Nakaaya sumari biography

Nakaaya Sumari (born September 3, 1982 in Arusha) is a.
Nakaaya Sumari is a Tanzanian singer and rapper.
Tanzanian R&B singer who appeared on the reality television show, Tusker Project Fame, in 2006.

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Nakaaya Sumari

Tanzanian singer and rapper (born 1982)

Musical artist

Nakaaya Sumari (born September 3, 1982 in Arusha^[1]) is a Tanzanian singer and rapper.

She is the eldest of five children. Her younger sister, Nancy Sumari, was Miss Tanzania 2005 and Miss World Africa.

Nakaaya was a featured star of the African Great Lakes region's first reality TV show called "Tusker Project Fame", that aired from October 1 to December 17, 2006. The show had aspiring singers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania all living together and receiving training in the music business. She lasted five weeks on the seven-week program.

After the show, Nakaaya returned to Tanzania to record her first album.

In February 2008, she released her debut album, Nervous Conditions. The album was released independently and sold well although it was only released in cd format. The first single, Malaika did well on radio, but the follow-up single, Mr. Politician was a huge hit across the African Great Lakes region. The video enjoyed wide rotation and made Nakaaya hugely popular.

She has also w

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Nakaaya Sumari

Born in Tanzania and raised in Kenya, Nakaaya represents the dynamic spirit of the modern African woman. The compelling passion of her voice conveys the pain, pride and internal struggles between the two that so many deal with. Always a performer, Nakaaya has been in love with music since her early days singing in school choirs.

Her break came in 2006 as a cast member on East Africa’s hit reality TV series, Project fame. While she didn’t win the contest, she was a fan favorite winning the hearts of her viewers through her passion and dramatic flair.

She recorded her debut album in Dar es salaam with regional super producer Ambrose Akwabi ‘dunga’ of Mandugu digital. Nakaaya spent nearly a year crafting her album, an intensely personal and voyeueristic record. Her animated and melodic voice are intoxicating.

The album, Nervous conditions (2008) is a poetic journey during which Nakaaya lays her heart bare for the listeners, intelligent and brooding, sad yet uplifting, the album is rich in emotion. Nakaaya has proven herself a songwriter and compelling voice from A

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