Ku itariki ya 26 Gashyantare 2025, mu bihembo byatangiwe i Zanzibar muri Tanzania, umuhanzikazi w’Umunyanijeriya Mercy Chinwo yatsindiye igihembo cy’umuhanzi mwiza wa Gospel mu bihembo bya Trace Awards 2025.
Ibi bihembo byari byitabiriwe n’abahanzi bakomeye bo hirya no hino muri Afurika, harimo n’umunyarwanda Israël Mbonyi, wifuzaga iki gihembo ariko ntagitsindire.
Mercy Chinwo ni muntu ki?
Mercy Chinwo yavukiye muri Nijeriya ku itariki ya 5 Nzeri 1991. Yatangiye umuziki mu rusengero nk’umuririmbyi wa korali, aza kwamamara cyane nyuma yo gutsinda irushanwa rya Nigerian Idol mu mwaka wa 2012.
Nyuma yaho, yasinye amasezerano na EeZee Conceptz, inzu ifasha abahanzi ba Gospel, bituma umuziki we ugera ku rundi rwego. Indirimbo ze nk’"Excess Love", "Chinedum", na "Obinasom" zamamaye cyane mu bakunzi ba Gospel, ndetse zigera no hanze ya Afurika.
Mercy Chinwo yatsinze abandi bahanzi bakomeye barimo:
• Spirit of Praise 10 (Afurika y’Epfo)
• KS Bloom (Côte d’Ivoire)
• Ada Ehi (Nigeria)
• Bella Kombo (Tanzania)
• Israël Mbonyi (Rwanda)
Kuki Mercy Chinwo yatsinze, Israël Mbonyi we ntatsinde?
Uyu mwaka, Mercy Chinwo yegukanye iki gihembo kubera impamvu zitandukanye, zirimo:
1. Ubwamamare bwe ku rwego mpuzamahanga
Mercy Chinwo ni umwe mu bahanzi ba Gospel bafite igikundiro kinini muri Afurika, ndetse n’ahandi ku isi. Afite abamukurikirana benshi kuri YouTube, Spotify, n’izindi mbuga kurusha Israel Mbonyi, n’inshuro ibihangano bye byumviswe zikubye iza Israel Mbonyi.
2. Ibihangano bye bifite uburambe kandi byagize ingaruka nziza nyinshi ku bakunzi ba Gospel
Indirimbo ze zamamaye ku rwego rw’isi, zinakoreshwa cyane mu nsengero no mu bitaramo bikomeye bya Gospel mu bihe birebire, mu gihe Israel Mbonyi we ataramara imyaka ibiri kuri atwika cyane, kandi indirimbo ze zigaruriye umubare munini w’Abaswayile kurusha abandi.
3. Imbaraga zishyirwa mu kumenyekanisha ibihangano bye
Inzu ireberera umuziki we EeZee Conceptz ifite uburyo bukomeye bwo kumenyekanisha ibihangano bye, ku buryo biba bigoye ko hari undi muhanzi wamutsinda iyo bahanganye.
Ese Israël Mbonyi we byagenze bite?
Israël Mbonyi ni umwe mu bahanzi bakomeye mu muziki wa Gospel muri Afurika. Afite indirimbo zakunzwe cyane nka "Baho", "Nina Siri", na "Ndakubabariye". Akunzwe cyane cyane mu Rwanda no mu bihugu bimwe bya Afurika.
Impamvu zashoboraga gutuma adatsinda:
• Nubwo ari umuhanzi ukomeye, umuziki we ugira ingaruka cyane cyane mu Karere ka Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, ariko nturafata isoko rinini nk’iryo Mercy Chinwo afite.
• Mercy Chinwo afite ubushobozi bwo kumenyekanisha ibihangano bye mu buryo bukomeye kurusha Israël Mbonyi.
• Abatora bagendeye ku bwamamare ku rwego rwa Afurika hose, aho Mercy ari imbere cyane ugereranyije na Mbonyi.
Isomo kuri Israël Mbonyi n’abandi bahanzi ba Gospel
Ibihembo nka Trace Awards bigaragaza ko kugira ngo umuhanzi atsinde, bisaba kugira ingufu mu gukwirakwiza ibihangano bye ku rwego mpuzamahanga, no kugira inzu ireberera umuziki we ifite ubushobozi bwo kumenyekanisha ibyo akora.
Israël Mbonyi amaze kwigarurira imitima ya benshi mu Rwanda, ariko kugira ngo agere ku rwego rwa Mercy Chinwo, asabwa kongera imbaraga mu kwamamaza ibihangano bye ku isi yose.
Uwegukanye igihembo, Mercy Chinwo (Nijeriya)
Israel Mbonyi (Rwanda)
