Sophia Nzayisenga

Sophia Nzayisengais A Rwandan women born in 1978, she is a traditional Rwandan singer, she is also known as Queen of Inanga.

Quotes

• 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)