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Born Latanya Hinton and raised in New Haven (USA), Akua Naru\u2019s journey to internationally acclaimed hip hop artist has led her from the city\u2019s Newhallville section to Cologne, Germany where she currently resides and creates music.<\/p>\nBorn Latanya Hinton and raised in New Haven (USA), Akua Naru\u2019s journey to internationally acclaimed hip hop artist has led her from the city\u2019s Newhallville section to Cologne, Germany where she currently resides and creates music.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018I have written, sung, and performed since I can remember having my first thoughts. I have never discovered the music; the music and rhyme discovered me.\u2018\u2018 Along this female wordsmith\u2019s journey, there have been many stops \u2013 Philadelphia, China, and Ghana, among others \u2013 all of which informed the wisdom and perspective which is evident in her music.<\/p>\n
Akua Naru’s album ‘…The Journey A Flame’ has a rare depth, warmth, and honesty that has garnered international appeal. With her first official release, Naru reflects on her path with an intricate landscape of words that provoke thought, inspire, and soothe. With this album, Naru reveals that her journey has not only been \u00a0aflame: it has just begun.<\/p>\n
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Website: www.akuanaru.com<\/a> Born Latanya Hinton and raised in New Haven (USA), Akua Naru\u2019s journey to internationally acclaimed hip hop artist has led her from the city\u2019s Newhallville section to Cologne, Germany where she currently resides and creates music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFacebook: facebook.com\/akuanaru<\/a>
\nMyspace: myspace.com\/akuanaru<\/a>
\nBandcamp: akuanaru.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"