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b. Amada Jebre, c.1945, Ghana. ‘Hausa’ vocalist Nua learned to try out the kalimba, or Ghanaian thumb piano, as a kid, after getting blind at age two. His moves over the African continent brought him his stage name, translating as ‘The People’s Sibling’, while in Kumasi. He ultimately resolved in …

Nua (whose name means “The People’s Sibling”) continues to be blind since age group two. As a kid, he learned to try out the Ghanaian thumb piano, and journeyed thoroughly before settling in Accra in the middle-’60s. Nua was mainly a road musician, also carrying out at social features, until …