Aisha Musa Ahmad
Sudanese singer
Aisha Musa Ahmad (Arabic: عائشة موسى أحمد, romanized: ʾAyša Mūsā Aḥmad, b. 1905 – 24 February 1974), better known as Aisha al-Falatiya (also transliterated as Aisha El Falatia (Arabic: عائشة الفلاتية), was a Sudanese singer. Her early career was hindered by prejudice against female performers, but in 1942 she became the first woman to sing on Sudanese radio. Her career continued into the 1960s, and she recorded over 150 songs in total, achieving popularity in both Sudan and Egypt.
Early life
Aisha al-Falatiya was born in Kassala, close to the present-day border with Eritrea. Both her parents were immigrants to Sudan from Sokoto, Nigeria, having initially passed through the area as pilgrims and then later decided to settle there. Her mother, Hujra, belonged to the Hausa people, while her father, Musa Ahmad Yahiyya, was a faqīh (religious scholar) of Hausa origin. The oldest of seven children, Aisha was schooled at her father's khalwa (religious school) in Omdurman, where she learned to memorise and recite the Quran. Her later skill in singing has been attributed to her lessons in recitation.
Singing career and later life
Aisha al-Falatiya began to sing professionally at the age of fourteen, and soon achieved a degree of fame as a wedding singer.
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