 She is gifted, she is so filled with the spirits and she is an actress, if I am not wrong, she is a TV host and she is everything around her for God's glory. Nishaana, how are you and welcome to JCC. Thank you, I am fine. Did I get right, you are an actress as well? Yes? On what show? I have acted in like adverts. Adverts? Yes. Adverts. How old are you? Eleven. Clepkais. Yes. What were you doing when you were eleven? Miki nili kwa sigi klaswat? I can't even remember. My goodness. Eleven is just ten plus one. Oh, it's ten plus one but it's eleven. Yes. Okay. At eleven years old. Yes. I imagine when did you begin singing? I began singing. Professionally releasing my own music videos when I was nine, but just for fun when I was two. When you were two years? Yes. My goodness. My two, you're already talking fluently and singing. My goodness. First of all, have you done your assignment? Before you came here, have you done your assignment or you called it homework? Have you done your homework? Yes. Get you in trouble. The teacher will see you here like, Shana, I saw you on TV and you know, you've not done your homework. Can you submit your homework right now? So you've done your homework. Well, we didn't have homework because like it was the end of the exams. End of exams. You need rest. You need to. Thank you for everything. So during the whole day, is the time you spend doing more about music? Yes. When you're in school, how do you balance it? Well, when I'm in school, first like I finish all my stuff, all my classwork there, my first writer. So it's easier when you can do it quickly. Okay. Yeah. And there's a specific time you can like finish your homework in school before you go home. So that's the time I finish it. Then when I go home, I have time for anything. I shower, eat supper. That's the time I have any time. So you do things according to their timeline. When you're done with this, you go to the next thing and you do it perfectly. I just want to know, how do you write your music? Or do you have someone who writes your music? Well, my dad writes some music. I think he used to write songs when he was young. Wow. So he runs in the blood. Come on. I don't know. You haven't asked him? Yeah. I think he was around 19 to 25. I don't know. You'll ask him after the show and come back again and tell us his age. Yeah. Okay. This song, God Will Listen, I really love it. Actually it just played before we started the interview. Yeah. That song, it has really touched me and I want to know what is, oh he said your dad writes this song but I want to know what inspire that song. Did you have a prayer request that God had it and actually answered it for you? Well, like if you have a prayer request, it's like God will listen. He will listen to your prayers and all your prayers to the sound of needy hearts, the cries of wounded souls. You just need to believe. Can you remember one prayer that you have ever sent to God and he answered? Like what do you pray for every morning when you wake up? For a good day and so that I don't get punished in school, I pray over and over again. Then he answered. That got answered? Yeah. Oh okay. Well, God only has three answers. Yes, no or wait. Wait. Sometimes he gives me, but this is okay. Has he ever answered you a wait? Yeah. He has. Yes. So you speak to him. So actually, children your age, God listens to your prayers. Yeah. Okay, tell people that actually God listens to your prayers. God listens to your prayers. Doesn't matter your age. Yeah. Doesn't matter your age, God listens to your prayers. Yes. Your Sunday school teacher must be proud. Which ash do you go to? Well, I go to Mamalaka Hill Chapel. Oh. Yeah. In Sunday school, class word. This is my class. This is my class. It's a level. Just Sunday school. Levels. Okay. Sunday school. Sunday school levels. In level five. In level five. Yeah. Okay, that's amazing. That's amazing. I want to ask you. Yes. Because I've seen you interviews. Have you learned to speak Kisahili? At least one word or two? Because I am waiting. Yeah. I'm waiting for a song in Kisahili from you. Shana, that's a challenge. Right. Well, I have learned words in Kisahili. Sentences, yeah. Like greetings. Greetings, Abari. Yeah. Jema or insuri sana. Wow. She has made it. She has made it. You are good to go. So expecting a Swahili song anytime soon? I don't know. You don't know? Well, it will come. It will? It will just come. Sure. This is a challenge to dad. This is a challenge to dad. Here is the song. Yeah. This is a challenge to him. Right, a Swahili song for us. I hope you are waiting. I hope you are waiting. I hope you are waiting. I hope you are waiting. I hope you are waiting. I hope you are waiting. Swahili song to be long here. Apart from that, do you have any other projects coming up? Labuaren. Like music, because you released God Will Listen like 11 months ago or 7 months ago? Above. I think it was. 7 months ago? Yeah, I think. Sure. 5 to 8. Around that. 8 months. Yeah. So do we expect more music? Yes, we do. Yeah. Sure? We launch it here? Yeah, I don't know. But we will. We just have to. We just have to. We can launch it here. We come apart of us. We launch all your new songs here. Yeah. And every time you release your music, how does your friends respond to it? How do they receive it? Do they always call you and tell you it's good? Some of them ask you if they can join to dance in your video. Have you ever had this? Actually, yes, I have. Even on the internet get many. Can we have a collab? Can we have a collab? And like in school, in school, well once I come into class I like, Shana, I had your new song. Wow. Yeah. How does it make you feel? Well, it makes me feel happy that at least some people are like wanting to listen to the word of God through music. And when people ask you for collab, how do you answer them? Well, I have no problem. You are going to wait. You are class with us for collab. And you do a collab with the whole class. I'll say, I haven't really started collab yet. I need to perfect my music and then I can start collab. Wow. So is there any artist you look up to? Who? I have three. Three. Francesca Batseli, Jamie Grace and Travis Green. No local artist? I like the songs, but yeah, that's all I'm going to say. Thank you, Adi. The spirit will lead you. I'm just imagining a collab with you with Travis Green. Wow. How do you feel? Very happy. Excited and happy. We will send this clip and you know, we'll tag him when you see how it will come out. Yes, yes, yes. So we prophesied on the show through the spirit that has led us here and has been able to do this show. We prophesied that Shana and Travis Green will one day do a collab and he will remember this day. And all the church members say, Amen. Praise the Lord. So, how can people get your music? Well, you can get my music on YouTube and you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter, that's Shana Mantiru. S, H, A, N, A, H Amen. Wow. That's so amazing. And what do you have for those little young who are watching you? Perhaps on Funga Shule, they have closed their schools or rather they are closing the school next week. What do you have for them this Sunday? Okay. So, I would say don't hide your talent. Show it out to the whole world because there's nothing to be afraid of. Everyone has a talent and they just need to use it and God will be very happy with you. This is actually much special. Yes. And I challenge to our parents to start supporting your kids as much as young they are. Support them all the way because you never know kuno alo natesanga bo that those who are good at singing that those are good at dancing, acting and everything. Just support your kid. We see on natesanga you will be like, ah, you go to school fast. They can go to school like Shana does. Go to school, do your more work and still sing or still dance or still act. They can do all that. With your support they can do all that. So, let us bring up our kids by supporting them. Yes. And we say to your handles your Facebook handles. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. You said all of them and you can bring up your parents, your dad and your mom and everyone who supports you your classmate. I want to say hello to my driver, my mom, my dad, my sister, my brother, my dog, my teachers, my class teacher, my friends, my cousins, my relatives, my supporters. You said your teachers, did you? Ya, I did. Because when you open school you ask, you did mention us. And you get punished because of that. Or you had teacher. I had teacher. You know me? Those who are in charge of the school. Ya. Yes. We know you will be performing. Also God will listen here. Ya. How does it make you feel anytime you go on stage to perform and maybe which is that one performance you will ever remember so far. Okay. So well, there is one I was really happy about. Let me try. What's this thing called? It was an interview at Churchill show. Wow. When I was in class 2. Wow. Ya, I think. You're in class 2. Ya, it's in class 2. Wow. Ya. It was awesome. How did you feel? How did you feel it? Well, happy. It was actually, I think my second interview I had ever done. Wow. Nice. That's amazing. Thank you so much. I was proud of myself. Ya. And you are always proud of me. We are proud of you. We are. I didn't know when doing all this. That's amazing. May God continue using you. Thank you. Continue listening to you and sending your requests. Yes. Yes. Continue, may He continue using you as well. Apart from singing, apart from singing, are they, you said you are acting and hosting a show. Ya. I just want to know which show before we end. Well, it's on KBC Channel 1 and it's called Big Minds. Big Minds. At 9.30 a.m. Every Saturday. Every Saturday. Catching every Saturday. I'm your biggest fan. I watch. You can watch as well. Thank you. Yes. Okay. Thank you so much, Shana. Thank you. If you have new music, bring them here. Yes. Lodge them here. Yes. And thank you so much for making time. Thank you, father. And dad and mom. Thank you so much for bringing Shana to us. Yes. We live with Shana performing her song God Will Listen. Ya.