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I’m struggling, Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi’s widow speaks

Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi [Photo: Courtesy]

Daisy Kudzai, widow to revered Zimbabwean jazz giant Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi, on Saturday remembered the Black Spirits founder on what would have been his 68th birthday.

In a touching tribute during Mtukudzi’s memorial, Daisy said she misses the Todii songbird, who died in 2019 at a hospital in the capital, Harare, from complications related to diabetes, as a dotting husband, steadfast partner and beloved nightingale - renowned world over for his music, philanthropy and activism.

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