Kuri uyu wa 4 Ukuboza 2024, umuhanzi w’icyamamare mu muziki nyarwanda, Safi Madiba, yageze ku Kibuga Mpuzamahanga cya Kigali i Kanombe, avuye muri Canada aho yari amaze imyaka ine atuye. Ibi ni ubwa mbere uyu muhanzi agaruka mu Rwanda nyuma yo gutandukana n’umugore we wa mbere, Niyonizera Judith.
Mu kiganiro yagiranye n’itangazamakuru, Safi yahamije ko kugeza ubu ari ingaragu kandi ko ari mu rugendo rwo gushaka umukunzi mushya. Yagize ati: “Nta mukunzi mfite. No mu binzajye biri aho.” Iyi mvugo yanyuze benshi, cyane cyane abakunzi be bari bakumbuye uyu muhanzi ufite ibihangano byinshi byakunzwe.
Safi Madiba yavuze ko impamvu nyamukuru yo gutaha ari ugusura umuryango we n’inshuti, ariko nanone yanagarutse ku bikorwa bya muzika. Yagize ati: “Hari imishinga turi gutegura hamwe na Urban Boys. Nubwo twari twaratandukanye, ariko twakomeje kuvugana.” Yongeyeho ko azahura n’abafana be mu birori biteganyijwe ku wa 7 Ukuboza 2024, bizabera mu kabyiniro aho bazasangira urukundo n’ibyishimo.
Yashimangiye ko asubiye mu gihugu cye nyuma yo kubona ubwenegihugu bwa Canada, ariko ati: “Aha ni mu rugo. Ndatashye mu rugo.” Yasobanuye ko yari akumbuye cyane ibiryo bya Kinyarwanda birimo ipilawu na capati. Yagize ati: “Hari ibintu byinshi nakumbuye, none rero ndishimye kongera kubona abantu banjye.”
Nubwo yari muri Canada, Safi yakomeje gukora umuziki wuje ubuhanga, aririmba indirimbo zakunzwe nka “I Love You”, “Sound”, na “Siwezi”. Yavuze ko ibitaramo aherutse gukora mu Bufaransa byamuhaye imbaraga, kandi ko ibihangano bye byageze kure, harimo no mu bice by’amajyaruguru ya Korea.
Safi Madiba yavuze ko urugendo rwo kugaruka mu Rwanda ari umwanya wo kwiyegereza abakunzi be no kubaka umubano mushya mu rukundo. Ati: “Biri mu bimpuzanye.” Nubwo yavuze ko kugeza ubu nta mukunzi afite, yemeje ko ari ahantu heza ho kongera gukundwa no gukunda.
Ibyishimo n’icyizere biragaragara kuri Safi Madiba nyuma y’imyaka ine yari amaze mu mahanga. Kugaruka kwe byakiriwe neza n’inshuti, abo mu muryango we, n’abafana be bakumbuye ibihangano bye. Uyu muhanzi avuga ko ari mu rugendo rwo kwiyubaka mu muziki no mu rukundo, kandi yiteguye gukomeza gutera imbere mu buryo bw’umwuga no mu buzima bwe bwite.
