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Lady Jaydee
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Music Landmark

Lady Jaydee

born 1979

The Queen of Bongo Flava

Landmark is level 2 of 4 in the Tanzania Hall of Fame: a first that opened a door, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.

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One of the first women to sing R&B in Swahili, and the voice that made room for every Tanzanian woman who has recorded since.

Lady Jaydee, born Judith Wambura Mbibo in Shinyanga in 1979, is a Tanzanian singer working in R&B, zouk and Afropop, and is widely called the Queen of Bongo Flava.

She was among the first women to sing R&B in Swahili. She was voted best Tanzanian female R&B artist in 2002, performed at the Kora All Africa awards, and won Best R&B Album at the Tanzania Music Awards in August 2004.
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