Sherifa Gunu is a

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soul musician. She was born a princess into a royal family of the Kingdom of Dagbon, in the Northern Region of Ghana. Gunu had interest in music and dance during his childhood days. Sherifa has been in various dancing competition at the regional and national level.

Early life

Sherifa Gunu hwas born in the

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in the Northern Region of

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into a royal family. She left school at an early stage and later competed in both regional and national dance competitions.

Musical career

Sherifa Gunu became the northern Regional dance champion and the first runner up in the 1998

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Pleasure, a popular national dance championship in the 1990s. She later participated in the 2003

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dance championship with the likes of

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and Terry Bonchaka. Gunu became the first runner up to Terry Bonchaka in the finals of the championship. In 2017, she released a single titled Salamatu, which is also the title of one of her albums. She revealed that the reason for the title of the single is to recognize the uniqueness of some

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n names.

Performances

Sherifa Gunu performed at the National Theatre for the maiden edition of Zongofest, a show to honour distinguished Zongo personalities and also discover young talents. She also performed at a live band music show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Accra during the launch of Ghana's premium networking event known as the ‘Corporate Wednesday’, a show that seeks to bring all business stakeholders together for networking among themselves. Furthermore, she has done backings for

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, Daddy Lumba, Nana Acheampong and Sarkodie and in all she has made three albums.

Awards and nominations

1st runner up, 1998 National Dance Championship (The Embassy Pleasure). 1st runner up, 2003 Hiplife Dance Championship.

Discography

Personal life

Sherifa is a Muslim and a

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of two.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunu, Sherifa Living people Ghanaian Muslims Ghanaian musicians Dagomba people Dagbani-language singers Year of birth missing (living people) People from Northern Region (Ghana)