Nneka

Nneka Lucia Egbuna (an Haife shi 24 Disamba 1980) mawaƙin Najeriya ne, mawaƙa kuma yar wasan kwaikwayo. Ta yi waka da turanci da Igbo da kuma Pidgin na Najeriya.

Nneka
Gideon Okeke at the 2021 AMA Awards
Matakin ilimi	Biochemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Aiki	Actor, Model, and TV Presenter.
Shekaran tashe	2006–present
Notable work	Relentless
Talabijin	Big Brother Nigeria Tinsel
Yara	1

Rayuwar farko

Nneka Lucia Egbuna an haife ta kuma ta girma a Warri, cikin jihar Delta, Najeriya, ga mahaifiyar Bajamushiya kuma mahaifin Najeriya. Ita ce auta cikin 'yan'uwa hudu. Sa’ad da Nneka ta kai shekara biyu, mahaifiyarsu Bajamushiya ta yi watsi da iyalin. Lokacin da mahaifinta ya sake yin aure, sabuwar matarsa ta azabtar da ’ya’yan farkon aurensu da ta’addanci, musamman kanana biyu—Nneka da yayanta, Anato—a kokarin ganin ba a hakura da rayuwarsu.

A cikin 1999, ta ƙaura zuwa Hamburg, garin mahaifar mahaifiyarta. Da farko, ta zauna a gidan masu neman mafaka kusa da filin jirgin sama. Daga baya, ta koma cikin gidajen jama'a don matasa. Ta koyi Jamusanci da sauri, bayan shekara ɗaya da rabi, ta kammala karatun sakandare a makarantar sakandare da ke da hanyar kammala karatun Jamusanci ga waɗanda ba 'yan asalin Jamus ba. Bayan kammala karatun sakandare, ta karanci ilimin dan adam da karatun Afirka a Jami'ar Hamburg, yayin da take yin kida a gefe. Daga baya ta fara yin wasan kwaikwayo a filin wasan raye-raye na karkashin kasa domin samun kudin karatun digiri.

Sana'a

2003–2007: Farkon Aiki da Wanda Gaskiya ta Zama

Nneka ta fara samun hankalin jama'a ne a shekarar 2004 a yayin da take wasa a matsayin tauraron dan wasan reggae na rawa Sean Paul a Hamburg Stadtpark, kuma bayan yabo da yawa, ta sanar da aniyar ta na yin rikodin kundin ta na farko. Bayan sakewa ta farko ta EP, Gaskiyar rashin jin daɗi, ta yi a kan yawon shakatawa na farko a watan Afrilu 2005, wasan kwaikwayo a Jamus, Austria da Switzerland . A cikin 2005, an fitar da kundi na farko na Nneka, Victim of Truth, a duk faɗin Turai, Najeriya da Japan . Ci gaba da bitar bita daga kafofin watsa labarai, jaridar Sunday Times ta Burtaniya daga baya ta ayyana Wanda aka azabtar da Gaskiya "albam mafi girman laifi na shekara". Duk da yabo na duniya, rikodin bai gudanar da tsarawa ba. Duk da haka, Nneka ya ji daɗin ci gaba da cin nasara lokacin yawon buɗe ido, yana yin tare da mate-mate Patrice Bart-Williams . A lokacin yawon shakatawa, ta yi wasa a Chiemsee Reggae Summer, Haarlem (Bevrijdingsfestival), The Hague (Park Pop) da Saint-Brieuc (Art Rock Festival), da kuma wuraren da ake girmamawa, kamar La Maroquinerie da New Morning a Paris, Tivoli a Utrecht., Paradiso a Amsterdam, da Cargo da ULU a London. Ta kuma tallafa wa masu fasaha irin su Femi Kuti, Bilal, Seeed, da Gnarls Barkley .

A shekarar 2006, Nneka ta kuma yi wasa a gidan talbijin na Jamus WDR, inda ta yi “Gypsy” dinta guda daya, yayin da kungiyar raye-rayen suka yi rawar da suka yi na wakar musamman. Ƙungiyar raye-raye ta sami goyon bayan ƙungiyar Schlauberger.

2008- 2011: Ba A Ci Gaba Da Sauƙi da Jungle Kankare

A cikin Fabrairu 2008, ta fito da kundi na biyu, No Longer at Ease. An ɗauko taken albam ɗin daga wani labari mai suna Chinua Achebe kuma yana nuna irin waƙoƙin da ke cikin rikodin. Yawancin wakokin na siyasa ne, inda suke magana kan halin da yankin Neja Delta ke ciki da kuma cin hanci da rashawa a mahaifar Nneka. Babu Mai Sauƙi a Sauƙi yana haɗuwa da siyasa da na sirri a cikin "haɗin rai, hip-hop da reggae". Jagoran daya daga cikin rikodin, "Heartbeat", ya zama waƙar Nneka ta farko da ta shiga cikin Top 50 na Jamus A cikin Satumba 2009, waƙar ta shiga Chart Singles UK a No. 20. "Heartbeat" tun an sake haɗa shi sau da yawa, musamman ta Chase & Status, Rita Ora ce ta buga mata samfuri don ɗigon ginshiƙanta, "RIP ".

A cikin watanni masu zuwa, Nneka ta zagaya a Faransa, Italiya da Portugal, yayin da ta kuma tallafa wa Lenny Kravitz a ziyararsa ta Faransa a cikin Afrilu 2009.

An zabi Nneka a rukuni uku don lambar yabo ta Channel O Music Video Awards na 2009, kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Best African Act a 2009 MOBO Awards .

A ƙarshen 2009, an zaɓe ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin "50 Emerging Artists" na Mujallar Beyond Race, wanda ya haifar da tabo a cikin fitowar No. 11 (tare da 'yan mata na Bodega da J. Cole a kan murfin), da kuma keɓantacce. Tambaya&A don shafin mujallar.

A cikin Nuwamba 2009, Nneka ta fara rangadin kide-kide na farko a Amurka, inda ta yi wasan kwaikwayo a New York City, Vienna (Washington DC), Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, da San Francisco . Bayan haka, ta kasance bakuwa ta musamman akan zaman Tushen Jam. Sakinta na farko na Amurka, Concrete Jungle , an saita shi don 2 ga Fabrairu 2010, kuma an tsara kundin a no. 57 akan ginshiƙi na Top R&B/Hip-Hop, kuma a lamba. 18 akan ginshiƙi na Albums masu zafi, inda ya kwashe tsawon makonni biyar.

Waƙarta ta "Kangpe" tana kuma bayyana azaman sautin sauti akan wasan bidiyo na EA Sports, FIFA 10 .

A watan Janairun 2010, Nneka ta fito a Late Show tare da David Letterman a New York kafin ta fara rangadin Amurka, kuma a cikin watan Yuni mai zuwa, ta lashe kyautar reggae na Museke Online Africa Music Award 2010 da wakar ta mai taken "'yan Afirka".

Nneka ya zagaya tare da Nas da Damian Marley don kundin faifan danginsu na Nisa . Waƙarta mai daraja sosai, "Heartbeat" an sake haɗa shi da Nas, kuma an sake shi ta hanyar iTunes a ranar 5 ga Oktoba 2010.

Ta shiga cikin 2010 Lilith Fair Concert, inda masu fasaha irin su Tegan & Sara, Sarah McLachlan, Kelly Clarkson, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Corinne Bailey Rae, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna suka yi. A lokacin ziyarar da ta yi a Amurka don Kambun Jungle, ta kuma yi wasa a Washington, Raleigh da Charlotte.

Nneka ya yi waka a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2010 a Afirka ta Kudu mai suna "Viva Africa"; waƙar girmamawa ce ga firimiyar mundial a ƙasar Afirka.

A cikin 2010, Nneka ta lashe lambar yabo ga mafi kyawun zane-zane a Najeriya a lambar yabo ta Nishaɗi na Najeriya, wanda aka gudanar a New York. Tun daga wannan lokacin ta sami lambar yabo ta NEA don mafi kyawun zane-zane na duniya sau da yawa.

Nneka ta fito a cikin fim din wasan kwaikwayo na Najeriya, Relentless, wanda Andy Amadi Okoroafor ya shirya kuma ya bada umarni; Fim din ya hada da Gideon Okeke, Halle Mordu, Jimmy Jean-Louis da Tope Oshin Ogun. An saki Relentless a kan 13 Oktoba 2010 a BFI London Film Festival .

A cikin 2011, an nuna Nneka tare da Ziggy Marley akan waƙar "Express Yourself", wanda aka shirya don fim ɗin Beat the World .

2012-yanzu: Rai yana da nauyi da Tatsuniyoyi na

A cikin Maris 2012, ta fito akan BET 106 da Park Music Matters. A kan wasan kwaikwayon ta yi wasan kwaikwayo kai-tsaye tare da daya daga cikin fitaccen dan wasan Afro classical acoustic guitarist na Najeriya Clef nite da Black Thought na gaba da mawakin fitaccen mawakin hip hop mai suna The Roots . Ta kuma yi irin wannan bayyanar a kan MTV Iggy, tare da Clef nite a kan guitar na biyu na acoustic.

Nneka ta yi albam din ta mai suna Soul Is Heavy a Najeriya, kuma an fitar da kundin a watan Maris na 2012. Soul yana da nauyi a cikin Faransa, Austria, Jamus, Switzerland, kuma ya kai kololuwa a a. 38 akan Taswirar Albums na UK R&B . Kundin waƙar da ya fi nasara, "Shining Star", wanda aka tsara a lamba. 97 akan Chart Singles UK, waƙarta ta biyu kuma ta ƙarshe don yin hakan. Rikodin ya sami matsakaicin amsa mai mahimmanci, kuma an ba shi maki 70 akan Metacritic.

A cikin 2012, Nneka ya haɗu tare da takalman takalma da tufafi na Amurka Reebok . A cikin Mayu 2013, ta bayyana akan gumaka na ƙarya ta Tricky .

Salon kiɗa

Nneka in 2010

Duk da cewa Nneka ta yi waka fiye da yadda ta yi rap, ta sanya wa hip hop matsayin tushen wakar ta na farko kuma mafi mahimmancin tushen karfafawa, yayin da ta ambaci masu fasaha irin su Fela Kuti da Bob Marley da kuma rap na zamani Mos Def, Talib Kweli, da Lauryn Hill . mahimmin tasiri a cikin nata neman sanin kidan.

Wakokinta sun nuna tarihinta da rayuwarta a Najeriya da kuma lokacin da ta shafe a Yammacin Turai. Waƙoƙinta suna jaddada batutuwan jari-hujja, talauci da yaƙi kuma galibi ana ɗora su da saƙon ɗabi'a da na Littafi Mai-Tsarki da nassoshi, tare da wasu masu sharhi na kiɗa suna kwatanta ta da Erykah Badu, Neneh Cherry, da Floetry .

Shawara

A shekarar 2012, Nneka ta kafa gidauniyar Rope, tare da Ahmed "Genda" Nyei. Gidauniyar Rope ta kasance wani dandali ga matasa maza da mata don bayyana ra'ayoyinsu ta hanyar fasaha, kuma kungiyar agaji ta mayar da hankali kan yin aiki da matan da aka lalata da su a gidauniyar WAGA (War Affected Girls & Adults) Foundation, dake yankin Bo Town na Saliyo. . Nneka ya bayyana Gidauniyar Rope a matsayin ta na aiki "don samar da wani dandali don taimakawa mutane su bayyana ra'ayoyinsu da al'amuransu a cikin al'umma".

Nneka kuma tana aiki a matsayin Jakadiyar Fasaha ta Asusun Raya Mata na Afirka [AWDF] a Ghana. Ta yi aiki da yawa a cikin agaji da fasaha tare da gidauniya a Saliyo .

Hotuna

Albums

• 2005: Victim of Truth
• 2008: No Longer at Ease – Germany #31, France #34, Switzerland #42, Austria #49
• 2010: Concrete Jungle
• 2012: Soul Is Heavy – France #38, Switzerland #30, Austria #46
• 2015: My Fairy Tales
• 2022: Love Supreme

Kundin tarin

• 2009: To and Fro (3-CD Boxset)
• 2009: The Madness (Onye-Ala) (with J.Period)

EPs

• 2005: The Uncomfortable Truth
• 2010: Heartbeat EP (featuring Nas)
• 2022: About Guilt

Marasa aure

• 2005: "The Uncomfortable Truth"
• 2006: "Beautiful"
• 2006: "God of Mercy"
• 2007: "Africans"
• 2008: "Heartbeat" – #9 Portugal, #20 UK (BPI: Silver), #34 Austria, #49 Germany
• 2008: "Walking"
• 2009: "Kangpe"
• 2012: "Shining Star"
• 2012: "Soul is Heavy"
• 2012: "My Home"
• 2013: "Shining" – #7 South Africa
• 2021: “Love Supreme”
• 2021: “Tea?”
• 2021: “Yahweh”
• 2021: “This Life”
• 2021: “With You”
• 2021: “Maya”

Sauti

• 2011: "Beat the World"

Filmography

• Lake of Fire (2004)
• Offside (2005)
• Relentless (2010)
• Drexciya (2012)
• Fifty (2015)

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

• Official website
• Nneka Egbuna on IMDb
• Nneka on Myspace