Saida Karoli (born April 4, 1976) is a traditionalist

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n singer and performer who has staged live shows in Tanzania,

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. Karoli was born in 1976 in Rwongwe, a small village in the Bukoba Rural district in the northern Tanzanian Kagera Region on the western side of

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. "Maria Salome", a song from her first album ''Chambua kama Karanga'' reached number three in airplay on Tanzanian radio. After the song's success in Uganda, she became popularly known there as Wanchekecha, a nickname derived from the lyrics of the song. She has entertained the

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's ''Sauti Za Busara'' Festival. Most recently she was nominated for several honors at the Kora All-African Music Awards. In style, Karoli's music is described as natural with mellow vocals and hypnotically rhythmicism. Though she sings primarily in her native tongue Haya, her lyrics also incorporate extensive Swahili (the common East African Language) and the occasional phrase in English. She is managed by Felician Mutta, the CEO of FM Productions LTO. At the 2005

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her album ''Harusi'' was nominated in the Best Folk Album category and at the 2006 Tanzania Music Awards, she was nominated for the Best Female Vocalist category. In 2013, her song 'Maria Salome' was featured in the

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-produced movie Peeples In 2016 she was paid royalties by

Diamond Platnumz Nasibu Abdul Juma Issack (born 2 October 1989), popularly known by his stage name Diamond Platnumz, is a Tanzanian bongo flava recording artist, dancer, philanthropist and a businessman of Ha heritage. He is the founder and CEO of WCB Wasafi R ...

for redoing her song Salome.https://edaily.co.ke/entertainment/revealed-how-diamond-compensated-saida-karoli-for-remixing-her-song-salome-122986/enews/eafrican/

Discography

* ''Chambua kama Karanga'' (''Maria Salome'') (2001) * ''Mapenzi kizunguzungu'' (2003) * ''Harusi'' (2004) * ''Mimi Nakupenda'' (2005) * ''Nelly'' (2008) * ''Akatambala'' Ft. Baliruno K. Hanson (2018)

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* * 1976 births Living people 21st-century Tanzanian women singers People from Bukoba Rural District Swahili-language singers Tanzanian musicians {{Tanzania-bio-stub