Bamwe ntibatinya kuvuga ko ari we wa mbere mu Rwanda! Ariko se, byagenda bite ku muziki nyarwanda wose muri rusange, uyu musore Israel Mbonyi ahinduye umwuga akareka gukora indirimbo akajya mu mwuga mushya?.
Mu myaka mike ishize, Israel Mbonyi yavuye ku kuba umuhanzi uzwi cyane mu muziki wo kuramya no guhimbaza Imana mu Rwanda, agera ku rwego rw’umuhanzi umuziki we wambukiranyije imipaka, ukamenyekana cyane mu bihugu byo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba ndetse no hanze yayo.
Ni yo mpamvu ikibazo cy’uko byagenda aramutse ahinduye umwuga, akareka gukora no kuririmba indirimbo zo kuramya Imana, kitaba ikibazo cy’umuntu cyangwa umuhanzi umwe gusa. Cyaba ari ikibazo cyagira ingaruka ku gice kinini cy’umuziki nyarwanda, by’umwihariko Gospel.
Mbonyi ubu afite abarenga miliyoni 2.3 bamukurikira kuri YouTube, kandi urubuga rwa Soundcharts rumushyira ku mwanya wa mbere mu bahanzi bakomoka mu Rwanda bafite abantu benshi kuri YouTube.
Ibikorwa bye na byo byerekana uburemere afite mu muziki. Indirimbo “Nina Siri” iri mu ndirimbo ze zamenyekanye cyane, ikaba imaze kurebwa hafi na miliyoni 100 kuri YouTube nk’uko imibare y’urubuga rwe ibigaragaza, dore ko ubu bari muri 97M. “Nitaamini” na yo imaze kurenza miliyoni 60.
Umuhanzi washoboye kuramya akuzuza ibibuga biberamo ibitaramo
Kimwe mu bintu byatumye Israel Mbonyi aba umuhanzi udasanzwe mu Rwanda ni uko yashoboye guhuza kuramya Imana no gukurura imbaga nini mu bitaramo.
Igitaramo cye cya Icyambu Live Concert kiba buri wa 25 Ukuboza muri BK Arena kiba cyuzuye, hakagurishwa amatike yose. Kugera mu wa 2025 byari n’ubwa kane akurikiranya kuzuza iyo nyubako.
Ibi bituma Mbonyi adafatwa nk’umuhanzi ushyira indirimbo kuri YouTube gusa, ahubwo akaba n’umuhanzi washoboye guhindura igikorwa cyo kuramya Imana kikaba ibitaramo binini bishobora gukusanya abantu ibihumbi.
“Nina Siri” yamwambukije imbibi z’u Rwanda
Ikindi gikomeye ku rugendo rwa Mbonyi ni uko “Nina Siri”, yaririmbye mu Giswayile, yamufashije kugera ku bantu benshi batavuga Ikinyarwanda.
Nyuma yayo, yagiye akora n’izindi ndirimbo mu Giswahili nka “Nitaamini”, “Malengo Ya Mungu” na “Sikiliza”, bituma umuziki we urushaho kumvikana muri Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda no mu bindi bice by’Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
Mu 2023, The New Times yanditse ko “Nina Siri” yari imaze kuba imwe mu ndirimbo zakunzwe cyane muri Kenya, ndetse ikaba yari iri imbere y’indirimbo ya Diamond Platnumz na Jux ku rutonde rw’indirimbo zakunzwe cyane kuri YouTube muri icyo gihugu.
Kuva icyo gihe, Mbonyi yagiye ataramira mu bihugu bitandukanye. Yuzuza ibitaramo muri Uganda, Kenya na Tanzania, ndetse no mu Burayi. Mu 2024, urugendo rwe rwamugejeje i Nairobi, Kampala, Mbarara na Dar es Salaam, aho igitaramo cye cya mbere muri Tanzania cyagurishije amatike ya VIP yose.
Ibi byose byatumye umuziki wo kuramya Imana ukorwa n’Umunyarwanda ubasha kugera ku bantu batari Abanyarwanda, kandi Mbonyi ubwe yavuze ko yashakaga kwagura aho ubutumwa bwe bugera, atagumye ku Rwanda gusa.
None se aramutse aretse kuramya mu ndirimbo byagenda bite?
Nta gihamya iriho ko Israel Mbonyi yaba ateganya kureka kuramya cyangwa guhindura umwuga. Iki ni ikibazo cy’umwanditsi n’isesengura: ese byagenda bite aramutse abikoze?
Icya mbere, umuziki wa Gospel nyarwanda waba ubuze umwe mu bantu bawuhagarariye cyane ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Si ukubura umuhanzi gusa, ahubwo kwaba ari ukubura umuntu wari umaze kubaka izina ry’umuziki nyarwanda mu bantu benshi bo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
Icya kabiri, ibitaramo binini byo kuramya Imana byagira icyuho gikomeye. Icyambu Live Concert cyamaze kuba kimwe mu bikorwa by’umuziki biba bitegerejwe cyane buri mpera z’umwaka. Kuba yarashoboye kuzuza BK Arena inshuro nyinshi byerekana ko hari umubare munini w’abantu bakururwa n’ubwo buryo bwo kuramya.
Icya gatatu, abandi bahanzi ba Gospel bashobora kubona umwanya wo kuzamuka bakaziba icyuho yaba asize. Ibyo na byo bishobora kuba amahirwe ku muziki nyarwanda, kuko byahatira abandi bahanzi kongera ubuhanga, gukora ibihangano bikomeye no gushaka uburyo bwo kugera ku isoko mpuzamahanga.
Ariko hari ikindi kibazo gikomeye: ni nde wasimbura umwanya wa Mbonyi mu kugeza Gospel nyarwanda ku bantu bo hanze y’u Rwanda?
Kugeza ubu, imibare igaragaza ko umuziki we umaze kugira abawukurikira benshi cyane, kandi indirimbo ze zagiye zifasha izina ry’umuziki wa Gospel nyarwanda kumvikana mu karere.
Kuko kugeza ubu, Israel Mbonyi ari mu bahanzi bake bagaragaje ko indirimbo zo kuramya Imana zishobora kuzuza ibibuga binini, zikagera ku bantu bo mu bihugu bitandukanye, zikagira imibare ikomeye ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, kandi zigakomeza kuguma mu cyiciro cya Gospel.
Bityo, aramutse ahinduye umwuga, ntabwo byaba ari uguhindura ubuzima bw’umuhanzi umwe ku giti cye gusa. Byaba ari uguhindura igice runaka cy’amateka y’umuziki nyarwanda wo kuramya no guhimbaza Imana.
