SHIHOF: Shinning Hope Family

A group of singers in the Rwanda Anglican Students Association (RASA) at the University of Rwanda-College of Education (Former Kigali Institute of Education) which mainly sung in English. The name clarifies what before getting together on singing, the group was entitled. Members were friends (brothers and sisters) referred to the fundamental principles of the internal regulations.

Helping one another, praying and cooperating to making difference in applying Godly livelihood. It started in the year 2008 by the initiative of some students who by that time were passionate to worshiping, praising God through English language as the medium of instruction. Three members began the group. It is normal to have difficulties in the commencement but by God’s grace, the family went on until 2017 when the College of Education moved to the Eastern Province of Rwanda in Rukara area.

As long as it continued to participate in the fellowships, people started to call them a choir which was not bad at the moment and of course it was one of their major activities since its inauguration. The choir has been known making live performances play-backing popular songs of other known gospel artists like Don Moen and others but talented songwriters began to write and Shinning Hope commenced to sing songs written by its own members from 2012. Among of them, we can cite: 

 -Right sibling

-What a name

-Sing a new song

-Your heaven,....

To each academic year’s end, they held a special closing party though some others were held in the middle of semesters like welcoming new comers and other improvised sharings within its members. Rehearsal days were: 

-          Thursday: 9:00PM-10:00PM

-          Saturday: 7:00PM-9:00PM

-          Wednesday: Prayer day every week. 

      Something is special that nobody goes out from SHIHOF after graduating, they keep on coming back to pay visits and participating in organized events as the current members. Since the beginning, it has been led by: 

Felix NDASHIMYE: 2008-2010

MABANO Gervais: 2010

Alice UWIZEYIMANA: 2010-2011
Thomas SHYAKA: 2011-2012
Emmanuel MUHIRE: 2012-2013
Emmanuel NGENDAHAYO: 2013-2014
Paul NDIZEYE: 2014-2015
Jacques MUNEZERO: 2015-2016