Ali Isah Jita (born 15 July 1983), simply known as Ali Jita. He is a

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musician, singer and

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Early life

Ali Jita was born into the family of Alhaji Sallau Jibrin Kibiya who is a butcher and his mother Hajiya Ummul-Khairi in Gyadi Gyadi area of

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local government

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, Nigeria. He was raised in the Shagari quarters of Gyadi Gyadi. As a little boy, his father moved his family from Kano to

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, then to Abuja due to his business purposes. Fender_'51_Precision_Bass,_FGF_museum

Education

Ali Jita started his nursery/elementary education in Shagari Quarters. He then did his primary and junior secondary education at Bonikam Barracks, Victoria Island,

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. He finished his senior secondary education in Abuja. He furthered his studies in Federal College of Education Kano where he obtained a National Diploma in

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. He also studied Computer Science at the Intersystem ICT School where he obtained a diploma.

Career

Most of Ali jita's songs were used in the

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film industry, but some of his

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s were sold out to other Hausa film Industries. His associates include

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, Fati Niger,

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, etc. He also collaborated with Umar M Shareef and produced a song called ''Mama'', his latest single is the song ''Kano'' produced in 2018. Ali Jita's song called ''Love'' was chosen the second best Hausa music of the year 2018 by BBC Hausa. Ali Jita uses Ingausa musical style, a

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and

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. He use the style to write and sing the song. In 2019 he produced the official video of ''Arewa angel'' together with another

actress Rahama Sadau, he also produce another official video of the song called ''Love'' with the actress Hadiza Gabon. He also organise a sallah celebration.

Discography

Albums

Awards and honors

Ali Jita has received many awards in his musical career,the awards are over 15 awards in counts, they are as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jita, Ali 1983 births 21st-century Nigerian male actors Hausa-language mass media Living people People from Kano Male actors in Hausa cinema Kannywood actors