Clementine Uwitonze, often called Tonzi, is considered a pioneer of up to date gospel song in the country.
Her gospel songs comparable to 'Humura', 'Sijamuvako' and 'Nzajya ngusingiza', amongst others, grew to become her into a family name.
Having grown up in a Christian family unit, it became ntural that she treasured singing within the church and college choirs.
Born in Goma, DR Congo, the mom of two all started her song journey on the tender age of 10, singing in an Adventist church choir.
Tonzi then dropped out of the choir to launch a solo profession. She launched her debut album with several singles.
Going solo
The "Sijya muvako" hit maker says she realised that she could not 'survive the choir's rules that made it challenging to collaborate with other artistes', opting to drop out.
In 2003, the Ministry of youth nominated Tonzi amongst 10 people to represent the country in FESPAM (Festivale de la Musique Pan Africaine) in Congo-Brazzaville. This was a result of her repute in a couple of choirs like Maranatha household Choir, New Singers, and others.
despite the fact, her choir, Patmos, told her that if she attended the festival, she would be excluded from the choir's membership.
"I did not take into account how americans can cease me from representing my country within the name of salvation. So, after consulting several pals, I made the resolution to attend it," she says.
Upon return, she decided to go away the choir. inspired by means of the Bible, she began crafting and pioneering her songs independently. She says that after participating within the pageant, the funds she earned there was used to pay the lessons of her first yr in tuition and helped her unencumber a few songs.
The singer recollects that she encountered a countless challenges as an upcoming artiste, now that she was on her personal.
"it's comprehensible that i was passing via difficult times, and a whole lot of people regarded me 'a sinner', so I hardly received aid from my fellow choir contributors. I even all started to doubt what i used to be doing, as a result of I looked abandoned," she recalls.
She launched her debut album 'Humura' at hotel des Milles Collines in 2007 which changed into smartly attended. After that, she became encouraged and determined to put in additional effort in her solo profession.
This, she says, opened doorways in the trade and nowadays, she has seven albums with more than one hundred songs.
Tonzi says that she likes to do the kind of track that compels the viewers to rise up and dance whereas getting impressed—the category of track that performs with people's emotions.
Her experience to stardom has not been a simple one, from overcoming the insurmountable challenges to achieving appreciable success in the track industry.
She has been nominated in a number of local and regional awards, together with the EA song Awards coupled with the native Sala and Groove Awards where she was the "greatest female Gospel Artiste" of the year.
She is also part of "The Sisters", an all-woman gospel neighborhood that includes large names in gospel tune like Aline Gahongayire, Gabby Kamanzi and Fanny.
currently, she additionally received an MNI (Muzika Nyarwanda Impande) award which comes with a Rwf2m cash prize.
Future plans
Tonzi who is presently inserting together her eighth album, says that in her future plans, she hopes to expand her "Birashoboka dufatanyije" non-earnings corporation that caters for infants with disabilities.
these days, the feminine singer released a single dubbed "Bindimo" loosely translated as 'it's in me'. Her enthusiasts have applauded the tune which they say is wealthy in religious and suggestion massage that makes one praise the Lord regardless of the situation they're in.
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