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OBITUARY | Zahara: 'I want to be remembered as the girl next door that changed lives'

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Afropop sensation Zahara (36) has died.
Afropop sensation Zahara (36) has died.
Photo: Lucky Nxumalo/City Press/Gallo Images

In a 2021 interview with podcaster Macgyver "MacG" Mukwevho multi-award-winning musician Zahara said she wanted to be remembered as "the girl next door".

Two years later, tributes are pouring in to pay homage to her contribution to the music fraternity.

"I want to be remembered as the girl next door that changed lives, that's it," she told MacG. "A girl next door, a girl next door, whether you're in a shack, just know I'm next door; whether you're in a suburb, just know I'm next door because my music is here to inspire you. A girl next door, whenever you need her, she's there to inspire and give you hope."

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