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Ammara Brown is a Zimbabwean actress and singer-songwriter born in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1988.
Early life
Ammara Nury Brown was born on September 6, 1988,[1] to Soraya Khan[2] and guitarist Andy Brown. She spent the first ten years of her life being raised in Zimbabwe before moving to the United States for a short four year stint. Upon her return to East Africa she joined her father's band The Storm in 2003. She played alongside her step-mother Chiwoniso Maraire, with whom she studied the mbira[3].
Career
Brown started her performing career as a child, featuring in a selection of TV adverts including one alongside with Oliver Mtukudzi in 2009.[4] She performed at the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa and has since won several awards in her career for both her acting and her music including Best Zimbabwean Actress at the Zimbabwe International Film Festival in 2017.[5] and the Best Female Artiste at the African Muzic Magazine Awards, (AFRIMMA) in 2018[6] Her music is perfomed in the Afro-pop style and she is perhaps best known for her coloborations alongside South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela who features on her debut album on tracks "Tawina" and "Next Lifetime"[7]. Masekela had previously praised Brown for her "unique stage presence"[8]. She is recognised as one of Zimbabwe's most popular mbira artists[9].
Discography
Albums
References
- ↑ "Ammara Brown". Music In Africa (in français). 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ↑ chekai, Lemuel (2017-11-10). "Facts You Didn't Know About Ammara Brown". 263Chat. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ↑ "Seven Zimbabwean musicians you should hear". British Council. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ ZW, Youth Village (2015-01-20). "'My First Job In The Entertainment Industry Was An Acting Gig Where I Worked With Oliver Mtukudzi' - Ammara Brown". Youth Village Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe: Ammara Brown Scoops Two Awards At Joint ZIFF and IiFF Festival". allAfrica. 2017-09-03.
- ↑ "Ammara ecstatic about AFRIMMA award". The Herald. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ↑ Chronicle, The. "Bra Hugh's special gift to Berita, Ammara". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ Radio, Nehanda (2015-08-05). "Hugh Masekela salutes Ammara". Nehanda Radio. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ Amoros, Luis Gimenez (2018-07-06). "Tracing the Mbira Sound Archive in Zimbabwe". doi:10.4324/9780429505539.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Ammartia, 2017-11-10, retrieved 2023-04-30
- ↑ "Ammartia by Ammara Brown". Genius. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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