Am here 2021 this takes me back to when i was very young i used to dance to this song like there is no tomorrow with my brother.. He died 2012 when he was just 26 😭😭😭 may ur soul RIH my brother Henry u will always be my hero 💔💔💔
The story behind hit songs 'Tina', 'Ndafunga Kaviri' and 'Question Mark' In 1999, a youthful duo stormed the showbiz scene with a scorcher titled “Tina”. So powerful was “Tina” that it shook big names of the music scene that time as the newcomers claimed good space with amazing pace. It was an irresistible song with a unique introduction that led people to attempt various vocal imitations of the introductory bass guitar. “Hawairevesa Tina . . . dhuru-ru-ndu-ndu “Hawairevesa Tina . . . dhiri-ri-ndi-ndi “Hawairevesa Tina . . . dhingi-ndi-ndi-ndi” The improvisations were varied and widespread, but they all proved a common undisputable case - “Tina” had stolen the limelight across the country. It became the merrymaking anthem of the year. It became the festive season song of the year. The youthful duo behind the hit, Rangarirai Sagombeto and Kelvin Chikore, who fronted R&K African Sounds became overnight celebrities. Fame knocked on Ranga and Kelvin’s youthful minds when they least expected it. Actually, they were not prepared for it. Popularity caught them flat-footed, but they tried to jerk up to its demands. Unfortunately, the fast pace in the lane of celebrity fame proved too swift for their unprepared, youthful minds. They consequently split when fame had just begun forming its primary layers of fortune in their careers. A lot happened after their initial split - reunions and further separations -but many music lovers will forever cherish the days when the “Tina” whirlwind swept through the showbiz terrain. I caught up with Ranga, who is now based in Beitbridge, for a look-back to the days of the popular hit. The song is based on a true story. Tina was a beautiful girl from Dzivarasekwa and her actions inspired the song.
Kelvin is now based in Cape Town and numerous attempts to get his side of the story were fruitless. However, Ranga - who composed the song - told me about the beautiful Dzivaresekwa girl and how her story inspired the song. Her story did not only inspire the song “Tina”, but it also gave birth to follow-up tracks “Ndafunga Kaviri” and “Question Mark” that featured on two other albums from R&K African Sounds and were based on the same storyline. “I wrote the song out of sympathy. It is a song about how my uncle Richard was dumped by his girlfriend in sad circumstances. His girlfriend, Tina was a beautiful girl. They stayed in the same neighbourhood in Dzivaresekwa. Many boys of our age, then, loved her and I was happy when my uncle told me she had accepted his love proposal,” Ranga recalled. “The story of their affair spread in Dzivaresekwa because many boys were after her. Richard was a reserved character and many people did not expect him to ‘win’ the girl. I was happy when he did and some people admired him while others hated him.” Ranga said Richard wanted to marry Tina and he introduced her to his relatives. Everything seemed to be on course until a sudden turn of events led to a serious heartbreak. “Most of our relatives were convinced that the two were headed for marriage. Then, the most disappointing event came. It is an event that led to this song. I was very disappointed because we were so close with Richard and he used to tell me a lot about their affair. “There is this guy who was a soldier and grew up in the same neighbourhood with my uncle and Tina. He also loved Tina, but his proposal had been turned down. Then he was deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo during that era when many local soldiers went on missions there." “When he returned, he had a lot of money and his life suddenly changed. He went back for Tina and she could not resist the new lifestyle." She then wrote a letter to Richard telling him she could no longer be in love with a poor boyfriend. “Richard was so heartbroken. He exhibited signs of depression and I spent a long time trying to console him. I felt sorry for him and I wrote the song Tina. I was just beginning to do music, but my relatives did not know it." “When I composed the song, I did not even tell Richard. He still laughs at how he was surprised when the song was released.” The song “Tina” is about a heartbroken man who asks why the woman he loved dumped him when he least expected it. The song is on a debut album from R&K African Sounds titled “Dama Rakanaka”. The band did two other songs to follow up to “Tina” and Ranga said the other tracks reflected how the story later unfolded. The other songs are “Ndafunga Kaviri” from the album “Raramo” and “Question Mark” off the album “Mhemberero”. “Ndafunga Kaviri” narrates how Tina tried to ask for forgiveness from Richard when the ‘new affair’ collapsed and “Question Mark” is the latter’s response when he refused to forgive his former girlfriend. The songs are among the hits that R&K African Sounds did in the short period they rocked the music scene. Their first split after the second album in 2000 disturbed their fast-rising career as they could not succeed in solo careers. They reunited in 2006 and released “Raramo” which did considerably well, but their last album “Garai Murudo” failed to sustain the momentum. They went separate ways again in 2008, bringing the duo’s promising career to a sad end. Ranga said they are currently working on a few duets that will feature on his upcoming album which he is currently recording. But a complete R&K African Sounds reunion seems unattainable.
This sungura is so pure. So original. No solo guitars like zvatirikunzwa these days. If it's not bass solo it's lead solo. Too much of anything becomes monotonous mhani guys. This sungura by R&k African sounds is very nice. I love it
Talent at best. It needs to be watered and not suppressed because of the income that can come out of it. This is GOD'S blessing. Please Ranga and Kevie revisit your decision and come back to the stage. You can still do your income generating activities and carry on with displaying this GOD'S giving. You will be blessed more and all other things will be added by Our lovely Creator.
❤❤2024 listeners let's gather here
Here❤❤❤❤
Hoyoo nawanadem
Moto uyu
Ma1 aya
5 October 2024 at 13:02
Who's Here with me 2024
Hoyooo
years later...still listening 2023 listeners mark your register here
Takanovhota
We are here 2023hoye uk love
Tiripo tirikuokera vid😂
Tinavo vakomana
Tiripo
2024 still enjoying this song ❤
Tichipo
Aya mangoma akaipa
2025 still listening... This was music ...❤
Who is with me 2025
2024 here
2025 whos here
I'm here love
hahaha Hoyoooo tiripaDZ amana kah mabus pakanetsa ana sagombeto buses 💃🔥
This song will never lose grip upon humanity as long as people exist, it's relevance won't cease to be with us.
2023 who is here with me
It all started with Tina 😂😂😂after God fear woman ,,2024 um still enjoying this
I'm still thinking one day they will give more than this,,,, you're the best R&K soungs ♥️
Who is willing to come back here with me 2026
Am here 2021 this takes me back to when i was very young i used to dance to this song like there is no tomorrow with my brother.. He died 2012 when he was just 26 😭😭😭 may ur soul RIH my brother Henry u will always be my hero 💔💔💔
Yoo he died
😢😢😢My his soul rest in peace 😢😢
May his soul rest in peace
Haaa these songs are going to live forever.This is 2024 and we still enjoying 😂😂😂😂😂
2024 still enjoying the song❤❤❤❤
Ndairota ndamuka ndikairidza
I remember when I have my first heart break ,I cry listening to this song
Good old days when love mean everything to everyone.
The story behind hit songs 'Tina', 'Ndafunga Kaviri' and 'Question Mark'
In 1999, a youthful duo stormed the showbiz scene with a scorcher titled “Tina”.
So powerful was “Tina” that it shook big names of the music scene that time as the newcomers claimed good space with amazing pace.
It was an irresistible song with a unique introduction that led people to attempt various vocal imitations of the introductory bass guitar.
“Hawairevesa Tina . . . dhuru-ru-ndu-ndu
“Hawairevesa Tina . . . dhiri-ri-ndi-ndi
“Hawairevesa Tina . . . dhingi-ndi-ndi-ndi”
The improvisations were varied and widespread, but they all proved a common undisputable case - “Tina” had stolen the limelight across the country. It became the merrymaking anthem of the year. It became the festive season song of the year.
The youthful duo behind the hit, Rangarirai Sagombeto and Kelvin Chikore, who fronted R&K African Sounds became overnight celebrities.
Fame knocked on Ranga and Kelvin’s youthful minds when they least expected it. Actually, they were not prepared for it.
Popularity caught them flat-footed, but they tried to jerk up to its demands.
Unfortunately, the fast pace in the lane of celebrity fame proved too swift for their unprepared, youthful minds. They consequently split when fame had just begun forming its primary layers of fortune in their careers.
A lot happened after their initial split - reunions and further separations -but many music lovers will forever cherish the days when the “Tina” whirlwind swept through the showbiz terrain.
I caught up with Ranga, who is now based in Beitbridge, for a look-back to the days of the popular hit. The song is based on a true story.
Tina was a beautiful girl from Dzivarasekwa and her actions inspired the song.
Kelvin is now based in Cape Town and numerous attempts to get his side of the story were fruitless.
However, Ranga - who composed the song - told me about the beautiful Dzivaresekwa girl and how her story inspired the song. Her story did not only inspire the song “Tina”, but it also gave birth to follow-up tracks “Ndafunga Kaviri” and “Question Mark” that featured on two other albums from R&K African Sounds and were based on the same storyline.
“I wrote the song out of sympathy. It is a song about how my uncle Richard was dumped by his girlfriend in sad circumstances. His girlfriend, Tina was a beautiful girl. They stayed in the same neighbourhood in Dzivaresekwa. Many boys of our age, then, loved her and I was happy when my uncle told me she had accepted his love proposal,” Ranga recalled.
“The story of their affair spread in Dzivaresekwa because many boys were after her. Richard was a reserved character and many people did not expect him to ‘win’ the girl. I was happy when he did and some people admired him while others hated him.”
Ranga said Richard wanted to marry Tina and he introduced her to his relatives. Everything seemed to be on course until a sudden turn of events led to a serious heartbreak.
“Most of our relatives were convinced that the two were headed for marriage. Then, the most disappointing event came. It is an event that led to this song. I was very disappointed because we were so close with Richard and he used to tell me a lot about their affair.
“There is this guy who was a soldier and grew up in the same neighbourhood with my uncle and Tina. He also loved Tina, but his proposal had been turned down. Then he was deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo during that era when many local soldiers went on missions there."
“When he returned, he had a lot of money and his life suddenly changed. He went back for Tina and she could not resist the new lifestyle."
She then wrote a letter to Richard telling him she could no longer be in love with a poor boyfriend.
“Richard was so heartbroken. He exhibited signs of depression and I spent a long time trying to console him. I felt sorry for him and I wrote the song Tina. I was just beginning to do music, but my relatives did not know it."
“When I composed the song, I did not even tell Richard. He still laughs at how he was surprised when the song was released.”
The song “Tina” is about a heartbroken man who asks why the woman he loved dumped him when he least expected it.
The song is on a debut album from R&K African Sounds titled “Dama Rakanaka”. The band did two other songs to follow up to “Tina” and Ranga said the other tracks reflected how the story later unfolded.
The other songs are “Ndafunga Kaviri” from the album “Raramo” and “Question Mark” off the album “Mhemberero”.
“Ndafunga Kaviri” narrates how Tina tried to ask for forgiveness from Richard when the ‘new affair’ collapsed and “Question Mark” is the latter’s response when he refused to forgive his former girlfriend.
The songs are among the hits that R&K African Sounds did in the short period they rocked the music scene.
Their first split after the second album in 2000 disturbed their fast-rising career as they could not succeed in solo careers. They reunited in 2006 and released “Raramo” which did considerably well, but their last album “Garai Murudo” failed to sustain the momentum.
They went separate ways again in 2008, bringing the duo’s promising career to a sad end.
Ranga said they are currently working on a few duets that will feature on his upcoming album which he is currently recording. But a complete R&K African Sounds reunion seems unattainable.
Thanks for such an in depth information of my once favourite band.
Thanx for the info
This comment deserves a tonne of likes
Tina akaoma, akamutsa bank, i am interested kuda kuziva kuti Tina arikupi now and Richard arikupi in 2021
I want to thank u a 100 times
Not my kind of music ...bt hmmm Ndakomborerwa - vocal harmony, instruments, melody, arrengement ❤🔥👌
This song reminds me my late brother haert broken 💔😭
Ndangoifunga song iyi ndakati regai ndiitsvage thumbs up for you guys its 2022 and im enjoying it
Never expired
2024 dancing like mad…❤❤
This sungura is so pure. So original. No solo guitars like zvatirikunzwa these days. If it's not bass solo it's lead solo. Too much of anything becomes monotonous mhani guys. This sungura by R&k African sounds is very nice. I love it
❤️❤️❤️2024 tichirikinakira ne song haa number one
I love this song 💓💓💓💓 ndiri mukadzi but ndine wandoiridzira akuda kudzoka mu life mangu after kundiita chituta
Talent at best. It needs to be watered and not suppressed because of the income that can come out of it. This is GOD'S blessing. Please Ranga and Kevie revisit your decision and come back to the stage. You can still do your income generating activities and carry on with displaying this GOD'S giving. You will be blessed more and all other things will be added by Our lovely Creator.
When did this happen? Is this now or it has been for a while?! MHSRP
Ndiyo nzira, tingadii. It is the way! What can we do!
Zvakabva pana Tina 💃💃💃💃
2025 still enjoying the Song and Dressing also ❤
2024 who is here with me ❤️
Ndafunga kure🎉❤
Ndikutsvaga vanhu ava guys anzwao pavari andiudze cz ndikuda vadzoke pandima ini
I love it here💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽❤❤
I'm not that old, infact I'm in my early 20s buh this music really hits hard 🔥
thought I am the only one 😂😂😂
😂😂😂takawanda
Chamboko ichi ....you are not wrong !!!
iyi song ndeyangu chete
Ndabva ndafunga kwedu kwachendambuya uko
❤❤vaigona 2024 good Friday 🎉babe
2023 this song still hits hard yoooh
2022 iam still here listening to this superb vocalists..meaningful lyrics
Tiri tose 2022 yaichepi mhanzi iyi Solo
❤❤Do it again my brother ❤😂
Was looking for this song. Haaa apa mazondigonera
Rangarirai and kelvin Sagombeto i miss those days life was good God bless Zim
Ranga Sagombeto & Kevie Chikore 💯
Sounding good and fresh
Now it's 80 years later, making sure the story is told
Ummm varume ndonzwa moyo wangu kuenda kure nevarume ava song dzavo ndidzi chaidzo❤❤❤❤
kkkkk Back in the day........this music made our days
Back then in 2005 tichipemberera mukadzi wakhule vangu. Zvaifaya
So sad and so strange the days are no more 🥺🥺🥺
This song takes me back when i was young i used to dance this song with my sister's rest in peace Chioneso and Tatenda i always miss u guys
R.k i like your music guys
I love this song, it reminds me of my sweet teenage days
Iwe Tina
This is phenomenal composition.Considering how young they were
Its 2021 and we're still listening to this classic
The sound is still good.Ranga na Kevy vakambojambisa vanhu
Banger can't they reunite again
I used to like this track with my friend Siphila Sibanda, question mark? Kkkkkkkk
Tiri kuchikoro ipapo tichipfuura paNhedziwa growth point
Uuum that song takes me back wen growing up...... one of my brothers favorite singer R&K .....Thumps up
Hitmaker
2024❤❤❤❤❤
My favorite song
2024 🎉🎉🎉
Museve to fullest ❤
Ndewe kumusha ❤❤
I love that song very much
Ranga na Cavy muripi vanhu imi munondigonera
Ranga ari takupinda jbg then Calvin ari paBeitbridge border post anoshanda kuZimra anoita zveku crear motor
Ndobva ndarangarira ndiri paxoool neshamwari hanguyapengesa nesong iyi mostly pangu yefree period
In drc now still listening
Legendary of zim by 2000s
Love the song
2024 still enjoying this song
2023 still enjoying this song ❤
dear kelvin chikowore
we are not related zvedu but we are proud
bamnini
Those Days When Wearing Slim Fits Was Not A Big Deal 😂😒
😂😂😂😂
Song inondikomborera hayo iyi itirwai zvakanaka handinete kuiridza zvinoitika mukurarama
I was form 3 ipapa
Amazing work
Vakazoendepi vakomna ava ,vaigona mhani.....❤
Ohh l love this😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
April 12 2024 stil blazing
Postcard ndakariverenga Tina 🎸
Nice music for the soul
Nyama yemhanzi
NYC guys come back kubasa
I love this song .
Kudhara kwainakidza
2024 may ndiripano.
💖💕❤️ Love your music guys
Boyz iroo rikupii this days
I would do everything I can for their reunion
I’m here
We want new music r & k
Ur right brother but those guys there split
Lol still vibing to to this jam in 2022 though I was young when it was on hit
Years later still listening to the song chimbodzokai guys
2022 august ❤️❤️
Mari ndewe munhu wese takanopendera 2023
2023 December inoramba achipisa R & K 🔥🔥🔥
down the memory lane
2022 who is here...inondifungisa December tichitamba pagrowth point 🔥🤞
🎉🎉🎉🎉24/12/2024 tichipooo
Song yakanetsa iyi 1999 takanakidzwa nayo still here2022
this song os a master peace