Jean-Paul Samputu

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Jean-Paul Samputu (born 15 March 1962) is a singer, songwriter, and musician from Rwanda.

In the 1980s, Samputu was a member of popular Rwandan band Nyampinga, who produced three albums. In 1985 he produced his first solo LP, Tegeka Isi. Throughout the late 1980s he was a member of Orchestra INGELI. Samputu toured Europe in 1993, and released his Twararutashye LP. During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, he lost his parents and three siblings. In 1998 he moved to Canada.

In 2003 Samputu was awarded the Kora Award for Most Promising African Male Artist. In 2004 Samputu moved to the United States where he now resides in the state of Vermont.

Samputu performs songs in six languages; Kinyarwanda, Swahili, Lingala, Luganda, French, and English, and in various musical styles such as soukous, rumba, reggae, afrobeat and gospel.

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