Ghanian Songstress Efya Set To Rock Nairobi On 25th April.

There’s one concert that I’m looking forward to! I don’t know if you’ve heard of a lady called Efya, she’s being brought by Tusker Malt 100 club.

Tusker Malt 100 Club have brought two musicians prior to this, Bez and Zonke. Bez is the guy who sang with Sara Mitaru. Zonke’s gig I missed, but thankfully I won her album Ina Ethe. This was because I asked what her name meant, and for that I won that album. My favorite song there is feelings.

Well they are back, and this time they bring a singer called Efya. Her educational background; theatre, arts, directing & music at the University of Ghana, Legon. Efya has played countless gigs, tirelessly doing  2 or 3 appearances a week, and has been featured by artists in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa etc. These have helped her build a fan-base in home country and all over West Africa. She is completing work on her highly anticipated debut studio album. Dubbed Love Genesis, it is slated for release in the near future.

She was born Efya (née Jane Fara Fauzzie rAfia Boafowaa Yahaya Awindor). She was formerly known as Miss Jane, a Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and actress. Efya was born on the 10th of April 1987, in Kumasi, Ghana, but later moved to the capital Accra with her mother Nana Adjoa Awindor (now Nana HemaaAdjoa Awindor) who relocated toattend film school at NAFTI.

According to her bio, Efya is the first born of her mother’s three children. Born in Kumasi, she relocated to Accra when her mother moved to study at NAFTI film school. The nature of her mother’s ensuing career “Greetings From Abroad” saw a young Efya traveling around the world extensively. Imbibing several cultures along the line, she took up Ballet & athletics. She still dabbles in both disciplines.

Some of the numerous awards she has been feted with include 2008 Ghana Music Awards: Best Female Vocalist (Irene & Jane), 2011 Ghana Music Awards: Best Female Vocalist, City People Awards: Best Female Ghanaian musician, Ghana Hip-Hop R&B Music Awards 2011: Contemporary R&B Artiste of the Year, Ghana Hip-Hop R&B Music Awards 2011: Female R&B Artiste Of The Decade, 2012 Ghana Music Awards: Best Female Vocalist.

Her film repertoire includes Adam’s Apples Chapter 3 – as herself (cameo) in 2011, and  Single & Married as Judith/Efya (2012).

Efya signed a 2-year endorsement deal with Nigerian Telecom giant, Globacom, to serve as an ambassador. She also models for contemporary African fashion line Duaba Serwa. Listen to her song below getaway. Her concert shall be on the 25th of April, I shall notify you of the other details later.

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