In Kinyarwanda and Kirundi, they are known as ivunja or imvunja (singular) or amavunja (plural).
Her breakthrough, however, came in 1996 with her widely popular album Sambolera, which was sung in Swahili, Kirundi, and French.
Reportedly, the same word by coincidence also takes the meaning of "free" (without payment) in Kirundi.
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