Christina Shusho explains 'Shusha Nyavu' song ahead of concert

Since it premiered in April 9, 2021, Shusha Nyavu by Tanzanian Gospel singer Christina Shusho has attained some 8,577,528 views on You Tube.

Speaking to NTV on Thursday, Shusho revealed the root of the song, which was released shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic.

She said the 'Shusha Nyavu' song came as a message from God, inspiring her to keep going.

"Unajua ukiwa gospel artist kama mimi naimba kusema na mtu. Na before nianze kusema na mtu, nadhani Mungu huanza kusema nami (You know when you are a gospel artist like me, I sing to speak to someone. And before then, I think God speaks to me first)," she explained.

"So ilikuwa ni kama Mungu ananipush kujitia moyo tena, kufanya tena, usikate tamaa bado inawezekana (So it was like God was pushing me to take heart again, to do again, to not give up because things were still possible)."

Shusho gave a word of encouragement saying that even in the things that seem impossible, are possible.

"Mungu anasema tushushe nyavu tena (God is telling us to cast the nets again)," she said. 

The artist, who is in Nairobi ahead of her much-anticipated concert, scheduled for December 31 for the crossover, is sure that Kenyans who have listened to the song understood it.

Shusho believes the song is fulfilling its purpose.

"They are ready kushusha nyavu and that is why I'm here," she said.

In the song's context, which is derived from the Holy Scriptures in Luke 5:1-11, where Simon and others had been gone fishing the whole night and caught nothing.

The next morning, after Jesus preached to a crowd on the shores of Lake Galilee, (He had seen the fishermen earlier on rinsing their nets and had even sat on one of the two boats whole preaching), he told them to go back to the deep waters for a great catch.

Simon would tell of their ordeal the previous night but obeyed Jesus and at the end of it all, they caught so many fish their boats risked sinking.

Shusho urged people to go back and try again whether at the farms, church or anywhere one is struggling.

"Hauendi kwa akili zako unaenda na neno la Mungu na utafaulu (You are not going with your carnal mind but with the word of God and you will succeed)," Shusho explained.