{"id":90,"date":"2025-08-24T21:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T21:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=90"},"modified":"2025-08-24T21:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T21:33:49","slug":"thierry-wacu-rising-voice-of-rwandas-traditional-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Thierry Wacu: Rising Voice of Rwanda\u2019s Traditional Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thierry Wacu, born <strong>Dushimiyimana Thierry Pacifique<\/strong>, is one of Rwanda\u2019s unique artists preserving traditional music through <em>kubwiriza amazina y\u2019inka<\/em> (chanting cows\u2019 names), <em>ubutahira<\/em> (poetic praise), and singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says his passion for this genre started at a young age, inspired by listening to Kinyarwanda cultural programs on the radio.<br>\u201cI loved hearing traditional praise performers at weddings and was fascinated when I found a paper listing cows\u2019 names. I immediately began practicing, just like the elders did,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His talent has already taken him to big stages, including <strong>Miss Rwanda 2022<\/strong> and the <strong>Kwita Izina Gala Dinner 2023<\/strong> at the Kigali Convention Center. He also performed as a traditional praise singer at the wedding of artists Igor Mabano and Yvery, where he impressed many with his cultural artistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wacu has released two songs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cUmugore\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 a poetic song celebrating the role of women and family in Rwandan culture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cNduririmbe\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 a new track praising Rwanda\u2019s beauty and inviting people to visit the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After studying music at <strong>Nyundo School of Music<\/strong>, Wacu joined the <strong>SoCreative Entrepreneurship Program<\/strong> at the African Leadership University in partnership with the British Council. This training helped him learn how to market his music internationally on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite challenges such as limited resources to promote his work, Thierry Wacu believes in his gift and is determined to succeed.<br>\u201cMy motto is <em>Zireze n\u2019impamo<\/em> \u2013 meaning what grows is real, and true success will always be visible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thierry Wacu, born Dushimiyimana Thierry Pacifique, is one of Rwanda\u2019s unique artists preserving traditional music through kubwiriza amazina y\u2019inka (chanting cows\u2019 names), ubutahira (poetic praise), and singing. He says his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}