Her career has had ups and downs: awards, sales records, controversies, and more.
This biography takes a dive into the woman behind the name.
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Zahara has one of the strongest and most well-regarded voices.
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What is Zaharas real name?
Herreal nameis Bulelwa Mkutukana.
Where was Zahara born?
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This means Zahara age is 31 going on 32 later this year.
Out of seven total children, she is the sixth.
Unfortunately, the seventh child, Mbuyiseli, wasmurdered in East Londonin 2014.
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She began expressing her singing talent at the age of 6.
The sister returned with a guitar which Zahara used to teach herself to play.
She has been writing songs about her life since she was 12.
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What is Zahara?
Her stage name hasmeanings in different languagesand is sometimes spelt as Zahra or Zahrah.
In Persian, it means sparklingly bright and beautiful.
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In Arabic, it means beautiful, bright, shining and brilliant.
In Egyptian, it means flower, blossom, or beauty.
The album was a massive success on both commercial andcriticalfronts.
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The original issue sold out within a span of 72 hours.
The title track,Loliwe, is the most popular of all Zahara songs.
The album also contains ZaharaNdizaand ZaharaUmthwalo.
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Her next project wasa live DVDtitledThe Beginning Livewhich went Platinum in 1 day.
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In 2013, she releasedPhendulawhich went double platinum in 2 weeks.
ZaharaPhendulawas followed by theNelson MandelaEP in 2013 after the former president requested to see her prior to his passing.
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She dedicated it to his honour.
It is the project that contains ZaharaInameva.
In 2016, she left TS Records and signed to Warner Music South Africa.
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ZaharaMgodiwas a runaway success.
It is the project that contains ZaharaUmfaziwhere she featured Kirk Whalum.
She has no children now.
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What is Zahara worth?
At the time the bank moved to pursue the late payments, the arrears were at ZAR22,153.96.
This item would not fall under Nedbank repossessed cars since the loan was from Standard Bank.
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There was alsoa different car in contention, an Audi A5 drop-top coupe worth over ZAR620,000 bought in 2012.
Its monthly payments were supposed to be ZAR12,000.
She has a Bachelor of Commerce & IT from the University of Nairobi and joined Briefly.co.za in November 2019.
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The writer completed a Google News Initiate Course.
it’s possible for you to email her at perisrodah254@gmail.com.
