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THE MAN FROM TWO WORLDS
“You can run away but you can’t run away from yourself.”
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First of all, it’s a hybrid style:
Faithful and integral transposition of the notes of Inanga on the neck of the guitar! Which results in music tinged with Blues! Inanga being mainly tuned in Pentatonic!
Then, almost half of the titles presented pay homage to the great masters who nurtured the artist’s childhood ear.
Finally, the original titles reveal the refinement of the Artist’s musical taste, but above all the originality and technical maturity of the instrumental playing!
#1 - Mandwa za nyogokuru
#2 - Inzira y'umurinzi
#3 - Bisetsimandwa
#4 - Inganji y'iminsi
#5 - Abanogera
#6 - Nyirabisabo
#7 - Nyamwiza
#8 - Garuka
#9 - Rozaliya
#10 - Umumararungu
Biography
GIHANZE A MAN WHO STRADDLES TWO WORLD
Understanding Gihanze the artist is to understand his maternal line. His mother was a folklore aficionado. His paternal grandmother a traditional priestess from a secret cult.
The young Gihanze grew up to the sounds of the music so adored by his mother and the words his grandmother murmured in his ear. An animist, Gihanze literally and inevery sense straddles two worlds: our world and the world of the insider.
There was no way he could escape his destiny. Is it even possible to flee what is deep within us? Through his wanderings, the Imandwas of ritual music finally reeled him in.
Now proud and happy to embrace it, Gihanze invites us into eternal tranquility: I buhora nk’akara! “Akara k’umubyeyi wa Twese!”
You must be wondering what this means… But even if we told you, you wouldn’t understand until you’ve heard his music.
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Born in the 70s, Gihanze, raised in Rwanda in an average family! He received all his traditional and modern education there!
Raised in the family of ABASINGA, traditionally poets, GIHANZE evolves in an environment where traditional music is omnipresent: rituals, housework, parties, etc …
He receives supervision from a mother in love with folklore, as well as a paternal grandmother, traditional priestess of the Grand Culte Top Secret!
Even the national radio, in its various programs, contributed to broaden the cultural horizon of the young GIHANZE! What a wonderful childhood!
Introduced to playing most traditional instruments already in childhood, GIHANZE adopted INANGA as a means of artistic expression!
At 12, first contact with the guitar, which would become the rival of INANGA, throughout secondary education in the Normal Primary section.
In higher education, at the National University of Rwanda, Faculty of French Letters, Gihanze has worked in various cultural groups. He participated in the influence of the University Center of the Arts through his performances, in particular at the Fest ’Africa festival 2000 edition, which toured in Rwanda and in Europe!
In short, the relationship between the sound of the instrument and the verb (subject of graduation thesis), have accompanied GIHANZE until now!
Deeper than prolific, GIHANZE has two cassettes produced and recorded in RWANDA!
Having served at the National Commission for Unity and Reconciliation, then at the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sports, at the Direction of the National Ballet, Gihanze has been living in Quebec since July 2004!
From traditional ANIMIST faith, GIHANZE lives literally and in every way, between the two worlds!
Trying to parody the Rwandans, “You can escape from what is chasing you, but never from what is chasing you inside”, The ritual music IMANDWAs finally caught up with him in his wandering!
Happy and proud to live with it, Gihanze invites you into eternal tranquility: i BUHORA NK’AKARA! It’s “Akara k’umubyeyi wa Twese”!
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