Gah-Ndo Ashuembom Amabo (born 18 March 1991) professionally known as Gasha, is an

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singer from

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. She made herself known in October 2013 with her debut single ''Kaki Mbere''.

Biography

Gasha was born in

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, Cameroon in 1991 where she grew up with her parents, native of Bafut in the North West Region. She started singing at the age of 11 in high school influenced by artists such as

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, Sam Cooke,

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, Eboa Lotin,

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and Donny Elwood. In 2013, she released her first single "Kaki Mbere", an Afrobeat song produced by Cameroonian music producer DiJay Pazzo. The song was a huge success and made her popular on the national and African music Scene., In 2014, she was awarded the best female artist for central Africa at the African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) in

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, Texas. In 2015, she recorded ''Chill'' with Ugandan artist

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. She later collaborated with Miss Africa USA pageant for the "Women Will Change Africa" campaign and soundtrack. The Song Gasha sings in Pidgin and English.

Discography

Singles

* 2013: Kaki Mbere * 2013: This Life * 2014: Faya di Burn feat Magasco * 2014: I notice * 2014: There he goes * 2014: The Date * 2015: Black I am feat. Stanley Enow * 2015: Women Will Change Africa (EP) * 2016: Ma kong Wa * 2016: this Life Remix feat LAW G * 2017: Back To Reality * 2017: Murder * 2017: We Still Dey feat Nabil * 2018: Le Meilleur

Awards and recognitions

* 2015: Best female artist for central Africa at AFRIMMA

References

{{authority control 21st-century Cameroonian women singers 1991 births Living people