Just when her fans thought they knew everything about her Tanzanian singer Vanessa Mdee spills the beans about her life that not so many people knew about.

The singer, who is currently based in the US, revealed on Tik Tok that her journey to salvation began in Nakuru when she was eight years old.

Greensteds International school in Nakuru where Vanessa Mdee gave her life to Christ at the age of eight.

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At the time, she said she was a student at Greensteds International School when she decided to give her life to Christ during a prize giving day at the school alongside her brother G and sister Nancy.

"I was saved when I was about eight years old in Nakuru, Kenya at Greensteds International School. My mum came to visit me and my siblings on a Saturday and we ran up to her and told her we had been born again. She was so excited," Vanessa said, explaining her mother's disbelief.

The 'Me and You' hitmaker points out that she has given her life to Christ for a long time, contrary to people's belief that she was saved recently.

"I've always given my life to Christ, it's just that I had a relapse and wasn't living right. I was not a good example either. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it," she said.

All of this is thanks to her father, who is a devout Catholic. She says that through his service in the church as an elder, he has shown her how to live a Christian life.

Vanessa has always been vocal about the challenges she has faced in her music career, saying that she has always felt a conviction and a pull not being satisfied with her life as a secular artist.

In fact, in 2023, the mother-of-two took to social media to express her frustration and unhappy life at the pinnacle of her career.

Tanzanian singer Vanessa Mdee and her partner Nigerian-American actor and singer Rotimi.

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The emotional anguish led her to seek solace in faith. She is now on a salvation journey with her Nigerian-American husband, Rotimi, producing Christian-based content about their lives and the transformation they have undergone.

Some of the episodes published on her website include 'Loving God', 'Obedience and Reflection' and 'Is Following God Boring'.

Apart from her primary school education, the bongo star also completed her tertiary education in Kenya, where she studied law at the Catholic University of East Africa (CEUA).
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Tanzanian singer Vanessa Mdee: I gave my life to Christ while at school in Nakuru

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