[1] She began singing as a child and released two successful singles, both meant to comfort and commemorate the survivors and victims of the Rwandan genocide, while a secondary school student.

[3] In 2012 she gave a series of performances for Rwandan peacekeepers stationed in Darfur, Sudan.

[4] In 2017 she plays in the movie The Mercy of the Jungle starring Marc Zinga and Stephane Bak, produced by Joël Karekezi Miss Shanel has been nominated three times for a Pearl of Africa Music Award in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

She starred in Le jour ou Dieu est parti en voyage (2009), which recounts stories of the Rwandan genocide.

[3] In 2011 she starred in the Rwandan film Grey Matter that deals with the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda.