Dena Mwana Explained

Dena Mwana
Birth Date:27 December 1986
Birth Place:Kinshasa, Zaire
Birth Name:Denise Mwanakitata Muwayi
Genre:
Instrument:Voice
Years Active:2011-present
Label:Happy People Africa, Motown Gospel Africa, Universal Music Africa
Website:https://happypeople.africa/artiste/dena-mwana/

Dena Mwana is a gospel singer and composer originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Nominated several times and awarded at the African Gospel Music & Media Awards in 2013 and 2019 in London,[1] she has shared the stage with several renowned artists and has already performed more than two hundred performances in more than 16 countries in the world. Today, she is considered a reference in French-speaking gospel music.

Mwana is signed to Motown Gospel Africa, an American gospel music recording label based in Africa under the Universal Music Group record company through its African subsidiary Universal Music Africa.[2]

Early life

Mwana was born on December 27, 1986, in Kinshasa, Zaire; her name at birth was Denise Mwanakitata Muwayi.[3] She is the sixth child, from a family of eight children.[4] Mwana began singing in public as part of a church choir, "Notre dame de Grâce", in Kinshasa at the age of 13 and she was their music director by the age of 18. In 1998, the choir rose to prominence over a patriotic hymn, which was copied by schools across the DRC, making her vocal style well-known across the country.[5]

Career

In 2003, the professor of Music at the National Institute of the Arts, Rigobert Mbila, suggested that Mwana set up her own singing group. By 2004, her first band, Acapella Thematic Musical Group, was born.

In 2006, Mwana emigrated to the United States to pursue a career in gospel music, settling in Virginia. From 2008, Mwana decided to split her time between the US and the DRC, joining the Philadelphia Mission Choir in Kinshasa as cantor. Her Christian faith is central to her singing, compositions and performance.[6]

In 2013, she became the first artist of the Happy People label, and in 2019 she was signed by Motown Gospel Africa a record label of the major Universal Music Group.[7] She sings in French, English and Lingala.[8]

Discography

And several singles, which include:[9]

Performances

Mwana's voice has led her to perform in more than twenty countries around the world.[10] Some of those places include:

Awards

Family

Dena Mwana is married to her manager and founder of HappyPeople record label, Mr Michel Mutahali and they have three children: two boys and a girl.

References

  1. Web site: 2019-06-14 . Africa Gospel and Media Awards 2019: All the winners . 2022-08-23 . Music In Africa . en.
  2. Web site: 2021-03-17 . Universal and music streaming service Boomplay expand license to cover 47 countries across Africa . 2022-08-23 . Music Business Worldwide . en-US.
  3. Web site: DENA MWANA Biography. Afrika Lyrics. en. 2020-02-07.
  4. Web site: Dena Mwana. www.radio-rfe.com. 2020-02-07.
  5. Web site: About Dena Mwana - NumberOneMusic. www.numberonemusic.com. 2020-02-07.
  6. Web site: Dena Muana.
  7. Web site: mediacongo.net - Actualités - Motown Gospel signe un contrat de production avec trois artistes congolais . 2020-02-07 . www.mediacongo.net.
  8. Web site: Musique sacrée: Dena Mwana annonce la sortie de son nouvel opus adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo . 2020-02-07 . www.adiac-congo.com.
  9. Web site: Dena Mwana albums and discography. Last.fm. en. 2020-02-07.
  10. Web site: Dena Mwana. 2018-02-15. HappyPeople. fr-FR. 2020-02-07.
  11. Web site: Musique chrétienne: La chantre Dena Mwana en concert au Maroc. Rédaction. 2019-04-30. Pagesafrik.info. fr-FR. 2020-02-07.
  12. Web site: Musique : L'artiste Dena Mwana est au Cameroun - actualité du Cameroun - Agence Cameroun Presse. agencecamerounpresse.com. fr-fr. 2020-02-07.
  13. Web site: Fragrance of Worship. www.newtimes.co.rw. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507030114/http://www.newtimes.co.rw/entertainment/fragrance-worship-dates-announced . 2018-05-07 . 2020-02-07.
  14. Web site: 12h de louanges : concert gratuit au Grand Théâtre. Diop. Khady. 2020-02-07. Au Sénégal, le cœur du Sénégal. fr. 2020-02-07.
  15. Web site: Revivez en images le concert de Dena Mwana au Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire Life Magazine . 2022-08-14 . fr-FR.
  16. Web site: BIBI . Eddy . 2021-12-14 . Concert live à Abidjan : Dena Mwana annonce des soirées de grâce, d'adoration et de louange . 2022-08-14 . Linfodrome.ci . fr-fr.
  17. Web site: Essone . Lyonnel Mbeng . 2022-06-04 . Gabon: Dena Mwana en concert d'évangélisation pour la Pentecôte au Jardin botanique ! . 2022-08-14 . Gabon Media Time . fr-FR.
  18. Web site: Evangéliques.info . 2023-06-30 . Jésus Festival: Exo et Dena Mwana dès la première soirée de louange, le programme complet . 2024-08-05 . Evangeliques.info . fr-FR.
  19. Web site: La superstar du Gospel Dena Mwana fait le show devant des milliers de personnes : "Merci de tout cœur La Réunion" . 2024-08-05 . Linfo.re.
  20. Web site: 2023-11-26 . White Lightning : Le concert de la chanteuse congolaise Dena Mwana maintenu mais à Green Village, Coteau Raffin . 2024-08-05 . lexpress.mu . fr.
  21. Web site: 2024-01-22 . Dena Mwana : 9 dates à retenir pour sa tournée européenne en 2024 . 2024-08-05 . Music In Africa . fr.
  22. Web site: African Gospel Music Awards 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130811174903/http://gmusicplus.com:80/africa-gospel-music-awards-2013/ . 2013-08-11 .
  23. Web site: Distinction: Déna Mwana reçoit le trophée Etando adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo. www.adiac-congo.com. 2020-02-07.
  24. Web site: Africa Gospel and Media Awards 2019: All the winners. 2019-06-14. Music In Africa. en. 2020-02-07.
  25. Web site: Diana Hamilton, KODA, others win at 2019 Africa Gospel Music & Media Awards. www.ghanaweb.com. en. 2020-02-07.

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