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Shakura S’Aida

A singer-songwriter with Swiss ties.

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Mark Holmes

Having spent her formative years in Switzerland, Shakura S’Aida is an internationally prominent singer-songwriter now based in Canada. She has fond memories of living here and says it helped to define both her and her music. (Mark Holmes, JSD Productions for swissinfo.ch)

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