Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi - Awards

Awards

• 1985-1988: One of The Best Selling Artists in Zimbabwe
• KORA Award for Best Arrangement in 2002, for Ndakuwara
• 2002: SAMA Finalist (Best Traditional/African Adult Contemporary DVD) Live At The Cape Town Jazz Festival
• National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) in 2002 and 2004 for Best Group / Male vocalist
• KORA Award for Best African male artist and Lifetime Achievement Award in August 2003
• Reel Award Winner for Best African Language in 2003
• An honorary degree from the University of Zimbabwe in December 2003
• NAMA Award 2003: Best Group/Artist
• NAMA Award 2004: Best Group/Artist
• NAMA Award 2005: National Arts Personality of the Year
• NAMA Award 2006: Outstanding Album (NHAVA)
• 2006: ZIMA (Best Music Ringing Tone Handiro Dambudziko)
• 2006: ZIMA (Music Ambassador)
• NAMA Award 2007: Best Musician/Group
• 2007:Cultural Ambassador – Zimbabwe Tourism Association
• NAMA Award 2008: (Outstanding Musician)
• Honorary M.Sc (Fine Arts) Degree awarded by the Women’s University in Africa in 2009.
• M-Net Best Soundtrack Award in 1992, for Neria
• 2010: MTN SAMA Awards recognised his son's achievements in music
• 2010: University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and The International Council of Africana Womanism (ICAW) Award: recognition of his luminary role in uplifting African women through his artistic work - music and a diversity of art forms - offered as community development at his arts academy at Pakare Paye in Norton.
• 2011: Titled Zimbabwe's first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Eastern and Southern Africa
• 2011: Honoured by the Government of Italy with the prestigious Cavaliere of the Order of Merit Award in recognition of his work as an international musician. (The award is what the Knighthood is to England)

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