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Nneka Lucia Egbuna (born 24 December 1980) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress. She sings in English, Igbo and Nigerian Pidgin.

Nneka Lucia Egbuna was born and raised in Warri, in the Delta State, Nigeria, to a German mother and Nigerian father. She is the youngest of four siblings. Their German mother left the family when Nneka was two years old. Her father remarried, and his new wife stopped at nothing to make life unbearable for the children of the former wife, torturing and terrorizing the children, especially the two youngest — Nneka and her brother, Anatol.

In 1999, she relocated to Hamburg, her mother's home city. At first, she lived in a residence for asylum seekers close to the airport. Later, she moved into communal housing for youths. She learned German very quickly, and after a year and a half, she completed her high school diploma at a secondary school that had a graduation track for non-native speakers of German. After graduating from high school, she studied anthropology and African studies at Hamburg University, while making music on the side. Subsequently she began performing in the underground dancehall scene in order to finance her degree.

If you like Nneka, you might also like Nigerian Soul Musicians, Nigerian Reggae Singers, 21st-Century Nigerian Women Singers, and 21st-Century German Women Singers.

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