Umuhanzikazi w’inararibonye Nyiranyamibwa Suzanne, wamenyekanye mu ndirimbo zirimo Ese Mbaze Nde? Ndavunyisha na Nkumbuye Iwacu, yapfuye kuri uyu wa Gatanu, tariki ya 16 Ukwakira 2026, azize uburwayi. Nyiranyamibwa yari umwe mu baririmbyi bamenyekanye mu muziki nyarwanda, by’umwihariko mu bihangano bikubiyemo amateka y’Abanyarwanda n’indirimbo zifashishwa mu kwibuka abazize Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994.
Mu ndirimbo zamuhesheje kumenyekana harimo Ese Mbaze Nde? Ndavunyisha, Nkumbuye Iwacu, Nimuberwe Bakobwa, Ituze, Nyumva Mana, Inkera y’Abahizi na Telefone. Ibi bihangano byatumye izina rye rikomeza kumvikana mu muziki nyarwanda, ndetse zimwe mu ndirimbo ze zigira uruhare mu gufasha Abanyarwanda kuzirikana amateka banyuzemo.
Mu bihangano bya Nyiranyamibwa Suzanne, Ese Mbaze Nde? ni imwe mu ndirimbo zamenyekanye cyane, by’umwihariko mu bihe byo kwibuka Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi. Iyi ndirimbo, yasohotse mu gihe cy’icyunamo mu 1996, ishingiye ku gahinda n’ibikomere byatewe n’amateka akomeye Abanyarwanda banyuzemo. Yabaye imwe mu ndirimbo zifasha abumva kuzirikana ababuze ababo no gutekereza ku ngaruka z’amateka y’igihugu.
Nyiranyamibwa yanamenyekanye mu Itorero Isamaza, ryashinzwe mu Bubiligi mu myaka ya za 1990, rikora ibikorwa by’ubuhanzi birimo kuririmba no kubyina. Iryo torero ryagize uruhare mu bikorwa byo gukusanya inkunga yo gufasha ingabo zari iza RPA zarwaniraga kubohora u Rwanda.
Mu 1973, Nyiranyamibwa Suzanne yavuye mu Rwanda ahunze itotezwa n’ubwicanyi byakorerwaga Abatutsi icyo gihe. Yabanje gutura muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, aho yamaze imyaka igera kuri 16, nyuma yimukira mu Bubiligi. Mu Ukuboza 2016, yagarutse gutura mu Rwanda nyuma y’imyaka irenga 40 yari amaze mu mahanga, nk’uko byagiye bitangazwa n’ibitangazamakuru.
Amateka y’ubuzima bwe yagiye agaragaza ibihe bikomeye yanyuzemo, ariko n’uruhare umuziki wagize mu kugeza ku bandi ubutumwa bujyanye n’amateka, agahinda, kwibuka no gukomeza kubaka igihugu.
Urupfu rwa Nyiranyamibwa Suzanne rusize icyuho mu muziki nyarwanda, cyane cyane mu bihangano byibutsa amateka y’Abanyarwanda. Indirimbo ze zizakomeza kuba imwe mu nzira abantu bazajya bibukiramo ijwi rye n’umusanzu yatanze mu muziki n’umuco nyarwanda.
