secrets which he also assisted in editing dialoguing the scripts.
The passing on Mungoshi has indeed left a huge void in the arts sector as he contributed to the development of the sector through mentoring and his invaluable insights as a panelist in the NAMA adjudication committee for the literary categories.
May his soul Rest in Eternal peace.
Nicholas Moyo
NACZ Director
