Eunia Simbagoye

Eunia Jenny Simbagoye numuiririmvyikazi w’umurundi atuye mugihugu ca Australia, aririmba ahimbaza Imana muburyo butandukanye, eka no mumudihjo wa Hip Pop, uno mwigeme arajanirana. Indirimbo ziwe zichanganijye n’Igiswahili, Ikurndi, icongereza n’IGirafansa.  Eunia SIMBAGOYE yavukiye muri Ruyigi (Burundi) , mu 1994 ahungira munkambi y’Ikanembwa, haheza imyaka nkingahe niho we na n’umuryango wabo baronka uburyo bwo kugenda Australia. Kuvaho niho urugendo rwiwe rw’uburirimvyi rwatanguriye.

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Eunia Jynie Simbagoye, who prefers better to be called NO1 Princess Jerome is an R&B/Soul Gospel singer. She was born on Nov 10, 1986 in a small province of Ruyigi, Burundi, to her parents Reverend Pastor Jerome Ngarama and Catherine Ngarama. She lived there for 6years, until she was brought to live in the refugee camp in the neighboring Tanzania from 1994 before she, together with the rest her closest family members was resettled to Brisbane through the united nations high commissioner for refugees in collaboration with the Australian humanitarian programs.

Simbagoye developed an interest in music early on, and it was an interest her father and family supported and encouraged. Her influences included Rose Muhando, Bahati Bukuku as well as African gospel music and other artists.

Very early, at 6 years old, Simbagoye was a very important element in a church and she was the leader of Sunday school, teaching other kids how to sing but she quickly imparted the belief that you are only an artist when you know what your art means, which became a guiding principal for Simbagoye

At 23 years old Simbagoye made her first recording. Her childhood could be characterized as normal for a somewhat privileged youth brought up in a family with caring, highly believing parents, but also her life included some up and downs due to the war shaking her mother country since she was little.

Daily life in Ruyigi changed dramatically in 1993, when former President Melchior was assassinated, and one of the largest, most horrific genocide in modern history claimed over 300,000 victims.

Simbagoye, along with her parents managed to escape first to Tanzania and then some years later in 2006 to Australia. She stays in Brisbane now and is trying to complete her University in International of Tourism and Hotel Management. Simbagoye enrolled in TAFE institute when she landed in Brisbane, but her focus was immediately diverted to music and higher education, then in freedom and safety in Queensland.

In 2010 Simbagoye released her first studio album which was most part noticed in the African communities in Australia but somehow unnoticed in some other communities.