Rose Muhando a.k.a. Rose Muhando (born 1976 in Dumila village, Kilosa District, Morogoro Region

Morogoro Region

Morogoro Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Morogoro. It is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by the Pwani and Lindi Regions, to the South by the Ruvuma Region and to the West by the Iringa and Dodoma Regions....

, Tanzania

Tanzania

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) is a popular East Africa

East Africa

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n Swahili

Swahili people

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 gospel artist.

Rose, a former devout Muslim

Muslim

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 and mother of three, claims to have seen a vision of Jesus Christ while indisposed on her sick bed at the age of nine,having suffered for three years, after which she was healed and later converted to Christianity

Christianity

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She started her music career as a choir teacher in Dodoma

Dodoma

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's Saint Mary’s Choir for the Chimuli Anglican Church.

Accomplishments

On January 31, 2005, Rose Muhando was awarded the best composer, best singer, and for the best album of the year during the Tanzania Gospel Music Award Concert, 2004.

In December 2005 she participated in a Gospel

Gospel

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 concert to help raise funds for a Daresalam

Daresalam

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 children orphanage

Orphanage

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Some of her albums include:

1.Kitimutimu.

2.Uwe Macho,2004.

3.Jipange Sawasawa,2008.

Awards

• 2005 Tanzania Music Awards
  Tanzania Music Awards
  Tanzania Music Awards are national music awards held annually in Tanzania. It is also known as Kilimanjaro Music Awards or Kili Music Awards after its sponsor . The awards were established in 1999 by the National Arts Council under the Tanzanian Ministry of Education and Culture.- External links...
  
  : Best Female Vocalist & Best Religious Song ("Mteule uwe macho")

External links

• http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118508707/PDFSTART
• http://kenyachristian.blogspot.com/2008/03/artist-spolight-rose-muhando-in-todays.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89maW4DxP7k
• http://lyrics.fienipa.com/en/node/2218
• Presenting The Dynamic Gospel Singer -- Rose Muhando