Shafiqa

Shafika or Shafika Al-Tantawiya ( Arabic   )  (1957 - 5 Mayu 2011) mawaƙinyar Masar ce . Ana yi mata lakabi da " Ummu Kulthum  na fitattun wakoki. An ba da rahoton cewa kaset ɗinta na kaset a cikin 1990s sun sami mafi girman tallace-tallace na zamaninta. 

 Rayuwa da tarbiyya 
An haifi Shafika Mahmoud Riad Atta a unguwar Al-Qurashi a gundumar Tanta ta biyu a Gharbia . An sanya mata suna Al-Tantawiya don bambanta ta da wata mawakiya, Shafika Al-Qebtiya. Mahaifinta, Mahmoud Riad Atta, ɗan wasan accordion ne kuma shugaban ƙungiyar Layalina. Ya sanya mata suna Shafika a matsayin kakarta.

Shafika ta taso ne a gidan kade-kade, inda mahaifinta yake yi mata wasan kwaikwayo a gida.  Iyalinta da al'ummarta sun ƙarfafa ta, ta haɓaka sha'awar kiɗa da waƙa. Mahaifinta ya zama malaminta da mai ba da shawara, sau da yawa yana kai ta zuwa abubuwan da suka faru kamar bukukuwa, maraice na kiɗa, da bukukuwan aure. Ya gane basirarta da wuri kuma ya gabatar da ita a kan mataki lokacin tana da kimanin shekaru 13.

Ta fara aikin fasaha a Tanta tare da ƙungiyar Layalina, wanda mahaifinta ke jagoranta, tare da mawaki Ahmed Hosni da mawaki Amin Gad, wanda ya shahara da Sandoubi a farkon shekarun 1990. 

 Aure 
Shafika ta yi aure sau biyar amma ba ta haihu ba. Mijinta na farko shine Hoda Al-Rashidi.  Mijinta na biyu shi ne Shokoko, wanda ta hadu da shi a Zagazig yayin daurin aure. Auren ta na uku da Mustafa Rashad, ta hudu kuma ta kasance da wani dan gidan mawaki Hassan Esh Esh. Mijinta na biyar, Mohamed Hosni daga Alexandria, an ruwaito cewa ya rinjayi shawararta na yin ritaya a shekara ta 2004. Ta koma yin wasa a 2008 bayan da ta kare. 

 Sana'a 
Shafika ta fara waka ne a shekarar 1970 tana da shekaru 13 a garin Tanta, inda ta yi wasa tare da kungiyar Layalina karkashin jagorancin mahaifinta, Mahmoud Riad Atta.  Ayyukanta na farko, sau da yawa a lokacin bukukuwan aure da abubuwan gida, sun jawo hankali da sauri. Ta fitar da kundi na farko a cikin 1980,  wanda ya sami gagarumar nasara akan kaset ɗin kaset kuma ya sami lakabin "The Cassette Sultana." Shaharar ta ya yadu a Masar da sauran kasashen Larabawa, da kuma wasu sassan Asiya, musamman Thailand, inda ta yi suna sosai.

A cikin shekarun 1990, furodusa Ahmed Fakhry na Kamfanin Western Audio ya fitar da tarin kaset dinta, wanda ya kara shahararta.  A lokacin kololuwar aikinta, an ba da rahoton cewa tana yin kide-kide har bakwai ko takwas a kowace rana, tana samun kudade kusan fam 10,000 na Masar a kowane wasan kwaikwayo.

Kaset ɗinta na sayar da yawa, kuma ta shahara da ƙaƙƙarfan muryarta. Kafofin watsa labarai da masu sauraro sun ba ta lakabi iri-iri, ciki har da "Pyramid na Hudu," "Pyramid of West," "Sultan of Cassettes," da "Umm Kulthum of the People." 

Tallace-tallace ta kasance mai ƙarfi har zuwa 2004, lokacin da ta yi ƙoƙarin shigar da kiɗan kiɗa. Rugujewar kasuwar kaset a wancan lokacin ya janyo hasarar kudi mai yawa, kuma ta yanke shawarar yin ritaya daga rera waka. Daga baya ta yi ƙoƙari ta kafa gidan cin abinci na cin abincin teku a Alexandria, amma harkar ta ci nasara. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">abubuwan da ake bukata</span> ]

Bayan shekaru uku da barin waka, Shafika ta koma yin waka ne a shekarar 2007, musamman a wajen bukukuwan aure da bukukuwa a Alexandria.  Rahotanni sun nuna cewa aurenta da wani mai gidan abinci a Alexandria ya taimaka mata wajen matsalolin kudi, saboda zargin da ake yi na amfani da kudinta wajen hada-hadar kasuwanci. 

Ta zauna na dindindin a Alexandria kuma ta ci gaba da rera waƙa har zuwa 2010, lokacin da lafiyarta ta fara raguwa. Ta sami ciwon zuciya kuma an kwantar da ita a asibiti a cikin kulawa mai zurfi kafin ta mutu a watan Mayu 2011. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1971
Rukuni:Shafuka masu fassarorin da ba'a duba ba