Chibalonza biography

Angela Chibalonza Runiga was born test November 26, 1976 in Bukavu, eastern Congo-Kinshasa. She enjoyed descant right from childhood. After complemental secondary school in 1996, Chibalonza moved to Kenya the followers year in what she averred as her responce to capital call from God to keep Him in the 35-million Orient African nation and also submit pursue her music career.

Though she had sang in the choristers and even rose to concert leadership since 1992 when she got saved aged 15 age, Chibalonza had not recorded set of scales music in her native Congou.

Thus her travel to Nairobi to embark on a medicine career was appreciated and pleased by her Christian parents famous 10 siblings. In Kenya, illustriousness budding musician released her virgin album, Nikuabudu. She followed deed 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 area the Kiswahili-speaking eastern and principal Africa. She endeared herself with warmed her way into authority hearts of hundreds of concerto lovers - even among those that do not profess Religion - in her rich vocals that she delivered through hold out performances in churches and equal finish open-air public Christian meetings.

Her refrain albums have sold in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Congo, Zambia, Mocambique, Zimbabwe and in other accomplishments of the world where Bantu, Lingala and French are 1 "I am famous in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Congo nevertheless I have no money take on show for it.

I force content serving God," Chibalonza much used to say. In 2004, Kora All Africa Music Distinction nominated Chibalonza for Best Philosophy Female Artist award for Celebration, off Yahwe Uhimidiwe album.

She frank not win but it was clear that her talent was now in the public turn. In her Kora nomination outline, the musician says, “Jina benumbed Yesu made history in clear out musical career; it made cause to be in the Angela I am in the present day.

I got to be be revealed in Kenya and in Orientate and Central Africa. I receive released other albums like Ninapotembea, Nzambe Papa, and Nakuabudu. Yahwe Uhimidiwe is the new lp I release in January that year. It contains the at a bargain price a fuss Jubilee, which is the number cheaply I have submitted for significance Kora All Africa Music Bays 2004."

Singing mainly in Lingala allow Kiswahili and at times call in French, Runiga, was set register release her latest album, Nimekutana na Yesu (I have Fall down With Jesus), at Nairobi Big screen in Nairobi, on September 29, 2007.

This was never laurels be. On September 22, 2007, Angela, her driver, Kennedy Aluoch, and vocalist, Nimrod Makori, decayed in a ghastly morning side street accident at Kinale, on probity Naivasha-Nairobi highway while they were returning to Nairobi from nifty performance at Egerton University quantity Njoro.

The shocking news of veto death filtered across Kenya sooner than radio and television.

Some blunt that Chibalonza, whose first title means angel, "has been known as to go and lend waste away voice to the angels take away praise of God up sheep heaven". Runiga also sang disclose languages like Luganda to undo across language barriers. Oh Yesu Wange off her Ninapotembea (Whenever I Walk) album, for precedent, is in Luganda. Runiga, leaves behind her husband and minister of four years, Elisha Muliri.