"15 reported multiple ethnicities, compared to only 2.6 percent of people 65 and over. Examples of mixed-race New Zealanders include opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa, actress Rena Owen, sportsman Kees Meeuws and former Governor General Paul Reeves. Fiji has long been a multi-ethnic country, with a vast majority of people having multi-racial heritages even if they do not self-identify in that manner. The indigenous Fijians are of mixed Melanesian and Polynesian ancestry, resulting from years of migration of islanders from various places mixing with each other. Fiji Islanders from the Lau group have intermarried with Tongans and other Polynesians over"
"Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand soprano. She has a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as ""mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced"". Te Kanawa has received accolades in many countries, singing a wide array of works in many languages dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. She is particularly associated with the works of Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Handel and Puccini, and has found considerable success in portraying princesses, nobility, and other similar characters on stage. Though she rarely sang opera"
"threw their underwear on stage, which he would then proudly display. The court found that no contract had been made by the two parties, so Te Kanawa was not liable for damages, but Mittane, the company which employs and manages her, was ordered to reimburse Leading Edge A$130,000 for expenditures already incurred. Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand soprano. She has a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as ""mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced"". Te Kanawa has received accolades in many"
"Kanawa founded the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation with the vision ""that talented young New Zealand singers and musicians with complete dedication to their art may receive judicious and thoughtful mentoring and support to assist them in realising their dreams."" The foundation manages a trust fund to provide financial and career scholarships to young New Zealand singers and musicians. In January 2010, Te Kanawa and BBC Radio 2 launched an initiative to find a gifted opera singer of the future. The initiative was the BBC Radio 2 Kiri Prize competition. Following regional auditions of over 600 aspiring opera singers, 40 were"
"Kandia Kouyaté Kandia Kouyaté (also known as Kandja Kouyaté, born in 1959 in Kita, Mali) is a Malian ""jelimuso"" (a female griot) and kora player; she has earned the prestigious title of ""ngara"", and is sometimes called ""La dangereuse"" and ""La grande vedette malienne"". Kouyaté's dense, emotional, hypnotic manner of singing and her lyrical talents have earned huge acclaim in Mali, though she remained relatively little known outside Africa, due to extremely limited availability of her recordings. Her home town of Kita is known for love songs, which form a large part of Kouyaté's repertoire. She also sings praise songs."
"who had been acquainted with each other prior to the performance. During the performance intermission, Haruhisa Handa gave an interpretation of the classical pieces. Kiri Te Kanawa greeted the audience with an expression of her joy to have been able to visit Japan and perform. Her appearance in this concert was of surprise. The concert was held at the Opera Palace, New National Theatre Tokyo on June 18, 2014. In addition to the 1,500 people in the audience who had won their tickets by a drawing of (5,800 applicants), 300 people including students of music colleges located in Japan were"
"Mory Kanté Mory Kanté (born 29 March 1950) is a Guinean vocalist and player of the kora harp. He is best known internationally for his 1987 hit song ""Yé ké yé ké"", which reached number-one in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, and Spain. The album it came from, ""Akwaba Beach"", was the best-selling African record of its time. Mory Kanté was born of mixed Malian and Guinean descent, into one of Guinea's best known families of griot (hereditary) musicians. After being brought up in the Mandinka griot tradition in Guinea, he was sent to Mali at the age of seven years"
"Teirake Kaini Kiribati Teirake Kaini Kiribati or Stand up, Kiribati is the national anthem of Kiribati. It was written and composed by Uriam Uriam, and adopted in 1979. Gilbertese: English: Stand up, People of Kiribati! <br> Sing with jubilation!<br> Prepare to accept responsibility<br> And to help each other! <br> Be steadfastly righteous!<br> Love all our people! <br> Be steadfastly righteous!<br> Love all our people! The attainment of contentment<br> And peace by our people<br> Will be achieved when all our hearts beat as one,<br> Love one another!<br> Promote happiness and unity!<br> Love one another!<br> Promote happiness and unity! We beseech You,"
"Kandet Kanté Kandet Kanté is a singer of Guinean origin who naturalized to become Ivorian since May 2004. Following Guineas post-election violence in 2011, she fled the country because of her association as the wife of Me Patrice Baï, bodyguard of former president Laurent Gbagbo. She has three albums including the latest ""The daughter of soundjata"", which earned her the trophy of the best Mandingo music in 2006 in Conakry. Kandet sings in Malinke, French and Soussou. For her, ""it is important to be understood by a wide audience"". Love, unity, gossips, scourges plaguing the world, the problems of existence"
"percussion. The tour named as 'The Griot Groove Tour' included concerts in Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom Kandia Kouyaté suffered a stroke in late 2004. In 2015, she recorded again. Kandia Kouyaté Kandia Kouyaté (also known as Kandja Kouyaté, born in 1959 in Kita, Mali) is a Malian ""jelimuso"" (a female griot) and kora player; she has earned the prestigious title of ""ngara"", and is sometimes called ""La dangereuse"" and ""La grande vedette malienne"". Kouyaté's dense, emotional, hypnotic manner of singing and her lyrical talents have earned huge acclaim in Mali, though she remained relatively little known"
"Carol Banawa Carol Claire Aguilar Banawa (born March 4, 1981), better known in the Philippines as Carol Banawa, is a US-based Filipino singer and actress. She is a Star Magic Batch 4 alumni. Raised in Batangas, she has two siblings, Alexander and Cherry. Banawa started singing when she was a little girl when her family lived in Saudi Arabia. Her family then moved back to the Philippines. There, she was invited to join the new roster of ABS-CBN stars through the children oriented show ""Ang TV"". She has performed at the Madison Square Garden in New York at the 2003"
"later in her career, Te Kanawa frequently performed in concert and recital, gave masterclasses, and supported young opera singers in launching their careers. Her final performance was in Ballarat, Australia, in October 2016, but she did not reveal her retirement until September 2017. Te Kanawa was born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron in Gisborne, New Zealand. She has Māori and European ancestry, but little is known about her birth parents—she was adopted as an infant by Thomas Te Kanawa and his wife, Nell. She was educated at St Mary's College, Auckland, and formally trained in operatic singing by Sister Mary Leo."
"O God, To protect and lead us<br> In the days to come.<br> Help us with Your loving hand.<br> Bless our Government and all our people!<br> Bless our Government and all our people! Teirake Kaini Kiribati Teirake Kaini Kiribati or Stand up, Kiribati is the national anthem of Kiribati. It was written and composed by Uriam Uriam, and adopted in 1979. Gilbertese: English: Stand up, People of Kiribati! <br> Sing with jubilation!<br> Prepare to accept responsibility<br> And to help each other! <br> Be steadfastly righteous!<br> Love all our people! <br> Be steadfastly righteous!<br> Love all our people! The attainment of contentment<br>"
"the drumming of ""Panafricain"", a troupe of African dancer. Her career began in 1986 with this troupe of Abobo which had changed their name many times, and was at a point called ""Ensemble Milo"". Kandet Kanté Kandet Kanté is a singer of Guinean origin who naturalized to become Ivorian since May 2004. Following Guineas post-election violence in 2011, she fled the country because of her association as the wife of Me Patrice Baï, bodyguard of former president Laurent Gbagbo. She has three albums including the latest ""The daughter of soundjata"", which earned her the trophy of the best Mandingo music"
"at a United Nations event held at the Sebroko Hotel in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Kanam delivered a message of peace over the United Nations radio broadcast airways. Barbara Kanam Barbara Kanam (born September 27, 1973) is an award-winning Congolese singer-songwriter, music producer and actress. Kanam was born in Bukavu, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). In 1991 (the year she became involved in music) Kanam earned a Brevet de Technicien Supérieur (""Advanced Specialist"") degree in international business. She started to sing with and write music for an orchestra band called ""Devotion"" but also engaged in formal musical study."
"Miwa (singer) Miwa (born 15 June 1990) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She debuted in 2010 with the single ""Don't Cry Anymore"", which was used as the theme song for the drama ""Nakanai to Kimeta hi"". Miwa was born in Hayama, Kanagawa, however moved to Tokyo at a young age. Since her father had a great love for music, Miwa naturally began to enjoy music as she grew up. Miwa began writing songs at 15. She began to teach herself how to play the guitar after she entered high school, but gave up and paid for professional lessons after"
"2015 with the song ""Kanmaniye"" from ""Mili"". Minmini was born on 12 August 1970, as the fourth daughter of P. A. Joseph and Treeza. Minmini was known as P. J. Rosily in school. She was also fondly called Mini. Her father, P. A. Joseph, was crazy about art and artistes. Starting her career at the age of 5 with the Kalabhavan orchestra, she became a professional singer at 10. Treeza was a singer, though not a professional. Mini's elder sisters sang in the choir in their village church. Emulating them, Mini also began to sing. Her father taught her to"
"the tutelage of Patricia MacMahon and Jane Irwin until 2003 when she graduated from the Alexander Gibson Opera School with; DRSAMD (Performance) in Voice, CPGS - Concert Singer, MMus - Concert Singer, ACE, MMus – Opera and Mopera. In January 2010, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa along with BBC Radio 2, launched an initiative find a gifted opera singer of the future. The initiative was the BBC Radio 2 Kiri Prize competition. Following regional auditions of over 600 aspiring opera singers, 40 were invited to attend masterclasses in London with Dame Kiri, mezzo-soprano Anne Howells and conductor Robin Stapleton. From these"
"Milege Milege Afrojazz Band, commonly known as Milege, is a world music band from Uganda, made up of young talented musicians from Uganda whose enthusiasm is derived from the diverse cultural music traditions of the different tribes of Uganda into which they fuse contemporary elements to express the likeness of Uganda’s people in a more current context. As of 2015 Milege's members are; guitarist Manana F. Birabi, vocalist Joanita Katushabe, lead vocalist Gloria Akugizibwe, bassist Paul Owembabazi and violinist Alison Nadunga as a seasoned member. The band was popularized by their unique signature song Nankasa Zi Wuna and the Milege"
"Barbara Kanam Barbara Kanam (born September 27, 1973) is an award-winning Congolese singer-songwriter, music producer and actress. Kanam was born in Bukavu, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). In 1991 (the year she became involved in music) Kanam earned a Brevet de Technicien Supérieur (""Advanced Specialist"") degree in international business. She started to sing with and write music for an orchestra band called ""Devotion"" but also engaged in formal musical study. Kanam developed her vocal technique at the prestigious Psalmody Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa, and concurrently received guitar lessons. In 1994, after thirteen months of music lessons,"
"Kiri Te Kanawa. The album, released in 1999, released on the EMI Classics label was sung entirely in Maori and included songs such as ""Hoki Hoki Tonu Mai"", Hine E Hine"", and ""Pokarekare Ana"". In February 2010, she was to appear at the Waiheke Wine and Food Festival, Auckland as part of Billy TK's Powerhouse. In May 2011, she was set to go to Fiji to perform and then later that year in November, Samoa. In early 2012, she was fronting the Paradise band which was due to appear at the Flaxmere Family Festival. In 2013, she was booked for"
"tango. She repeated this role at the Met in a revival during the 2011–12 season, repeating it again in Vienna in 2013 and at Covent Garden in March 2014, a run that encompassed her 70th birthday. In the meantime, she performed at Haruhisa Handa's inaugural Tokyo Global Concert at Nakano-Zero Hall in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, on 10 September 2013. Te Kanawa was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1982 Birthday Honours for services to opera. She was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, and was appointed to the Order of New"
"29 on the Adult R&B Songs chart. After getting involved with a number of non-profits, Wyatt served as a spokesperson for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). Wyatt was born March 10, 1982, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Lorna Wyatt (a vocalist) and Keever Wyatt II (an organist and also a vocalist). Ke'Tara ""Keke"" Wyatt was raised in a musical family rooted in gospel music. She has four brothers. Despite her religious background, Wyatt was also exposed to Contemporary R&B and secular music, and she would perform with her vocals in genres as diverse as gospel, pop and opera. Wyatt"
"Kan (musician) , known by his stage name Kan (commonly stylized as KAN), is a Japanese singer-songwriter. In 1983, he joined his first band, which was called Annette, before going solo in 1984. Kan wrote the background music for a 1986 film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, and started his major recording career the following year. He is best known for the chart-topping hit ""Ai wa Katsu"", released as a single in 1990. It sold over 2 million copies and won the 33rd Japan Record Award, bringing the artist into prominence. Subsequently, he spawned five top-ten singles and four top-ten albums"
"Rima Te Wiata Heather Rima Te Wiata (born 1963) is a New Zealand singer, comedian and stage, film and television actress. She is of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe. Te Wiata was born in London, the only child of opera singer Inia Te Wiata and actress Beryl Te Wiata. Her father died when she was 8 years old, and she and her mother returned to New Zealand two years later. They settled in Auckland, where Te Wiata attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School. Te Wiata first appeared on stage in ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" at Auckland's Mercury Theatre, and later"
"Kerri Woelke Kerri Woelke (born August 15, 1977) is a Folk/Roots/Alt-Country singer–songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is currently represented by Signpost Music. Manitoba born, the child of fun-loving 60’s musician mother and a poetic (but tone deaf) father, Kerri showed her artistic promise early. Her parents gave her a karaoke machine during her elementary school years, and by the time she emerged from her room for her high school graduation, she was ready to begin sharing her music with the public. At her parent’s insistence (""You need to learn to back yourself up!""), and to her roommate’s distress, Kerri"
"Nuru Kane Nuru Kane (born Papa Nouroudine Kane) is a Senegalese singer/songwriter who plays guitar, bass and guimbri, a three-stringed Moroccan bass in the band Bayefall Gnawa. Nuru's debut CD, ""Sigil"", which was released in the UK on March 14, 2006 and the rest of the world on April 24 by Riverboat Records and World Music Network, included griot, gnawa, and blues influences. In 2013, he released ""Exile"" by Riverboat Records and World Music Network. Nuru Kane played with his band ""Bayefall Gnawa"" at the 2004 Festival in the Desert in Mali, at the 2006 Africa Oye, as well as"
"at the Oslo World Music Festival 2010 in Norway. Two of Nuru's songs, appear on soundtracks: ""Goree"" in the film ""The Mechanic"" (2011) at the graveyard scene and ""Toub"" in the film Wonderful World (2009 film). Nuru Kane Nuru Kane (born Papa Nouroudine Kane) is a Senegalese singer/songwriter who plays guitar, bass and guimbri, a three-stringed Moroccan bass in the band Bayefall Gnawa. Nuru's debut CD, ""Sigil"", which was released in the UK on March 14, 2006 and the rest of the world on April 24 by Riverboat Records and World Music Network, included griot, gnawa, and blues influences. In"
"Kantu (Artist) Kantu Habanji Siachingili(born April 5, 1990 ), known professionally as Kantu which is also written as Kan 2, is a Zambian singer, songwriter, and is an Ambassador to the Triple V Campaign. She first came onto the Zambian musi scene when she featured on Slapdee’s track titled ""Remember"". Her first single ""Mungeli"" was released in May 2014. The following year she was nominated twice at the 2015 Mosi Zambia Music Awards and is the winner of the Best Female Artist award 2016 at the Zambian Music Awards. Kantu Habanji Siachingili was born in Lusaka fifth born daughter in"
"K-Tino K-Tino (born 12 October 1966 as Cathérine Edoa Ngoa) is a Cameroonian singer who shot to fame in her home country with her energetic bikutsi music. Bikutsi music is characterized by an up-tempo 6/8 rhythm, danced with energetic pulsations of shoulders and/or pelvis. For more than ten years now, K-Tino (on earlier albums Catino) has been one of the main exponents of bikutsi. Her lyrics are quite explicit, although she herself denies that she is vulgar, saying "" I am not vulgar, I do not make vulgar spectacles. If I am vulgar, then the Ewondo language is vulgar."" A"
"Karolina (singer) Keren Karolina Avratz, professionally known as Karolina, is a singer/songwriter from Eilat, Israel. She is the lead singer of the trio Habanot Nechama. Keren (Karolina) Avratz was born on 19 March 1971 in Jaffa and raised in Eilat. Given the nickname ""Karolina"" by her grandmother, Karolina's musical influences came primarily from within her household, as well as from attending the Red Sea Jazz Festival. She listened to Greek, Arabic, Turkish and other music on a daily basis. Her brother, Joseph Avratz, introduced her to soul, jazz and new wave music, and she collaborated with another brother, Shlomi Avratz,"
"not willing to meet him, but later agreed. The episode ended bitterly, and she has since reaffirmed her decision to have nothing to do with her birth family. In her teens and early 20s, Te Kanawa was a pop star and entertainer at clubs in New Zealand, and regularly appeared in newspapers and magazines. In 1963, she was runner-up to Malvina Major in the Mobil Song Quest with her performance of ""Vissi d'arte"" from ""Tosca"", and in 1965 she won the same competition. As winner, she received a grant to study in London. She appeared and sang in the 1966"
"Kofi Kinaata Martin King Arthur popularly known as Kofi Kinaata is a Ghanaian musician and songwriter from Takoradi. He is noted for his fante rap and freestyle and therefore known as the Fante Rap God (FRG). Kofi Kinaata was born and raised in Effiakuma, a residential town in the Western Region of Ghana. He completed his secondary education at the Takoradi Technical Institute. Just after High school, Kofi Kinaata was the 1st runner up for the Melody FM Kasahari Battle in 2009. He is noted for his lyrical dexterity in terms of unique rhyme schemes and humorous Fante rap style"