Music
Landmark
Zahara
1987 – 2023
Loliwe, one of the fastest-selling albums in South African history
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Why they are here
She sang in Xhosa with an acoustic guitar and outsold almost everything. She was thirty-six when she died.
Bulelwa Mkutukana, who performed as Zahara, was born on 9 November 1987 in the Eastern Cape.
She came to prominence with Loliwe, singing in Xhosa and English to her own guitar, and became one of the best-selling South African recording artists of her generation. She died on 11 December 2023, aged thirty-six.
She came to prominence with Loliwe, singing in Xhosa and English to her own guitar, and became one of the best-selling South African recording artists of her generation. She died on 11 December 2023, aged thirty-six.
- Wikipedia — Zahara (South African musician)
- The EastAfrican — South African Loliwe hitmaker Zahara dies at 36
- SABC News — Tributes pour in for multi-award-winning musician Zahara
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