Her Throne Africa

Her blissful voice can fascinate anyone and there is so much power in her lyrics, there is no doubt the music industry just received another golden voice. The 17-year-old upcoming songstress, Alvara Lucungo, recently spoke on how she's paving her career path in music. Born in Windhoek, Alvara started songwriting in 2018 but she officially joined the music industry last year when she released her first album titled ‘Fin'. As a person with poor vision, Lucungo said, music became her first career choice because the career paths for people with her disability are quite minimal. “Due to my inability to see clearly, I was indecisive of which career to follow after school and I started singing and songwriting which came easily for me because I am a selftaught songwriter,” said the eloquent speaker. Lucungo said since she was able to do everything, she realised there was no other place she would rather be, other than the music industry. The songbird's album ‘FIN'...

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