Upclose and personal with Mombasa’s music star Nyota Ndogo
She is one of the music pioneers in Mombasa with hits like “Watu na Viatu” “Wangu” and so many more, with most of her songs focusing on life experience; no doubt she is a household name.
Every where you go to in Mombasa, very few don’t know who Nyota is and many know how she began as a house help to rise to the star she is today.
Baraka FM’s Mwanatum Salim managed to get a hold of the beautiful Nyota Ndogo and did a one on one with her; where she talks of who Nyota is and some of her personal issues that have affected her music career.
Mwanatum: Who is Nyota ndogo?
Nyota: I am a singer for almost over 16 good years who is also a mother and a wife.
Mwanatum: You have a unique stage name.Why Nyota Ndogo?
Nyota: Well I was nick named by my fellow musicians who were ahead of me and they decided to call me that name because of my broad voice that symbolized a great star to them; my shortness also contributed to the name. So this gave birth to “Nyota Ndogo”.
Mwanatum: How was Nyota when she was 10-years-old?
Nyota: I was just humble and talked less and this led to people calling me “zuzu”.They never knew that one day I could be a singer.
Mwanatum: Humble, Talks less; this is not usually the case with most kids who want to pursue music.What made you choose music?
Nyota: (smiles…)Well I think I talk a lot nowadays compared to my childhood days; I became talkative as I grew older. Interesting enough, is that my dad is a musician plus my elder brother but funny enough I never thought I would do music, it just happened.
Mwanatum: You were once a house help years back and previously you have been quoted saying that this actually contributed to you becoming a musician. Tell us more about this.
Nyota: I used to work in Nyali for a couple who used to laugh at me because they usually saw me with so many papers which used to have songs that I had written. They would wonder what I do with all those papers, but I used to tell them that with these papers, one day you shall see me on TV.
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