Sophia Nzayisenga
Appearance
Sophia Nzayisengais A Rwandan women born in 1978, she is a traditional Rwandan singer, she is also known as Queen of Inanga.
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Quotes
[edit]- My father was an intelligent and famous musician and he composed a lot of good music.
- In my father’s footsteps - Sophie Nzayisenga says by Sophie,The new times (March 7, 2010)
- music is a gift. I do it to relax.
- In my father’s footsteps - Sophie Nzayisenga says by Sophie,The new times (March 7, 2010)
- I lost my joy because some of my brothers and sisters passed away during the genocide, I think about how we used sing together at home and my heart hurts and I loose the will to play.
- In my father’s footsteps - Sophie Nzayisenga says by Sophie,The new times (March 7, 2010)
- After the genocide my love for playing went away. But little-by-little I started playing again and I still am now.
- In my father’s footsteps - Sophie Nzayisenga says by Sophie,The new times (March 7, 2010)
- My family was full of inanga players - my grandfather too was a player.
- In my father’s footsteps - Sophie Nzayisenga says by Sophie,The new times (March 7, 2010)
- When I was about eight, my father started to compose new music for me, which I memorised and played until I was 15, when I started to compose music by myself.
- In my father’s footsteps - Sophie Nzayisenga says by Sophie,The new times (March 7, 2010)
- I can’t remember how much music I’ve composed now because there are so many.
- In my father’s footsteps - Sophie Nzayisenga says by Sophie,The new times (March 7, 2010)
- Many Rwandan women like music but they don’t take the initiative to play it - maybe they think they won’t be able to do it and only men can play inanga. I think they underestimate themselves.
- In my father’s footsteps - Sophie Nzayisenga says by Sophie,The new times (March 7, 2010)
- You can see that women enjoy music because they like dancing and singing and we have some very nice singers, like Cecile Kayirebwa and Florida Uwera and others.
- In my father’s footsteps - Sophie Nzayisenga says by Sophie,The new times (March 7, 2010)