Zain Bhikha
South African singer-songwriter · South Africa · Musicians · Born 1974 · age 52
Zain Bhikha is read about 21 times a day, in 14 languages.
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Something wrong?A South African voice in Islamic nasheed - devotional song without instruments, or nearly so - Bhikha turned faith into melody for a global audience, most recognizably with A is for Allah in 2000.
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, We’re still settling in as a family but, Alhamdulillah, we enjoy Cape Town, it’s a lot more beautiful with the nature and the ocean and the mountains.
There was a lovely saying that someone said to me: ‘songs remind us of who we are and where we came from’, and it’s a very personal thing. It’s intangible.
Like a dusty window pane, we see our past, but we don’t see specifically. Allah speaks about time, we always as human beings are going to be at a loss when it comes to time.
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Zain Bhikha is a South African singer-songwriter, vocalist, and drummer who performs Islamic nasheeds, a genre that centers devotion in song. He's worked alongside other Muslim artists like Yusuf Islam and Dawud Wharnsby, building a catalog that spans solo releases and collaborative albums. On stage he sometimes picks up a djembe or daf, backed by vocalists who sang in Disney's The Lion King. A is for Allah, released in 2000, became his signature - a record that taught and reached beyond the choir.
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