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Njerae

Formed at the Sauti Academy, Njerae writes songs and therapy between African-Indian and R&B: her "Aki Sioni" became Kenya's most popular song in 2025.

Origine
Kenya
Based on
Nairobi, Kenya
Discipline
Afro-indie, afropop, R&B
Discipline
Kora player, singer and composer — Gambian griot music

Njerae is a Kenyan singer, songwriter and producer based in Nairobi. After high school, she is trained at Sauti Academy, the music school founded in the orbit of Sauti Sol, where she shapes her writing and stage presence. Studies of psychology nourish her always project: making music a tool for caring and expressing emotions.

His first album, "Unintentional", surpasses 14 million tunes, carried by "Aki Sioni", a song of rupture and healing that became an anthem for his audience. The title is a success that fulgurates three years after its release and is the most popular song in Kenya in 2025.

Selected from Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2025, she has been performing the stages — Raha Fest, Nairobi Street Food Festival, her first leading concert — and the collaborations, from Bensoul to KayCyy, with the collaborative EP "Out with the Old" (2024) and the singles "Ingia Ndani" and "On My Own" in 2026.

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