Gospel artiste vows to diligently promote genre

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AfricaPress-Tanzania: ​​​​​​​TANZANIA’s gospel musician, Joel Lwaga, has said he does not think of moving into ‘Bongo Flava’ music genre because gospel music is the right place for him.

Speaking in Dar es Salaam recently, the musician, who is doing well in the gospel music industry, said he enjoys what he is doing and that is what gives him peace in his life.

“I never thought of singing other musical genres because I enjoy singing gospel music even though it would seem Bongo Flava is the one with the most money, but gospel is a genre I was called to serve,” said.

Lwaga said he is still dreaming of scaling great heights and is looking for a chance to do much more in gospel music in the future.

He said even if he currently earns less money, he believes he will earn a lot of cash as his music is making tremendous progress.

Lwaga is one of renowned domestic gospel music artistes, whose songs are accepted by many people regardless of the latter’s religion.

Many Bongo Flava artistes have been asking to repeat his songs because the tracks’ message, which touches the emotions of many.

Some of his best performing songs are in Swahili, namely , ‘Sitabaki kama nilivyo’, ‘Mimi ni wa juu’, ‘Nafasi Nyingine’, ‘Wanitazama’ and ‘Usipigane’.

Lwaga is a new gospel sound pioneer in Tanzania whose music revolves around hope, truth, and the love of God.

His music styles also entail praise and worship. Lwaga has been in the music industry for five years after starting out as a gospel minister in the country.

Lwaga debuted in 2015 with his album, known as ‘Ananipenda’, with the album’s tracks receiving massive air time in local radio stations.

The album earned Lwaga a lot of fans across the entire East Africa region.

Following the success of his album, Lwaga came up with the ‘Mimi ni wa Juu’ as his second studio album.

He later released the inspiring songs packed album, ‘Umejua Kunifurahisha,’ with his latest Extended Play (EP) being ‘Unaweza’ released in 2019.

Lwaga is a Tanzanian Gospel minister and recording artiste. He was born and raised in a Christian family from Dar es Salaam.

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