Quick Facts
Biography
Rose Muhando (born 1975 in Dumila village, Kilosa District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania) is an East African Swahili gospel artist.
Rose, a former devout Muslim 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.
She started her music career as a choir teacher in Dodoma'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 concert to help raise funds for a Dar es Salaam children orphanage.
On Feb 2011 Rose Muhando signed multi album recording deal with Sony Music. The signing was announced at a press conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on February 9 and is the first deal of its kind for East Africa.
Some of her albums are:
1. Mteule Uwe Macho, 2004
2. Kitimutimu, 2005
3. Jipange Sawasawa, 2008
Awards
Won
- 2005 Tanzania Music Awards: Best Female Vocalist & Best Religious Song ("Mteule uwe macho")
- 2009 The Best Tanzanian Gospel Singer Awards: Rose Mhando; The Best Singer in Tanzania, awarded Tsh 200, 000 by Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation TBC under the Umbrella of her song called ‘Nibebe’
- 2008 Kenya Groove Awards - best female gospel artist in Africa