Khadja Mama

Khadja Nin (born June 27, 1959) is a Burundian singer and musician. She was born in Burundi as the youngest of a family of eight. Her father was a diplomat. She studied music at an early age like most of her brothers and sisters. With her exceptional singing voice, at the age of 7 she became one of the lead vocalists in the Bujumbura choir and performed in the local cathedral. Khadja left Burundi for Zaire in 1975 and got married in 1978. In 1980 she emigrated to Belgium with her twoyearold son. In 198