Tshila
Tshila | |
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 Tshila performing at the Bayimba Festival in Kampala, Uganda | |
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| Birth name | Sarah Tshila |
| Born | June 10, 1983 Kampala, Uganda |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Independent |
| Website | www |
Tshila (born June 10, 1983) is an award-winning Ugandan singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.
Background
Tshila was born in Kampala, Uganda. She didn't grow up around musicians and never had music on the curriculum at any of the schools she attended as a young student. She truly developed her musical talent after she finished her university education in the United States. She received a bachelor's degree in software engineering in 2005.
Musical career
After graduating university in the United States, she returned to Uganda where she began making music as part of Uganda's groundbreaking hip-hop group, Bataka Squad. Group member Saba Saba was one of the subjects of the documentary "Diamonds in the Rough", which premiered in Hollywood and was narrated by Michael Franti.[1] She then picked up a guitar and began to experiment with her own sound. She recorded and self-produced her first album Sipping From the Nile, which gained recognition from the BBC World Service. She began to perform internationally at cultural festivals, in places including Zanzibar,[2] Senegal,[3] Germany and Austria.
The BBC World Service had a talent search in 2007 called "The Next Big Thing", which named Tshila one of the 20 best unsigned artists in the world.[4]
In 2010, Tshila went on tour in Europe sponsored by the Austrian Ministry of Culture. Her music blends of elements of acoustic soul with hip hop, African traditional folk music, jazz and spoken word poetry. She has performed collaborations with artists like Johnny Strange of Culcha Candela and Stereotype from Vienna.[citation needed] She became an ambassador of the Afrika Rise Foundation as well as the Bavubuka Foundation, which both offer underprivileged youth a way out of poverty through music and arts.
In 2017, Tshila performed at The Kennedy Center Millennial Stage and The Hamilton in Washington, DC. She's in the process of recording new music for her upcoming album World In Crisis, which is scheduled for release in 2018.
Discography
- 2007: Sipping From The Nile
- Track Listing:
- 01 Intro
- 02 Kampala
- 03 Interlude
- 04 Namboozo
- 05 Nkole Sente (earn My Living)
- 06 Sipping From the Nile
- 07 Interlude
- 08 Urumi Moyoni (Pain in My Heart)
- 09 Omubbi Waakuno (Village Thief)
- 10 Interlude
- 11 Ca Suffit (Had Enough)
- 12 Scientific Love
- 13 Beera Nange(stay With Me)
- 14 Buli Shesi Nghola (Whatever I Do)
- 15 Interlude
- 16 Naabone (I Get It)
- 17 The Night Is Mine
- 18 Interlude
- 19 Outro
- Track Listing:
- 2018: World in Crisis (unreleased)
- Songs:
- Revolution Now
- Shauri Yako
- Songs:
- Singles:
- Buli Shesi Nghola
- Namboozo
- Scientific Love
- Revolution Now
- Shauri Yako
Press
References
- ^ "Diamonds in the Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution - Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO)". emro.lib.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ "Tshila unveils another side of Ugandan music in Zanzibar". www.newvision.co.ug. 2006-08-24. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ Musoke-Nteyafas, Jane (2006-08-04). "1 on 1 with Ugandan Singer/ Songwriter Tshila". UGPulse.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
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- "Bio". Tshila.com. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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