Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, akaberekwa musi waGunyana 22, 1952,
Muguta reHighfields muHarare, Zimbabwe. 
 
Zita rake rakaturikirwa mumutauro wake wechiShona zvinoreva kuti "anopfumisa" uye munguva youpenyu hwake, akaita izvozvo chaizvo nokushandisa izwi rake kupfumisa mweya mizhinji pasi rose. 
 
Dingindira guru rezvose muunyanzvi hwake hwaive huzivi hweZimbabwe hwechatinoti "hunhu" - hunhu sechiratidzwa cherudo, rugare, kubatana, ruremekedzo, uye kunzwisisa.