Ananda Lewis, umwe mu bagore bamenyekanye cyane mu itangazamakuru ry’imyidagaduro, yitabye Imana ku myaka 52 azize indwara ya kanseri y’ibere.
Amakuru y’urupfu rwe yatangajwe n’umuvandimwe we Lakshmi Lewis ku wa Gatatu tariki 11 Kamena 2025, abinyujije ku rubuga rwa Facebook, aho yagize ati: “Yaruhutse, ari mu maboko y’Imana. Imana imuruhure mu mahoro.”
Uyu mugore wakunzwe cyane mu myaka ya za 1990, yatangiye kwamamara mu 1997 ubwo yagirwaga umwe mu bayobora ibiganiro kuri televiziyo mpuzamahanga MTV. Yamenyekanye cyane mu biganiro by’abahanzi byakundwaga na benshi, ndetse mu 1999 ikinyamakuru The New York Times cyamwise “umukobwa w’icyitegererezo mu rubyiruko rukunda umuziki wa Hip Hop.”
Uko indwara ya kanseri yahinduye ubuzima bwe
Mu mwaka wa 2020, Ananda yatangaje ko yahuye n’indwara ya kanseri y’ibere igeze ku rwego rwa gatatu. Yavuze ko atajyaga yipimisha kenshi kubera gutinya ingaruka z’ibyuma bipima. Nyuma, mu biganiro yagiranye n’abanyamakuru b’igitangazamakuru cya CNN mu mwaka wa 2024, Ananda yemeje ko abaganga bamugiriye inama yo gukorerwa operasiyo yo gucibwa amabere yombi, ariko akanga kubyumvira.
Yagize ati: “Nari nizeye ko umubiri wanjye ushobora kwikiza iyo ndwara mu buryo karemano. Sinifuzaga ko bampa imiti y’ubumara. Ariko ubu ndicuza icyemezo nafashe. Ibyo nahisemo ntibyakoze.”
Mu kwezi kwa mbere 2025, yabwiye ikinyamakuru Essence ati: “Uburyo bwo kwirinda ni bwo buvuzi nyabwo. Abagore bagomba kumenya uko imibiri yabo ikora no kubaha ibimenyetso byayo.”
Yongeyeho ati: “Ubuzima ntibugumaho igihe cyose. Iyo umuntu amenye ko atazahoraho, bituma ahitamo kubaho mu buryo bushyira mu gaciro.”
Inzira ye mu buzima bw’itangazamakuru
Ananda yavukiye mu mujyi wa Los Angeles mu 1973. Nyuma y’uko ababyeyi be batandukanye afite imyaka ibiri, yimukiye i San Diego ari kumwe n’umuvandimwe we na nyina, aho babayeho mu buzima bugoye. Mu kiganiro yahaye Teen People mu 1999, yavuze ko yakuranye ubushyamirane n’umubyeyi we kubera kumva atitabwaho bihagije.
Yize muri kaminuza ya Howard aho yavuye ajya gukorera kuri televiziyo ya BET mu kiganiro cy’urubyiruko. Icyo kiganiro ni cyo cyamuhesheje amahirwe yo kwinjira muri MTV mu 1997.
Yigeze kuvuga ati: “Nafashe umwanzuro wo guhindura umubano n’umubyeyi wanjye. Nifuje gutangira ubuzima bushya bushingiye ku rukundo no kubabarira.”
Umurage yasize mu myidagaduro
Mu gihe yamaze muri MTV, Ananda yakunzwe cyane kubera uburyo yavugaga ibintu mu buryo busobanutse kandi butomoye. Yakoranye n’abahanzi b’ibyamamare nka Brandy, Destiny’s Child, Britney Spears n’abandi. Mu 2000, yagaragaye ku rutonde rw’abantu 50 bafite ubwiza buhebuje ku isi rwasohowe n’ikinyamakuru PEOPLE.
Umuhanzi Prince ubwe yigeze kuvuga ko amufata nk’umwamikazi, ati: “Ananda ni nk’uwitwa Cleopatra. Ni umwamikazi nyakuri.”
Mu 2001, yaretse MTV atangiza ikiganiro cye bwite cyitwaga The Ananda Lewis Show, ariko ntabwo cyatinze kuko cyahagaritswe nyuma y’igihe gito. Yongeye kugaruka mu biganiro bitandukanye bya televiziyo ndetse anakora akazi k’ubwubatsi nk’umwubatsi w’umwuga.
Ubuzima bwite n’uko azibukwa
Yabyaranye umwana w’umuhungu witwa Langston na Harry Smith, umuvandimwe wa Will Smith. Yari inshuti ya hafi ya nyakwigendera Aaliyah, ndetse yagiye akora ibiganiro biremereye ku bibazo byugarije urubyiruko, nk’ihohoterwa rikorwa mu mashuri n’ibindi.
Yigeze kuvuga ati: “Ndifuza ko igihe nzapfira nzaba nshobora kureba ubuzima bwanjye nkavuga nti: ‘Nakoze ibyo nshaka. Nabaye uwo nifuza kuba we’.”
Ananda Lewis asize umwana umwe w’umuhungu, n’umurage ukomeye mu itangazamakuru ku isi.
