Tizai, who is occasionally hired to perform at traditional rituals in his village, confirmed receiving the goats and the 21-year-old woman as his wife and described her as "the greatest gift of my life”.

When Zimbabwe's independent daily newspaper NewsDay visited Tizai's homestead, his new wife was doing her household chores and could neither deny nor confirm the incident, referring all questions to her husband.

The drummer says:

"It is true that I was given a wife by the Nyamakate family, after I had performed at their traditional ritual ceremony and I am glad to have them as in-laws because I had grown old without a wife."

In zimbabwe traditionally men used to pay lobola or the bride price using their skills. Lobola might be compared with the old European dowry custom where the woman brought assets.

Women’s Coalition chairperson Virginia Muwanigwa says they are against is forcing women into marriages but that there's nothing wrong if the woman consented:

"We don’t accept a situation where women are given into marriages unwillingly since it is illegal to force a person into a marriage. The feeling should be mutual and reciprocal, where both parties are willing to be in the marriage."