Groove Magazine Zimbabwe Issue 2 | Page 12

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) 8 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