Matibeye Géneviève (born 2 September 1987) is a Chadian singer.[1] She represented her country at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Matibeye Géneviève | |
|---|---|
| Born | Matibeye Géneviève 2 September 1987 Doba, Chad |
| Origin | N'Djamena, Chad |
| Genres | World music |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Career
editMatibeye Géneviève was born on 2 September 1987 in Doba, southern Chad and is known to her friends as "Genzy".[2][3] Her father moved to Cameroon for work and the family followed him there, Géneviève spent her early childhood in that country before her father and the family returned to Chad.[4] Her mother is also a keen singer.[4] The family is very religious and at the age of 12 Géneviève joined her protestant church's junior choir.[3] Within a few years she had graduated to the church's senior choir.[3] Géneviève has a license to work as a laboratory technician but found work singing in the cabarets of N'Djamena where she became known as the Rossignol (nightingale).[2][4]
Géneviève launched her solo singing career in 2012 and has released several singles in French, Arabic and Ngambay.[4] She is planning to release an album in the near future.[2] Géneviève has sung with fellow Chadian Mounira Mitchala.[3] Géneviève won the world music prizes at the 2015 Darri Awards and at the 2015 NdjamVi Festival.[2] She performed at the 2016 International Women's Day at the Institut Français.[2] Géneviève represented Chad in the singing category at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[5][6]
References
edit- ↑ Tinto, Nady (2024-03-18). "Musique : Matibeye Géneviève, l’artiste engagée pour les activités caritatives en faveur des femmes". Le N'Djam Post (in French). Retrieved 2026-04-06.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Geneviève Matibeye en spectacle à l'IFT de N'Djamena". Journal du Tchad. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Festival NdjamVi: Matibeye Geneviève, lauréate de la catégorie Wold Music". Journal du Chad. 30 November 2015. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Manga, Abel. "Culture : Geneviève Matibeye, la musique dans l'âme!". Yadiri (in French). Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ↑ "Fête de la musique : " Dès lannée prochaine, nous décernerons des prix aux musiciens "". Journal du Tchad. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ↑ "Discipline: Chanson" (PDF). Organisation International de la Francophonie. Retrieved 14 November 2017.