My Song: Hope Masike and the Importance of Being Thankful

Publisher:
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Publication Date:
10 June 2014
Tags:
Zimbabwe, Music

It's something we as human beings sometimes forget to do: saying thank you to someone we appreciate in our lives. Her Christian faith has made Zimbabwean singer Hope Masike realize the importance of being thankful. "I thank God for His presence," she says. "As long as He is in me and I am in Him, my life is OK." In this week's My Song Hope tells the story of how she became aware of this and how it inspired her to write her song Ndinewe, meaning 'When I'm with you'.

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