Barbara Kanam

**Barbara Kanam Mutund** (an Haife shi 27 Satumban shekarar1973), wacce aka sani da ƙwararriya da **Barbara Kanam**, mawaƙiyar Kongo ce-mawaƙiya, furodusa, ɗan gidan talabijin, mai ba da agaji, kuma ɗan siyasa a halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin Babban Darakta na Asusun Tallafawa Al'adu na Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo .   An lura da ita ga launi na launi da soprano, ana ɗaukar Kanam ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane masu tasiri a cikin ƙarni na 21 na Kongo da mashahuriyar kiɗan Afirka .    Ta yi waƙa a cikin Faransanci, Swahili, Lingala, da Ingilishi,   sau da yawa tana magana akan jigogi kamar zaman lafiya, soyayya, farin ciki, da yancin mata a cikin waƙoƙinta.  

An haife ta a Bukavu, ta sami suna bayan mawaƙin reggae na Ivory Coast Alpha Blondy da furodusa Dodo Koné suka hange ta, wanda ya fitar da album ɗinta na farko a 1999, *Mokili* .  Bisharar kundin waƙar -influenced gubar guda "Mokili Ekoleka" ya sami Kanam bayyanar talabijin a Koras Awards .  Kundin ɗakin studio na biyu na Kanam, *Téti*, wanda aka saki a cikin 2003, ta lashe lambar yabo ta 2003 Kora Awards .    *Téti* ta lashe lambar yabo da yawa, ciki har da Mafi kyawun Mace na Afirka ta Tsakiya a Kunde d'Or da Tamani d'O don Mafi kyawun bege na mata a 2004, sannan ta sami lambar yabo ta Black Music Awards biyu a jere a 2005 don Wahayin Shekara da Mafi kyawun Bidiyo don "Bibi Madeleine: L'argent appelle l'argent" a cikin 2005 

Ya rabu da alamar rikodin Koné a cikin 2008, Kanam ya kafa Kanam Music.  Ta saki albam dinta na uku, *Karibu*, a watan Janairun 2010 kuma ta lashe lambar yabo ta Okapi don Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Mata a shekara mai zuwa.    A watan Yulin 2015, album dinta na hudu, *Zawadi*, ta ba ta lambar yabo ta Ndule don Mafi kyawun Muryar Mata da Kyautar Kiɗa na Afroca don Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Mata.    Album dinta na biyar, *Transfiguration*, wanda aka fara a ranar 23 Disamba 2023. 

Baya ga kiɗa, Kanam ta mallaki Kanam Luxury, wani otal a Kinshasa wanda ya kware a samfuran samfuranta, gami da layin Barbara Luxury champagne.  

## Rayuwa da aiki

### 1973–1998: Yaro, ilimi da kiɗa na halarta
An haifi Barbara Kanam Mutund a ranar 27 ga Satumba 1973 a Bukavu, Zaire (yanzu Jumhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kwango ), a cikin dangi na matsakaicin matsakaici a matsayin ɗayan yara goma sha biyu.   Mahaifinta, babban jami'in Lunda, ya yi aiki a matsayin Janar Manaja na Otal din Sheraton da ke Lubumbashi, yayin da mahaifiyarta ta fito daga kabilar Bemba .    Bayan ta kammala karatunta na sakandare a makarantar masu zaman kansu ta Belgium ta Kolwezi, ta tafi karatun kasuwanci na kasa da kasa a Jami'ar Pretoria a Afirka ta Kudu a 1991.    Yayin da take Pretoria, ta shiga cikin cocin Ikklesiyoyin bishara na gida, wanda ya ba da bayyanar ta ta farko ga kiɗa. Halartan coci a kai a kai, ta ɗauki hankalin ikilisiyar da kuma limamin cocin, wanda ya gayyace ta ta yi ja-gora da kuma rera waƙa a ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta coci.  A cikin wata hira da *Le Potentiel*, Kanam ya bayyana cewa "Ta hanyar wannan ƙungiyar mawaƙa ne na gane cewa ina da kyautar kiɗa".   Sha'awar kiɗan da ta yi girma ya tilasta mata yin watsi da karatun kasuwancinta na duniya, maimakon neman ilimin tauhidi da kiɗa a Makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Rhema da Kwalejin Psalmody a Johannesburg .  Sai dai kuma saboda rashin aikin da mahaifinta ya yi, sai matsalar kudi ta ‘yan uwa ta shiga tabarbarewa, wanda hakan ya sa Kanam ke fuskantar kalubale wajen biyan kudin makaranta.  Ta haka ne ta nemi aikin yi don ciyar da iyalinta yayin da ta kammala karatunta na jami'a.  A matsayin wani nau'i na biki don samun nasarar karatunta, ta sayi guitar a matsayin kyauta ta taya kanta, wanda ta koya wa kanta yin wasa kuma ta fara tsara kiɗanta. 

When she returned to Lubumbashi during academic recess, she confided her musical aspirations to her father, who vehemently disapproved. Discontent with her choice, he asserted that she should no longer return to Pretoria. Concerned about the potential challenges she might face at the University of Lubumbashi, Kanam consented to take a sabbatical year. During this time in Lubumbashi, she found work in the import-export sector to assist her family. In the early 1990s, Kanam began to perform in Central Africa. In 1993, she developed an acoustic setlist for a "One Woman Acoustic Show" and traveled across the region, staging performances in major cities such as Kinshasa and Lubumbashi.

A cikin 1995, danginta sun ƙaura zuwa Abidjan, Ivory Coast, inda ta zama ɗan soloist a ƙungiyar mawakan cocinta, La Réconciliation de Mel Eg Théodore.   A cikin 1977, yayin da take wasa a Hotel Ivoire, Alpha Blondy da manajansa, Koné Dodo sun hange ta.   A cikin wata hira da *Le Potentiel*, Kanam ya bayyana cewa Koné Dodo ya ƙarfafa ta da ta ci gaba da aikin kiɗa.   Duk da cewa suna son sanya mata hannu, iyayen Kanam sun dage cewa ta kammala karatun ta kafin ta ci gaba da sana’ar waka. Daga baya waccan shekarar, daga ƙarshe ta sami BTS International Commerce daga Jami'ar Tertiaire et Technologique a Abidjan. 

### 1999–2008: ''Mokili'' da ''Téti''
A cikin 1999, Kanam ta fito da kundi na farko na studio, *Mokili*, wanda Koné Dodo ya shirya. Kundin ya kunshi wakar mai taken "Mokili Ekoleka" mai tasirin bishara kuma ta samu lambar yabo ta Kora, inda ta fara fitowa a talabijin, inda ta gabatar da kundinta a wurin bikin karramawar.  A shekara ta 2000, Kanam ta huta daga yin wasan kwaikwayo kuma ta koma Paris saboda ciki. Bayan hutun shekaru biyu, ta ci gaba da aikin waƙar tare da fitar da kundi na biyu na studio, *Téti*, akan 1 Janairu 2003.   Rikodin, wanda ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi 12, Kiki Productions da Nouvelle JAT Music ne suka shirya shi, alamar Koné Dodo.  *Téti* ta samu gagarumar nasara a kasuwar Burkinabè, musamman a Ouagadougou, inda ta sami wasan kwaikwayo ta gidan rediyon Télévision du Burkina na tsawon watanni biyar.  Waƙar da ta fito, "Bibi Madeleine: L'Argent appelle l'argent", ta yi biyayya ga kakarta kuma ta gwada Pamelo Mounk'a ta 1985 ta buga "L'argent appelle l'argent".  An yi muhawarar waƙar a cikin nau'i biyu - ɗaya yana nuna Edgar Yonkeu kuma wani tare da Awilo Longomba .  A cikin Afrilu 2003, An zaɓi Kanam a lokacin bugu na 3 na Kundé d'Or kuma daga baya ya yi a Palais des Sports de Ouaga 2000 don inganta *Téti* .  Bugu da ƙari, ta yi farin ciki da mataki a Fadar Al'adu na Abidjan, ta raba dandalin tare da Aicha Koné, Tiane, Mawa Traoré, Joelle Séka, Tigress Sidonie, da Chantal Taïba don kara tallafawa *Téti* .  Ta koma Burkina Faso don halartar bikin Wuïré daga 29 ga Oktoba zuwa 1 ga Nuwamba a Sashen Imasgo . 

Nasarar da Kanam ta samu tare da *Téti* ya sa ta samu lambar yabo ta Kora don ƙwararrun Mawaƙin Mata na Afirka a ranar 6 ga Disamba 2003 a Cibiyar Taro ta Sandton a Sandton .   A ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 2004, Kanam ta sami lambar yabo ta mafi kyawun mace a Afirka ta Tsakiya a Kunde d'Or a Burkina Faso .  Ta ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo a Fadar Al'adu a Abidjan, tare da Coumba Gawlo, Chantal Taïba, da Tigress Sidonie.   An sake fitar da sigar "Bibi Madeleine: L'argent appelle l'argent", wanda aka rubuta tare da Awilo Longomba da Edgar Yonkeu, a cikin 2005.  Ya sami karbuwa sosai a duk faɗin Afirka, Caribbean, da ƴan gudun hijira na Afirka na Turai, musamman a Faransa, inda ya sami Kanam lambar yabo ta Baƙar fata guda biyu a jere don Mafi kyawun Bidiyo da Wahayin Shekara.   A shekara mai zuwa, ta haɗu tare da Fally Ipupa akan waƙar "100% Love" daga kundin sa *Droit Chemin* .   

### 2009-2014: ''Karibu'' da "Afrika Dakatar da Ebola"
A cikin 2008, Kanam ta ƙare kwangilarta da Koné Dodo kuma ta kafa lakabin rikodin nata, Kanam Music.  Ta fara aiki a kan albam dinta na uku, *Karibu* ( Swahili don "maraba") a cikin Paris a wannan shekarar.  Daga baya, ta koma Ivory Coast a watan Yuli 2009 don mai da hankali kan *Karibu* . An gudanar da wani taron da kamfanin King Production record label a Abidjan ya shirya, wanda ya hada da 'yan jarida kusan talatin don yada albam din na gabatowa.  Daga nan sai ta koma Lubumbashi a watan Nuwamba don kula da yadda ake shirya faifan wakokin *Karibu* kuma ta gudanar da kide-kide da dama.  Kanam Music ya fito a hukumance a watan Janairu 2010.   Yana haɗa rumba na Kongo kuma yana fasalta Fally Ipupa akan waƙar "Noir & Blanc".    *Karibu* ya samu gagarumar nasara, inda 'yan jarida da masu watsa shirye-shirye irin su Claudy Siar da Yves Robert Brazza Kambala suka ayyana shi a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun fitowar shekarar. Kanam ya zama “mai ɗaukar nauyi” ga mawakan Afirka mata.  Daga baya Kanam ya yi a Venus Hotel a Kinshasa a lokacin bugu na 2 na Ndule Awards  kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Mata a bugu na 3 na MTV Africa Music Awards .  Ta kuma yi wasa a dandalin Obelisk da ke Dakar a matsayin wani bangare na bugu na 3 na bikin baƙar fata na duniya .  

A watan Oktoban 2014, an nuna Kanam a kan "Afrika Dakatar da Ebola", waƙar da ke haɓaka wayar da kan jama'a game da cutar zazzabin Ebola a Afirka.  Waƙar ta ƙunshi mawaƙa Tiken Jah Fakoly, Amadou &amp;amp; Mariam, Salif Keita, Oumou Sangaré, Kandia Kouyaté, Mory Kanté, Sia Tolno, da rap ɗin Didier Awadi, Marcus, da Mokobé Traoré .    Ya haɗa da umarni daga masana kan yadda ake mutunta kiyaye lafiya da tsafta.  

### 2015-yanzu: ''Zawadi'', sakewa na tsaye, da ''Sauyi''
Kanam ta fara yin rikodin album ɗinta na huɗu na studio, Zawadi, a cikin 2014. Ta bayyana a wata hira da ta yi da La Prospérité cewa " Zawadi " kalmar Swahili ce don "kyauta" kuma tana wakiltar wata baiwar Allah mai tamani da aka yi a duniya. Kundin ya ƙunshi raye-rayen choreographed da aka sani da "danse du président". Yayin da yake aiki akan Zawadi, Kanam ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin memba na juri a gasar kiɗa ta Jeunes Talents kuma daga baya ya zagaya birnin Paris don yin shawarwari kan yarjejeniyar rarrabawa don fitar da kundin na gaba. Kundin ya fito da lambobi a ranar 1 ga Yuli 2015, kuma akan ƙaramin diski a ranar 12 ga Yuli. Kundin ya haɗu da rumba na Kongo kuma ya haɗa da haɗin gwiwa tare da Bana C4 da mawaƙin zouk Marvin. Kanam ta bayyana Zawadi a matsayin albam din ta na “fitacciyar nasara”, mai fasaha da murya fiye da tarihinta na baya. Ta goyi bayan kundin tare da kide kide a filin wasan Golf na Roméo a Kinshasa a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba. A watan Agustan 2016, Kanam ya sami lambar yabo mafi kyawun ƴan wasan Afirka mata a lokacin bugu na biyu na lambar yabo ta Afroca Music Awards a Brazzaville. Komawa a Kinshasa, ta yi hira da La Prospérité inda ta nuna godiyarta ga mutanen da suka tallafa mata a tsawon shekaru 15 da ta yi a fagen kiɗa. Zawadi ta kuma lashe lambar yabo ta musamman na Jury a bugu na 11 na Canal d'Or, wanda aka gudanar a Palais des Congrès de Yaoundé a gaban uwargidan shugaban kasar Kamaru, Chantal Biya. 

A watan Yuni 2017, Kanam ta bayyana waƙarta mai zuwa "Mela Mayi" zuwa *Forum des As* .  Da farko an yi rikodin a cikin 2016, an raba teaser na bidiyon kiɗan akan YouTube a watan Yuni.  An ƙaddamar da bidiyon a hukumance a ranar 19 ga Agusta, 2017, wanda ke nuna rawar gani mai cike da kuzari.   Don tallafa wa "Mela Mayi", Kanam ta gudanar da wani taron kide-kide na musamman a SHOWBUZZ a Kinshasa a ranar 15 ga Disamba 2017 kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Mata na Afirka ta Tsakiya a Kyautar Masana'antar Kiɗa ta Afirka.  

A cikin Maris 2018, Kanam ya ƙaddamar da waƙar "Lisanga Ya Ba Mbanda", murfin Rumba na Kongo na M'bilia Bel ta buga daga 1980s.  Da yake magana da *La Prospérité*, ta raba, ".....Na biya harajin da ya dace da rayuwa ga mahaifiyar Mbilia Bel, Cleopatra ".  A ranar 23 ga Disamba 2019, ta gabatar da waƙar rawa mai taken "Bouger", sannan ta fito da "Flèche" akan 14 Maris 2020.  Ballad soyayyarta "Atcha", hadewar rumba na Kongo da aka rera a cikin Swahili, Lingala, da Faransanci, an sake shi a ranar 9 ga Oktoba 2020 kuma ta sami yabo sosai a Kinshasa.   Don tunawa da sakin, ta shirya wani taron VIP a Village Chez Ntemba, dake 10 Avenue Du Port, Gombe, Kinshasa a yammacin ranar.   Bayan kammala wannan shekara, ta shiga bikin Mondial de Musique des Femmes na 10 a Montreal, Kanada, a ranar 26-27 ga Satumba,  kuma a ranar 19 ga Disamba, an ba ta lambar yabo ta CANA 2020 a bugu na biyu na CANA ( *Célébration des Artistes Nationaux de l'Anée* ), ta sami lambar yabo ta Burkina Faso sau da yawa.    Ta biyo bayan guda ɗaya "Amour Invincible" akan 9 Disamba 2021 da "Oxygen" akan 31 Disamba 2022.   A ranar 21 ga Fabrairu, 2023, ta fito da waƙar rumba ta Kongo mai suna "Consommation", wanda Kanam Music ya shirya kuma Virgin Music Africa ta rarraba, tare da faifan bidiyon kiɗan da ke nuna Kanam na rawa da shiga cikin wani yanayi na kusanci da wani mutum.   A cikin makonni biyu, waƙar ta tara sama da ra'ayoyin YouTube miliyan ɗaya.  A ranar 5 ga Afrilu 2023, ta fito da waƙa mai jigo ta ruhaniya "Uzima" (Swahili don "rayuwa"), tana nuna godiya ga Allah,   kuma a ranar 25 ga Mayu, ta haɗu da Félix Wazekwa 's "Jalousie XL" daga kundin sa na biyu *Article 23* .  A cikin Yuni 2023, Kanam ya fito da "Isolé", yana nuna Fabregas Le Métis Noir, wanda Kanam Music ya shirya kuma Universal Music Africa da Virgin Music Africa suka rarraba. 

A ranar 23 ga Disamba 2023, Kanam ta fito da kundi na studio na biyar *Transfiguration*, hadewar rumba na Kongo da ndombolo .    Kanam Music ne ya samar da shi kuma an rarraba shi ta hanyar Universal Music Africa da Virgin Music Africa, kundin waƙa 14 ya haɗa da waƙar da ta gabata "Isolée" da haɗin gwiwa tare da Ferré Gola, Koffi Olomide, Héritier Watanabe, Fabregas Le Métis Noir, Roga Roga, Ariel Shaney, Mimie, da Coco Argentée .    

## Talabijin da ayyukan siyasa
A cikin 2013, Kanam ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin horarwa don nunin *Mafi Kyau* a Kinshasa.  A shekara mai zuwa, ta halarci lokacin kaddamar da *Talent Africa* a Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. 

A ranar 8 ga Yuli 2023, Shugaba Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, ya ba da wata doka ta nada Kanam a matsayin Babban Darakta (DG) na Asusun Tallafawa Al'adu (FPC).   Kanam yana da alhakin kula da ingantawa da bunkasa fannin al'adu a cikin kasar.  

## Ayyukan agaji, aikin jin kai, da girmamawa
Kanam ta kafa gidauniyar Kanam, wadda ta ke jagoranta, a matsayin wani dandali na magance matsalolin da suka shafi karfafa mata da kuma kula da yara .   Ita ce kuma majibincin kungiyar yaki da cutar daji ta yara (GFAOP). 

A cikin Oktoba 2012, ta ba da gudummawa ga aikin zaman lafiya - taken kiɗan "Dakata à la Guerre à l'Est!" alongside Innoss'B, Fally Ipupa, Papa Wemba, Tshala Muana, Simaro Lutumba, Félix Wazekwa, Bill Clinton Kalonji, Marie Misamu, Meje 30 (also known as MJ30), King Kester Emeneya, Koffi Olomide, JB Mpiana, Werrason Kuturu, da M'bilia Bel .    Aikin, wanda Jakadan zaman lafiya Odiane Lokako da mataimakinsa Patrick Muyaya Katembwe suka shirya, sun yi Allah wadai da tawaye na Movement 23 ga Maris a Arewacin Kivu kuma ya ba da shawarar samar da zaman lafiya.   A cikin 2013, Kanam ya haɗa kai da Asalfo akan wani aiki da ke da nufin inganta ilimi ga yara marasa galihu.  A shekara ta gaba, ta shiga cikin shirin "Dakatar da cutar Ebola", tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da Tiken Jah Fakoly, Amadou &amp;amp; Mariam, Salif Keita, Oumou Sangaré, Kandia Kouyaté, Mory Kanté, Sia Tolno, da raps Didier Awadi, Marcus, da Mokobé Traoré da yaki da cutar Ebola .    A cikin 2019, an karrama ta da digiri na girmamawa daga Jami'ar Florida saboda gudummawar da ta bayar a cikin al'umma, ta zama mawaƙin Kongo tilo da ta sami wannan karramawar.    Ta kuma sami digiri na girmamawa daga Observatoire Africain de la sanction positive et les valeurs de paix (OASP), tare da lakabin mace mai daraja.    A waccan shekarar, Chantal Safou, ministar jinsi, iyali, da yara, ta naɗa Kanam a matsayin Gwarzon Ƙarfafa yancin Mata.  A cikin 2022, Hukumar Ci gaban Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNDP) ta nada ta a matsayin Jakadiyar Fatan Alheri don Inganta Ayyukan Yanayi a DRC.  

## Waƙoƙi

### Albums

* *Mokili* (1999)
* *Téti* (2003)
* *Karibu* (2010)
* *Zawadi* (2015)
* *Transfiguration* (2023)

## Kyaututtuka da zaɓe

## Magana

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Barbara Kanam Skyrock Music Blog 
* TopVisages shafi