Hindu Asha ,a Ugandan with an Egyptian origin, born to a Hajji and a
Pastor in Jinja, attended her primary at Main Street Primary School and went to
Wanyange girls’ school, Nabisunsa girls’ school for her O' level and later went
to Kawempe Moslem School for A' level. She later joined Makerere University
Kampala in 2004 and pursued a Bachelor of Arts with Education and later a
Masters of Arts in Economics.
Gifted in many ways, the singer was a politician
and a sports woman at the same time. She represented Makerere University on
several occasions in hand ball, chess, and volley ball in the East Africa
university games. With her charisma, eloquence, ambition and influence, she
became the first fresh culture minister for Mary Stuart hall and the first
woman presidential aspirant for Makerere University Education Students
Association (MESA) in 2004/2005.
Around the same time she met a one Cris Ireland,
a famous karaoke joint owner; allegators in Kampala who noticed her vocal
abilities and asked her to take music seriously as a career if she ever wanted
to. She became the face of allegators in 2006 and it was at this point that she
started looking at herself as a star in the making. In 2008 she participated in
idols East Africa, a competition that made her appreciate music. Although she
didn’t make it to the top, to her it was a great opportunity that she couldn’t
have let pass her by and it was also at this point that she decided to take
music seriously as a career.
After her studies in 2008, the professional
Economist first worked with Barclays Bank of Uganda Ltd and later moved to
Centenary bank where she worked until late 2012 when she finally gave up her
banking career to concentrate on her personal life, music career and personal
developments.
She does music that cuts across all ages and
social classes. She sings about God (gospel), love and life. Her music is
mainly influenced by R&B/Soul, Afro-pop and gospel. Based on her
Islamic/Christian foundation, the anointed singer successfully launched her
first album "Omukwano" on the 14 February 2012 at club Obbligato
Kampala shortly after she won an accolade for gospel diva of the year 2011
where her gospel single "Nzize" was nominated for best gospel song of
the year.
After two years of devotion to her music career,
the vocalist started a record label /consultancy firm; Asha performance ltd to
manage her music recordings, releases and distributions and Hindu Asha
Foundation, a charity organisation to bring a better life to
vulnerable/orphaned children,girls and women which sh launched in a mega
charity concert in 2016.august 26 Friday at theatre La Bonita. She has released
hit after hit, done both local and international collaborations, and shared a
stage with international artists.