Nadia Cattouse

**Nadia Evadne Cattouse** (2 Nuwamba 1924 - 29 Oktoba 2024) 'Yar wasan kwaikwayo ce kuma mawaƙiya 'yar Birtaniya. Ta fara aikinta na wasan kwaikwayo a talabijin a shekarar 1954 kuma an fi saninta da rawar da ta taka a shirye-shiryen talabijin na Burtaniya da yawa, ciki har da *Angels*, *Play for Today, Crown Court, Within These Walls, Dixon of Dock Green* da *Johnny Jarvis* .

Nadia ta tsara, ta tsara, kuma ta rubuta waƙoƙi da dama a ƙarƙashin sunan Eva Dayne.

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Rayuwar farko da aiki
An haifi Nadia Evadne Cattouse a birnin Belize a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 1924.  Mahaifinta, Albert Cattouse, ma'aikacin gwamnati ne wanda ya zama Mataimakin Firayim Minista na Burtaniya Honduras, kuma mahaifiyarta, Kathleen Fairweather Cattouse, malamar makaranta ce. 

A shekarar 1943, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Nadia Cattouse ta zo Birtaniya a matsayin mai aikin sa kai. An horar da ita a Edinburgh, Scotland, a matsayin mai kula da sigina .  Ta kuma zama mai koyar da motsa jiki na ɗan lokaci tare da Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS).  Daga baya ta halarci kwalejin horar da malamai a Glasgow, kuma bayan ta cancanci shiga gasar ta koma Burtaniya Honduras, inda ta kasance shugabar makarantar Mission kuma ta yi lacca kan ilimin jarirai a Kwalejin Horar da Malamai da kuma darussan bazara.  Ta koma Birtaniya a shekarar 1951 ta karanci Kimiyyar Zamantakewa a Makarantar Tattalin Arziki ta London,  ta yi wasan kwaikwayo da waƙa don biyan kuɗinta har zuwa kwaleji.

Cattouse ta fara aikinta na talabijin a shekarar 1954.    Ta fito a cikin shirye-shiryen talabijin guda biyu da suka lashe kyaututtuka, *Freedom Road: Songs of Negro Protest* (1964)  da *There I Go*,  kuma ta fito a kan dandamali a matsayin Felicity a cikin Jean Genet 's *The Blacks* .  Fitattun rikodin da ta yi a matsayin mawaƙin gargajiya sun haɗa da "Long Time Boy"  da "Red and Green Christmas". 

A matsayinta na mawaƙiya a shekarun 1960, ta yi wasa a ƙungiyar Les Cousins folk and blues club da ke Greek Street, London, kuma ta fito a shirye-shiryen talabijin ciki har da Sing Along na BBC da Hootenanny . A fagen al'adu, ta kasance ta zamani a Julie Felix da Fairport Convention, kuma Melody Maker ya bayyana ta a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin manyan jaruman da suka farfaɗo da waƙoƙin gargajiya a Birtaniya". [1] Tare da Robin Hall da Jimmie Macgregor, ta yi Songs of Grief & Glory a shekarar 1967. [2] An yi rikodin kundin waƙoƙinta na Earth Mother (1970) a bikin Edinburgh na 1969. Daga cikin sauran tarin waƙoƙin, Cattouse ta fito a Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up (2005), tana rera waƙar "Long Time Boy", [3] da kuma a kundin waƙoƙin Club Folk 2 na 1972 (Peg Records PS3), tana rera waƙar "BC People" [4] da kuma "All Around My Grandmather's Floor". [5] Nadia ta yi rikodin waƙoƙi da dama a ƙarƙashin sunan alkalami Eva Dayne kuma ta yi amfani da wannan sunan a waƙoƙin da ta daidaita ta kuma shirya. [6]

Cattouse ta shahara da rawar da ta taka a shirye-shiryen talabijin na Burtaniya da dama, ciki har da *Angels*, Within These Walls,  *Play for Today, Crown Court, Dixon of Dock Green* da *Johnny Jarvis* . 

### Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Cattouse ya auri David Lindup (1928–1992), mai shiryawa da mawaƙa tare da ƙungiyar makaɗa ta John Dankworth, a shekarar 1958. Ma'auratan sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu kuma ɗansu Mike Lindup shine mai kunna keyboard na ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta jazz-funk ta Level 42. Ma'auratan sun rabu a tsakiyar shekarun 1960 kuma a shekarar 1969 Cattouse ya auri Bryan Webb. 

Cattouse ta rasu a Landan a ranar 29 ga Oktoba 2024, kwanaki kaɗan kafin ta cika shekara 100.   An yi mata girmamawa a shirin BBC Radio 4 *mai suna Last Word*, wanda aka yi wa ɗanta Mike Lindup hira. 

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