Multi-award-winning gospel rapper Ian Mtandwa on Wednesday officially changed his name to his stage name Mudiwa Hood.
The change was announced in a notice that appeared in the press this week.
“Take notice that on the 16th of October 2019. IAN MTANDWA (born 24 July 1983) appeared before me, TICHAVONA Mutebere, a registered Legal Practitioner and Notary Public and changed his name to Mudiwa Hood.”
Mudiwa has also issued a statement, explaining the change.
Read the full statement below:
“Yes, Mudiwa Hood is now officially my government legal name and was never just a Stage name (do not insult me like that). As an intellectual I cannot just wake up and call myself Mudiwa Hood because it feels good 🤷♂, NO, that is who I am. And I have the Blessing of my dad, who said, well done for being bold son, you did this whilst I am alive… My own dad is happy I am now called by my real Surname, who else should go against who I am?
It is indeed a sad story to later find out the surname “Mtandwa” I have been using on all my legal documents all my life 😢 was just my grandpa’s name, and I am no relative at all who use Mtandwa except my siblings… How it came to be so too… is very sad😢…
Mr Hood who resided in Chivhu, married a black woman (my great-grandma), got her pregnant and because of racism and family pressure, he chased away the black woman who is, in this case, my great-grandma. My great-grandma, who was pregnant then, went on to give birth to a mixed-race baby and named him “Mtandwa”( we were chased away, meaning Mudzingwa). Instead of giving him surname Hood, as a bitter woman, she adopted a surname from where she got re-married.
So my granddad used his step father’s surname and his name was Mtandwa…,(Couldn’t mention the surname for privacy sake).
When my dad was born, he automatically inherited a surname that wasn’t his😢.
However As a bold man, when he got married and had kids, he gave us his dad’s name “Mtandwa” as a surname. So literally I have no relative called Mtandwa except my siblings and my uncles’ kids who my dad demanded they also use grandpa’s name as surname too.
So I was born Mudiwa Ian Mtandwa. Now that I am a dad too, my dad said “do your son a favor son… like I did for you…Who is He? You now grown up and know your true history and who you are.”
As a proud dad, I want my children to be who they really are!!
I am grateful that my dad is proud and happy for me, this was the most important thing… Hood was never a stage name but my real Surname from the beginning!!!
Mudiwa Hood Snr.
Note: The statement was edited to enhance readability.
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