“It was not easy, I had to become a car guard to pay my bills – Mamy Maombi”

Our Rising Star no: 181 is a lovely lady who went through difficult stages, a lady who is assisting Rise Africans Newspaper with French translations! Mamy Maombi is a talented Gospel musician from Durban, KwaZulu Natal Province in South Africa. Born in a village called “Walungu” in the East of Democratic Republic of Congo, Mamy grew up in Bukavu City with her aunty.

“My father is Maheshe, am originally from D.R Congo. Like most of other kids, it was not easy growing up in Walungu. I had to learn working hard like doing garden, working long distance by foot, going to fetch water and had to be strong enough. My country started having some wars and instability then I found myself in South Africa and it was not easy. At first, I could not speak good English or any South African language. I remember not having money and not knowing how to survive, I had to become a car guard to pay my bills”, she said.

Music became the first love since her childhood. Mamy use to stay on the corner and listen to a choir practising and enjoy the wonderful melodies. Being born from a Christian family played a huge role to her career. She recalls writing music at an early age but was just for fun. One day she decided to sing her songs and people were touched by her wonderful voice, then she moved on to do backing vocals in a lot of Gospel Live Shows.

“I released my first album in 2015 but did not do well because of lack of promotion. I then went on to release a hot single titled “Mighty Things” also available on a music video. There are lots of challenges in the music industry, most doors are closed, you need money to produce quality music, quality music video and promotion. You can have the most beautiful voice and yet nobody will ever hear you if you did not budget for promotion. Not so many people are willing to invite someone who is not very well known yet and sometimes you meet the wrong people who will promise you a lot of stuff they eat your money and ignore you”, she added.

The talented French and Swahili fluent speaking lady advice upcoming artist, specifically Gospel, to first have a good relationship with God. They must not be in the industry for fame, patience is a key and must be willing to invest in a quality work.

We are very glad to meet this lovely soul, our readers must be ready to learn and enjoy some of our articles in French.

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