By: Bakary Ceesay
AWA JONGA known by her stage name AWA GAMBIA is a young multi talented lady born and raised in The Gambia, the young lady is known for her wonderful skills and heart pleasing talent in singing with melodious voice, song writing and dancing which make her a very good entertainer ,always captivating people’s mind and attention. She is not only musically oriented,Awa has a very good record in all her intellectual and academic performances.
In 2013 she decided to take things little higher by representing her The of the Gambia in an international singing competition held in Senegal called SEN PETIT GALLE at the age of 13 , where she sang in front of a crowd of thousands every Saturday of the week, aired on TFM a TV station owned by one of the biggest singers in Africa, YOUSSOU NDOUR.
Finding her way to the semi final every performance she gave was extraordinary making the whole of Gambia and the world at large fall in love with her voice, making a stop at the semi final and awarded 3rd position .
Awa never stopped believing in herself and dreams, being an outstanding in that event, she is went on another try on the same competition SEN PETIT GALE #ALLSTARS in the year 2016 where she competed with former finalists, semi finalists and winners , as challenging as it sounds Awa fought her way to the semifinals again.
After all that experience and coming back home Awa’s carrier in Music took a little pause, as she was enrolled in one of the most competitive and challenging high schools in the Gambia NUSRAT SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL where she prepared and sat to her final Exam.
In 2021 she competed one of the biggest singing competition in The Gambia call Africell Be A Star 24 contestants for competing for couple of weeks then she manage to secure in final stage where she took second position.
She is currently working hard in the studio for her debut album set to be launch in October in a grand style at Penchami Hall in Senegambia Beach Hotel.
