Zuhura Othman Soud (born 22 November 1993), better known by her stage name Zuchu, is a
Tanzanian singer and songwriter born in
Zanzibar. She is based in
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...
and signed to
WCB Wasafi record label. She was awarded the Silver Plaque Button by YouTube for hitting 100,000 subscribers within a week. She became the first East African female artist to reach that milestone within a week. She also became the first East African female artist to reach 1 million subscribers on YouTube 11 months later. In 2020 Zuchu was named by
AFRIMMA
The African Muzik Magazine Awards (commonly abbreviated as AFRIMMA) are an annual African music awards ceremony aimed to reward and celebrate musical works, talents and creativity around the African continent and accommodates all musical genres ...
as the winner of the Emerging Artist Award.
Personal life
Zuchu comes from a musical
Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa
* Swahili culture
Swahili culture is the culture of ...
Zanzibari
Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small island ...
family and background. She is a daughter of the revered and famous female Zanzibari
Taarab musician
Khadija Kopa
Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah ( ar, خديجة, Khadīja) is an Arabic feminine given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1995, it was one of the three most popular Arabic feminine names in th ...
. Zuchu started singing at a tender age and later collaborated with her mother Khadija Kopa on a song titled "Mauzauza" from her debut EP ''I am Zuchu''. Among her first appearances as a musician to the public date back to 2015 in the first edition of TECNO OWN THE STAGE in
Lagos,
Nigeria.
Discography
Albums
Zuchu released her debut EP album ''I Am Zuchu'' in 2020, with a total of 7 songs.
*2020: ''I Am Zuchu''
Singles and collaborations
References
External links
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Living people
People from Dar es Salaam
Tanzanian Muslims
21st-century Tanzanian women singers
Women singer-songwriters
1993 births
Swahili-language singers
Tanzanian musicians
Tanzanian Bongo Flava musicians
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