Singer Grace Nakimera has revealed that her music is largely inspired by her personal experiences, saying every song she has written tells a true story from her life.
Speaking to Allan Cruz on Cruz Xclusive, Nakimera explained that her hit song “Kawonawo” was inspired by the life she experienced while growing up with her single mother.
That’s the life I grew up in. I grew up with a single mother and she’s still alive, living in Namugongo right now.
She also recalled how her music career enabled her to give back to her mother. According to the singer, the first money she earned came from an MTN university promotion tour across Uganda, and she used some of the proceeds to buy her mother a house.
My first money I got from a gig with MTN promotion for universities all over Uganda. The first house I bought was for her.
Nakimera also shared the personal experiences that inspired her song “Onyamba Nga Mukama,” saying it was influenced by incidents of suspected witchcraft that she encountered during her music career.
She recalled finding human waste dumped at her salon on several occasions, forcing her to rely on an askari to remove it.
She also described another disturbing incident at her home when an unexplained smell resembling a toilet filled her sitting room.
I found when they had dropped faeces at my salon many times and I had to use the askari to remove it. Also at one point in my house, there was a big smell that smelled like a toilet and it was in my sitting room.
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