Stromae ni umwe mu bahanzi bakomoka mu Bubiligi bamamaye cyane ku rwego mpuzamahanga, ariko amateka y’umuryango we amuhuza cyane n’u Rwanda. Uyu muhanzi yamenyekanye cyane kundirimbo ze zirimo Papaoutai, Tous les mêmê, Alors on dance ,nizindi. Stromae amazina ye bwite yitwa Paul Van Haver, yavukiye i Brussels mu Bubiligi mu 1985, avuka kuri nyina w’Umubiligi na se w’Umunyarwanda.
Papa wa Stromae yitwa Pierre Rutare, Umunyarwanda wari umwubatsi. Amakuru yatangajwe n’ibitangazamakuru bitandukanye avuga ko Rutare yavukiye i Kigali kandi ko yakuriye mu Rwanda mbere yo kujya mu Bubiligi.
Amateka y’umuryango wa Rutare agaragaza ko yaje kwiga no gukora mu Bubiligi, ari na ho yahuye na Miranda Marie Van Haver, nyina wa Stromae. Bombi babyaranye Paul Van Haver, waje kumenyekana ku izina rya Stromae.
Urubuga rwa Stromae na rwo ubwarwo rumugaragaza nk’umuhanzi wavukiye mu Bubiligi kuri nyina w’Umubiligi na se w’Umunyarwanda.
Pierre Rutare yishwe muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu Rwanda mu 1994. Ibi byatumye Stromae akura afite amateka akomeye ajyanye n’umuryango wa Se ndetse n’igihugu cy’u Rwanda.
Amakuru y’ibitangazamakuru byo mu Rwanda avuga ko Rutare yari umuhanga mu bwubatsi, akaba yarize iby’ubwubatsi mu Bubiligi, nyuma akaza no gukora imishinga y’ubwubatsi mu Rwanda. Hari amakuru avuga ko yari afite kompanyi y’ubwubatsi ndetse ko yagize uruhare mu bishushanyo mbonera by’inyubako n’ibikorwa remezo bitandukanye i Kigali.
Mu ndirimbo za Stromae zizwi cyane ku isi harimo “Papaoutai”, yasohotse mu 2013. Izina ryayo rishingiye ku magambo y’igifaransa “Papa, où t’es?”, asobanura ngo “Papa, uri he?”
Indirimbo ivuga ku mwana ubaza aho se ari no ku ngaruka zo gukura nta mubyeyi w’umugabo uhari mu buzima bwe. Iyi nsanganyamatsiko yagiye ihuzwa n’amateka y’ubuzima bwa Stromae n’umubano we na se.
Icyakora ni ngombwa gutandukanya ibyo Stromae yavuze ku buzima bwe n’ibitekerezo by’abasesengura indirimbo ye. “Papaoutai” ni indirimbo ifite insanganyamatsiko rusange ku babyeyi, ariko amateka ya Stromae n’umubyeyi we ni kimwe mu byatumye ubutumwa bwayo bumvikana cyane ku bantu benshi.
Umubano wa Stromae n’u Rwanda wagaragaye cyane ubwo yageraga i Kigali mu 2015. Yataramiye i Kigali ku wa 17 Ukwakira 2015, mu gitaramo cyari gifite umwihariko ukomeye kuko cyabereye mu gihugu se yakomokagamo.
Igitaramo cyari gitegerejwe cyane n’abakunzi be mu Rwanda. The EastAfrican yanditse ko urugendo rwe rwari rufite igisobanuro cyihariye kubera ko yari aje mu gihugu cya se, ndetse ko yari yarategerejwe cyane n’abakunzi b’umuziki we.
Kuri uwo munsi, Stromae yavuze ko yishimiye kuba ari i Kigali, aho yarangirije urugendo rw’ibitaramo muri Afurika. Ikinyamakuru The Brussels Times cyatangaje ko uyu muhanzi yari yavuze ko yishimiye cyane kuba i Kigali kandi ko icyo gitaramo cyari gifite igisobanuro gikomeye kuri we.
Urubuga rwe rwemewe ruvuga ko ubuzima bwe bwo kugira inkomoko ebyiri bwagize uruhare mu buryo yarebaga isi ndetse no mu bihangano bye. Yamenyekanye cyane kubera kuvanga injyana zitandukanye zirimo pop, rap, afrobeat n’umuziki w’igifaransa.
Yamenyekanye ku rwego mpuzamahanga cyane cyane nyuma y’indirimbo “Alors on danse”, yakunzwe cyane mu Burayi, ndetse nyuma akomeza gutsinda ibyamamare bikomeye binyuze kuri album nka Racine Carrée na Multitude.
Inkuru ya Stromae n’u Rwanda ntabwo ishingiye gusa ku kuba se yari Umunyarwanda. Ni amateka arimo umuryango, ubuzima bwo mu bwana, urupfu rwa se muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, ndetse n’urugendo rw’umuhanzi waje gusubira mu gihugu se yakomokagamo.
Kugaruka kwe i Kigali mu 2015 byabaye igice cy’ingenzi cy’ayo mateka, kuko yahuye n’abakunzi be ndetse anataramira mu gihugu cyari gifite umwanya ukomeye mu mateka y’umuryango we.
Uyu munsi, Stromae akomeje kumenyekana ku isi nk’umuhanzi w’Umunyabubiligi ufite inkomoko nyarwanda, kandi amateka y’umuryango we akomeza kuba kimwe mu bintu bituma abanyarwanda benshi bamufata nk’umwe mu bahanzi bafite isano yihariye n’u Rwanda.