{"id":101203,"date":"2019-05-23T15:18:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T12:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=101203"},"modified":"2019-05-23T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T12:18:53","slug":"king-kiba-the-man-with-many-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/king-kiba-the-man-with-many-talents\/","title":{"rendered":"King Kiba, the man with many talents"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Kiba, the man with many talents,\u00a0 born Ali Saleh Kiba was born 26th November 1986 in Iringa, Tanzania to Tombwe Njere and Saleh Omari. He is the first of four children and is followed by Abdu Saleh Kiba, Zabibu Saleh Kiba and Abubakar Saleh Kiba. He is a recording artist and singer-songwriter. Alikiba is the director of Rockstar4000. Kiba became a household name in 2007,\u00a0 when he released the album Cinderella.\u00a0 The album broke record as the best selling album in East Africa. He is known for his hit songs Mwana<\/i>, “Aje” , “Chekecha Cheketua” “Cinderella”, “Nakshi Mrembo”, “Usiniseme and Dushelele”. .He has also done a collaboration\u00a0 with R Kelly.<\/p>\n

Family and Marriage<\/h3>\n

Alikiba has five children; Amiya Kiba, Chamy Kiba, Prince Sameer Kiba, Jmal and Keyaan. He is married\u00a0 Amina Khalef on April 19 2018. She hails from Kongowea in Mombasa, Kenya. Together with Amina they have one son named Keyaan.<\/p>\n

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Alikiba with wife Amina Khalif<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Education<\/h3>\n

Alikiba attended Upanga Primary School in Dar es salaam before proceeding to secondary school. Although he has a passion for music, Alikiba developed interest in soccer. He is a left legged.<\/p>\n

Also read; Alikiba finally makes his debut for\u00a0Coastal Union FC five months after signing to the club (Photos)<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch theAlikiba playing soccer below.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cl1OIiC0vDw<\/p>\n

Music Career of King Kiba<\/h3>\n

In 2004, he started pursuing a career as a songwriter and a music artist and wrote his first song, Maria. Later that year, Alikiba started working on his first album. In 2007 he released \u00a0Cinderella Album.\u00a0 This was the album that introduced Alikiba to the music scene. The album’s top single, Cinderella was an instant hit and made it to number one on all of Tanzania’s music charts and was big enough. He didn’t stop here and in 2008 he released yet another album, Usiniseme and at this point, he was dominating the charts across East Africa and beyond. The album, Alikiba 4 Real was another piece. In the same year, Alikiba was nominated and won the Kilimanjaro Music Awards for Cinderella.<\/p>\n

Click on the link below to watch Cinderella.<\/p>\n