Zahara (mawakiyar Afirka ta Kudu)

**Bulelwa Mkutukana** (9 ga Nuwamba 1987 - 11 ga Disamba 2023), wacce aka fi sani da sunanta **Zahara** a kan dandamali, mawaƙiya ce ta Afirka ta Kudu, marubuciya kuma mai guitar. An rarraba waƙarta a matsayin " Afro-soul ", kuma ta rera waƙa da Xhosa, harshenta na asali, da kuma Turanci.

Bayan sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar rikodin wakokin Mkutukana, *Loliwe* (2011), kundin wakokinta na farko, ya kai matsayi na biyu a kundin wakokin platinum. Kundin wakokinta na biyu, *Phendula* (2013), ya samar da wakoki uku mafi shahara a jadawalin wakokin " Phendula ", "Impilo", da "Stay". Kundin wakokin Zahara na uku, *Country Girl* (2015), ya samu takardar shaidar platinum uku. Bayan ta bar TS Records, ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar rikodin wakokin Warner Music .  Kundin wakokinta na hudu, *Mgodi* (2017), shi ne kundin wakokinta mafi sayarwa kuma an ba ta takardar shaidar platinum, yayin da kundin wakokinta na biyar, *Nqaba Yam (2021)*, ya kai matsayi na 1 a iTunes . 

Lambobin yabo da ta samu sun haɗa da kyaututtukan kiɗan Afirka ta Kudu goma sha bakwai, kyaututtukan Metro FM guda uku, da kuma kyautar nishaɗin Najeriya guda ɗaya. [1] Zahara tana cikin jerin mata 100 na BBC a shekarar 2020. [2] Ta bayyana a matsayin alkali a kakar wasa ta goma sha bakwai ta Idols ta Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 2021.

## Rayuwar farko
An haife ta a matsayin Bulelwa Mkutukana a yankin Phumlani Informal Settlement na Gabashin London a Gabashin Cape, Afirka ta Kudu,  An haifi Zahara a can tare da iyayenta Nokhaya da Mlamli Mkutukana, 'ya'ya na shida cikin bakwai.  Zahara ta fara rera waƙa a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta makarantarta tun tana ɗan shekara shida, ta zama babbar mawaƙiya a can,  kuma tana da shekara tara, an nemi ta shiga ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta manyan mutane saboda muryarta mai ƙarfi.  Sunanta na mataki yana nufin "fure mai fure" a cikin Larabci .  Tun tana ƙarama, an san ta da laƙabin "Alayya" saboda ƙaunarta ga kayan lambu. 

An rarraba waƙar Zahara a matsayin "Afro-soul" kuma ta rera waƙa da yaren asalinta, Xhosa, da kuma Turanci.  An bayyana waƙarta a matsayin cakuda salon da Tracy Chapman da India Arie suka shahara da shi. 

Zahara ta fara aikinta na bas a titunan Gabashin London. TK Nciza ta sanya mata hannu a kamfanin TS Records. 

An fitar da kundin wakokin Zahara na farko mai *suna Loliwe* a shekarar 2011, inda aka sayar da fitowar farko cikin awanni 72.  Kwanaki goma sha tara bayan haka, kundin ya sayar da kwafi sama da 100,000, wanda ya kai matsayin platinum sau biyu a Afirka ta Kudu.  Wannan ya sanya ta zama mawaƙiya ta biyu da ta kai wannan adadi a cikin wannan lokaci bayan Brenda Fassie, wacce ita ma 'yar asalin Xhosa ce.  Zahara ta fitar da DVD ɗinta na farko mai suna The Beginning Live a shekarar 2012, wanda ya ƙunshi ɗan takarar *X-Factor* USA LeRoy Bell, wanda ya kai platinum a cikin kwana ɗaya, bisa ga ƙa'idodin da Kamfanin Rikodi na Afirka ta Kudu ya kafa. 

## Mutuwa
A ranar 11 ga Disamba, 2023, Zahara ta mutu a wani asibiti a Johannesburg, tana da shekaru 36.   An kwantar da ita a tsakiyar watan Nuwamba saboda matsalolin hanta wanda ya tsananta har sai da ta kasa amsawa.  Ta kamu da cutar hanta bayan matsalolin shan giya, a cewar manajanta a shekarar 2019. 

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