MUSIC
Cover story:
A diva in the making,
Davina Green
It would be a cliché to say that
Davina Green is a beautiful,
talented and smart young lady,
so let’s introduce her in a
different way. R&B singer
hailing from a small-town,
Kadoma and a law graduate
from a university in Durban,
Davina Green is known as a
“diva in the making”: (and we
don’t doubt that since she is a
super fan of US diva,
Beyoncé). Davina is far from
cliché considering that she’s
breaking out of the mold of
the typical Zimbabwean
“urban” artist.
GM.: Who is Davina Green and
how would you define her as a
woman?
Davina: Being a woman to me means
being nurturing, powerful,
confident…yeah we run the world
like Beyoncé says.
GM.: Ah, so you are a Beyoncé fan?
Davina: Yes a huge fan. Her number
one fan! (Smiles)
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GM.: Tell us about your career.
When did your journey start?
Davina: I started singing when I
was seven. I used to sing at
school ,church and various little
events around town. In high
school I then started to take it
seriously. I started recording
with Delani Makhalima but
none of the tracks were released
for various reasons. I then went
to university in South Africa so I
Groove Magazine Zimbabwe
focused on that for a bit, but
I knew at some point I
wanted to sing. Finally in
2011 I released my first
single. Before that I had tried
working with other people,
and depending on them to
do things but at that point I
realized I didn’t need them, I
could do it alone. I released
my music online and I did
pretty much all my
marketing online because I