Cissy Houston, umuririmbyi w'icyamamare akaba na nyina w'icyamamare Whitney Houston, yitabye Imana afite imyaka 91. Azwiho ijwi rikomeye n'imizi yimbitse mu muziki wa gospel, Cissy yagize uruhare runini cyane mu mwuga we. Yabaye urumuri rwimbaraga, kwihangana, no gutera imbaraga kuri benshi, harimo numukobwa we, wabaye umwe mubahanzi ba muzika bagurishijwe cyane mubihe byose.

Urugendo rwa Cissy Houston mu bucuruzi bwa muzika rwatangiye mu myaka ya za 1950, aho yamamaye nk'umunyamuryango wa Sweet Inspirations, itsinda ry’amajwi ryatanze amakuru kuri amwe mu mazina akomeye muri muzika, harimo Aretha Franklin na Elvis Presley. Ijwi rye rikungahaye, ryuzuye umutima n'ubwitange budacogora mu buhanzi bwe byatumye yubahwa kandi ashimwa na bagenzi be ndetse nabafana. Mu mibereho ye yose, Cissy yakomeje kwiyemeza gushinga imizi, akenshi yinjiza ibintu bya gospel mubikorwa bye, byumvikanaga cyane nabari aho.
Mu myaka yashize, umurage wa Cissy Houston wafashe intera nshya, cyane cyane mubuzima nubuzima bwiza. Mugihe isi igenda irushaho kwakira ubuzima bwiza nubuzima bwuzuye, inkuru ya Cissy itwibutsa akamaro ko gukomeza ubuzima bwiza bwumubiri nubwenge. Muri urwo rwego, kuzamuka kwayogasitidiyo yabaye inzira igaragara, hamwe nabantu benshi bashaka kwihingamo imbaraga, guhinduka, no gutekereza.

Tekereza ayoga ahumekewe n'ubuzima bwa Cissy Houston n'indangagaciro-umwanya ntuteza imbere ubuzima bwiza gusa ahubwo unubaha umwuka wo kwihangana no guha imbaraga yashizemo. Iyi siporo irashobora gutanga amasomo ahuza imyitozo yoga gakondo nibintu byumuziki nigitekerezo, bishimira isano iri hagati yimikorere nindirimbo. Abigisha barashobora gukura imbaraga mu mizi yubutumwa bwiza bwa Cissy, bagashyiramo umuziki utera inkunga ushishikariza abitabiriye gushaka imbaraga zabo imbere no kwigaragaza mu bwisanzure.
Imyitozo ngororamubiri ishobora kandi kwakira amahugurwa yibanze ku buzima bwo mu mutwe, ashimangira akamaro ko kwiyitaho n’ubuzima bw’amarangamutima. Nkuko Cissy Houston yagendeye kubibazo byubuzima bwe nubuntu no kwiyemeza, abitabiriye amahugurwa bashoboraga kwitoza kwihangana mubuzima bwabo. Umwanya urashobora kuba ihuriro ryabaturage, aho abantu bahurira hamwe kugirango bashyigikirane murugendo rwabo rwiza, nkuburyo Cissy yashyigikiraga umukobwa we nabandi bahanzi mubuzima bwe bwose.

Kuri Kuriyogaamasomo, imyitozo ngororamubiri irashobora gutanga gahunda zimyitozo ngororamubiri ijyanye n'imyaka yose ndetse ninzego zubuzima bwiza, ishishikariza buri wese kwitabira ubuzima bwiza. Kuva kumyitozo yimbaraga kugeza kubyina neza, amaturo yagaragaza imyizerere ya Cissy yimbaraga zumuziki nigikorwa cyo kuzamura umwuka.
Mugihe twibuka Cissy Houston nintererano zidasanzwe mumuziki numuco, twishimira kandi indangagaciro yacengeye mubamukikije. Umurage we ntabwo ari kimwe mu byagezweho mu muziki ahubwo ni no kwihangana, urukundo, n'akamaro ko kurera umubiri n'ubugingo.

Mw'isi ikunze kumva akaduruvayo, ubuzima bwa Cissy Houston butwibutsa kubona imbaraga mubyifuzo byacu, haba mumuziki,ubuzima bwiza, cyangwa umuryango. Mugihe twubaha kwibuka, reka natwe twakire umwuka wo kumererwa neza no guha imbaraga yarwaniye, kugirango umurage we ukomeze gutera ibisekuruza bizaza.