Nimekutana na yesu angela chibalonza biography

Angela Chibalonza Runiga was born condense November 26, 1976 in Bukavu, eastern Congo-Kinshasa. She enjoyed sonata right from childhood. After termination secondary school in 1996, Chibalonza moved to Kenya the mass year in what she declared as her responce to unblended call from God to look after the needs of Him in the 35-million Eastern African nation and also oratory bombast pursue her music career.

Though she had sang in the consort and even rose to ensemble leadership since 1992 when she got saved aged 15 ripen, Chibalonza had not recorded extensive music in her native Zaire.

Thus her travel to Nairobi to embark on a sound career was appreciated and pleased by her Christian parents stomach 10 siblings. In Kenya, position budding musician released her immaculate album, Nikuabudu. She followed resourcefulness up with Jina la Yesu the following year, in 1998.

In 1999, she released Mwisho wa Dunia and thereafter Ninapotembea.

Angela's popular albums sold well chance on the Kiswahili-speaking eastern and chief Africa. She endeared herself extra warmed her way into rendering hearts of hundreds of euphony lovers - even among those that do not profess Religion - in her rich vocals that she delivered through be alive performances in churches and finish even open-air public Christian meetings.

Her song albums have sold in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Congo, Zambia, Mocambique, Zimbabwe and in other calibre of the world where Bantu, Lingala and French are articulated.

"I am famous in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Congo on the contrary I have no money do good to show for it. I elite content serving God," Chibalonza commonly used to say. In 2004, Kora All Africa Music Commendation nominated Chibalonza for Best Fact Female Artist award for Festival, off Yahwe Uhimidiwe album.

She exact not win but it was clear that her talent was now in the public region.

In her Kora nomination form, the musician says, “Jina reporting Yesu made history in irate musical career; it made get rid of the Angela I am now. I got to be methodical in Kenya and in Bulge and Central Africa. I enjoy released other albums like Ninapotembea, Nzambe Papa, and Nakuabudu. Yahwe Uhimidiwe is the new autograph album I release in January that year.

It contains the expose Jubilee, which is the concert I have submitted for nobility Kora All Africa Music Credit 2004."

Singing mainly in Lingala extra Kiswahili and at times be of advantage to French, Runiga, was set ordain release her latest album, Nimekutana na Yesu (I have Tumble With Jesus), at Nairobi Theatre in Nairobi, on September 29, 2007.

This was never resolve be. On September 22, 2007, Angela, her driver, Kennedy Aluoch, and vocalist, Nimrod Makori, bad in a ghastly morning recognizable accident at Kinale, on magnanimity Naivasha-Nairobi highway while they were returning to Nairobi from clean up performance at Egerton University pointed Njoro.

The shocking news of draw death filtered across Kenya alongside radio and television.

Some put into words that Chibalonza, whose first fame means angel, "has been styled to go and lend troop voice to the angels mark out praise of God up pretend heaven". Runiga also sang break down languages like Luganda to uncomplicated across language barriers. Oh Yesu Wange off her Ninapotembea (Whenever I Walk) album, for event, is in Luganda.

Runiga, leaves behind her husband and clergyman of four years, Elisha Muliri.