Nneka

**Nneka Lucia Egbuna** ( listen ⓘ ; an haife ta a ranar 24 ga Disamba 1980)  mawaƙiya ce 'yar Najeriya, marubuciya kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo. Tana rera waka da Turanci, Igbo da kuma Pidgin na Najeriya .

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Nneka Lucia Egbuna kuma ta girma a Warri, Jihar Delta, Najeriya, ga uwa 'yar Jamus kuma uba 'yar Najeriya.   Ita ce ƙarama a cikin 'yan'uwa huɗu. Lokacin da Nneka ke da shekaru biyu, mahaifiyarsu 'yar Jamus ta yi watsi da iyalin. Lokacin da mahaifinta ya sake yin aure, sabuwar matarsa ta azabtar da 'ya'yan aurenta na farko, musamman ƙanƙanta biyu - Nneka da ɗan'uwanta, Anato - don ƙoƙarin sa rayuwarsu ta zama abin da ba za a iya jurewa ba. 

A shekarar 1999, ta koma Hamburg, garin mahaifiyarta. Da farko, ta zauna a wani gidan masu neman mafaka kusa da filin jirgin sama. Daga baya, ta koma gidajen zama na matasa. Ta koyi Jamusanci da sauri, kuma bayan shekara ɗaya da rabi, ta kammala karatunta na sakandare a wata makarantar sakandare wacce ke da hanyar kammala karatun digiri ga waɗanda ba 'yan asalin Jamusanci ba. Bayan kammala karatunta na sakandare, ta yi karatun ilimin ɗan adam da nazarin Afirka a Jami'ar Hamburg, yayin da take yin kiɗa a gefe.   Daga baya, ta fara yin wasa a filin rawa na ƙarƙashin ƙasa don samun kuɗin digirinta. 

## Sana'a

### 2003–2007: Aikin farko da kuma ''wanda aka zalunta da gaskiya''
Nneka ta fara samun karbuwa a bainar jama'a a shekarar 2004 yayin da take yin wasan kwaikwayo na farko ga tauraron reggae na dancehall Sean Paul a Hamburg Stadtpark, kuma bayan yabo mai yawa, ta sanar da niyyarta ta yin rikodin kundin wakokinta na farko.  Bayan fitar da EP dinta na farko, *The Uncomfortable Truth*, ta yi wasa a rangadinta na farko a watan Afrilun 2005, inda ta yi wasanni a Jamus, Austria da Switzerland. A shekarar 2005, an fitar da kundin wakokin Nneka na farko, *Victim of Truth,* a fadin Turai, Najeriya da Japan. Bayan samun yabo daga kafofin watsa labarai, jaridar Sunday Times ta Burtaniya ta ayyana *Victim of Truth* a matsayin "kundin wakokin da aka fi watsi da su a shekarar".  Duk da yabo da aka samu a duniya baki daya, kundin bai yi nasara ba. Duk da haka, Nneka ta ji daɗin tsawon lokaci mai tsawo da nasara na yawon shakatawa, tana yin wasa tare da abokin wasanta Patrice Bart-Williams . A lokacin rangadin ta, ta yi wasa a Chiemsee Reggae Summer, Haarlem (Bevrijdingsfestival), The Hague (Park Pop) da Saint-Brieuc (Art Rock Festival), da kuma wurare masu daraja, kamar La Maroquinerie da New Morning a Paris, Tivoli a Utrecht, Paradiso a Amsterdam, da Cargo da ULU a London. Ta kuma tallafa wa mawaka kamar Femi Kuti, Bilal, Seed, da Gnarls Barkley .

A shekarar 2006, Nneka ta kuma yi wasa a gidan talabijin na Jamus WDR, inda ta rera wakarta mai suna "Gypsy", yayin da wata kungiyar rawa ta yi wani wasan rawa da suka yi aiki a kai musamman don wakar. Kungiyar rawa ta samu goyon bayan kungiyar Schlauberger.

### 2008-2011: ''Ba a ƙara samun sauƙi'' da ''dazuzzukan siminti'' ba
A watan Fabrairun 2008, ta fitar da kundin wakokinta na biyu, No Longer at Ease. [1] An ɗauko taken kundin ne daga wani littafi mai suna iri ɗaya na Chinua Achebe kuma yana nuna abubuwan da ke cikin kundin wakokin. Yawancin waƙoƙin siyasa ne, suna magana ne game da halin da Niger Delta ke ciki da kuma cin hanci da rashawa a ƙasar Nneka. No Longer at Ease ya haɗa siyasa da na sirri a cikin "haɗin soul, hip-hop da reggae". [2] Waƙar da ta fi shahara daga cikin waƙoƙin, "Heartbeat", ta zama waƙar Nneka ta farko da ta shiga cikin jerin waƙoƙin Jamusawa na Top 50. [3] A watan Satumba na 2009, waƙar ta shiga cikin Jadawalin Waƙoƙi na Burtaniya a lamba ta 20. [4] Tun daga lokacin an sake haɗa "Heartbeat" sau da yawa, musamman ta Chase & Status, Rita Ora ta ɗauki samfurin waƙarta mai taken " RIP ". [5]

## Manazarta