Butera Jane Knowless

Knowless (born Jeanne d’Arc Ingabire Butera) is a Rwandan singer and a winner of Primus Guma Guma Super Star seasons 5 (PGGSS). Butera writes many of her own songs. Her songs touch on such themes as romantic relationships, societal issues and daily life. was born in Ruhango District, the only child of Jean-Marie Vianney Butera and Marie Claire Uyambaje, who are both deceased. Her mother was the lead singer in a local Seventh-day Adventist church choir. Butera attended ESCAF primary school in Nyamirambo, APARUDE secondary school in Ruhango and APACE secondary school in Kigali with a focus on computer sciences and management. As a teenager she sang in the local choir. In 2012 she began to pursue a university degree at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology. In 2019, she graduated with an MBA at the Oklahoma Christian University.

She is married to Ishimwe Clement and is a mother of two girls named Or and Inzora Butera.

Musical career Knowless released her debut album, Komeza, in December 2011. Knowless is managed under the label Kina Music.

She has performed throughout Rwanda and in neighboring countries, including Uganda,

Private life Her husband is Clement and they have two daughters.

Awards Knowless won "Best New Artiste" in the 2010 Salax Awards competition. In August 2013, she took third place in the annual Primus Guma Guma Super Star talent competition, held at Amahoro Stadium. In March 2013 she won her second Salax Award, this time in the category of "Best Female Artist". In 2015, Knowless Butera won the Primus Gumma Gumma Superstar 5th Edition, and she is the first woman to win such a competition.