GENI: BIOGRAPHY AND NEW EDIFYING RELEASE TITLED “BLESSED”

BIOGRAPHY

EjenyiSouma Genevieve Mireille artistically pseudonymed Ge.Ni is an adroit Cameroonian Gospel artist. She is fondly called “Mimi” by her family and friends.

She is the oldest of three children, raised by their mother, a single parent.

Geni had an unswerving passion for music from an early age. Due to the husky hoarse sound of her vocals, she was never encouraged to pursue music, but she refused to be deterred.

Her passion for music in general and gospel music in particular, was reinforced while she was a student of Saker Baptist College in Limbe, Cameroon.

Music was such a big part of life at the all-girls’ school; they sang at every opportunity.

“We would sing in the chapel, in the dormitory, while on the queue for roll call, during our free periods, in the refectory when meals got delayed, during preps when the power would go out

…we always found an excuse or a reason to sing.” Says Geni.

Enthralled by the voices and compositions of some of her class and school mates, Geni later found the courage to try singing in a choir and joined the Junior Choir at her home church congregation. A couple of years later, she joined the Youth Aglow choir known as the “One Voice”.

Here choir members were encouraged to write songs and teach them to the choir. This led to the very first song she wrote in 2003, titled “EVERYTHING”; she was thrilled when the song was recorded by One Voice.

Geni has succeeded in bringing together her passion and reverence for God, and her love for music into a worship experience – just the kind of mix those who like Contemporary Gospel music are looking for.

Heavily influenced by artists like Don Moen, Sinach and Nathaniel Bassey, Fanny Crosby the hymn writer (1820 – 1915), Dolly Parton, (whose Gospel songs are just too real and too true) Abigail Philip and Brian Aboringong, Geni combines traditional gospel with current sounds.

“Dolly Parton has been my all-time favourite artist in the art of song writing. Her lyrics are deep, meaningful, relatable, true and usually touch the deepest parts of my heart. If I ever get to convey my praise, belief and faith in God in song like Dolly Parton conveys meaning in her lyrics, then I know I would have achieved so much as an artist and as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through song”.

When asked where her inspiration comes from, Geni comments – “I do believe that every song I have written so far has been the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. It always just feels like God tells me to write the song down; almost as though He is dictating it to me”.

When asked about her mission and passions for her upcoming album and her music, Geni comments – “I want to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through my songs, I want to reach out to as many people as I can with my songs so that through the message in them, I can help them see and experience for themselves this God who I have come to love so much”

Geni calls herself a worshiper, a simple girl whose desire is to pour her heart out to God and bring Him pleasure through her music.

DISCOGRAPHY

EP: Devoted, 2017

1. In You, 2017

2. Elohim, 2018

3. Be Thou Glorified, 2019

4. Lowah l’ami, 2021

5. Even Me, 2021

6. Holy is the Lord, 2021

7. Marching On, 2021

8. Everything, 2022

9. HeartBeat, 2022

10. Na You, 2022

11. Worthy, 2022

12. Blessed, 2022

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES 

Instagram: @geni4real

Facebook: @Genisong

Website: Genisong.com