Zakia Abu Gassim Abu Bakr

Zakia Abu Gassim Abu Bakr, Zakia Abdul Gassim Abu Bakr or Zakia Abulqasim (Arabic: زكية أبوالقاسم أبوبكر; born 1930s) is a Sudanese guitarist.[1][2] She started performing in the 1960s and is recognised as Sudan's first female professional guitarist.[3] As of 2018, aged in her 80s, she was still leading an all-woman traditional Sudanese music group, Sawa Sawa.[4]

  1. ^ "Celebrating women's history in Sudan". Dabanga Radio TV Online. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Interview with Sudan's first professional woman guitarist: 'the Ministry of Culture neglects Sudanese art'". Dabanga Radio TV Online. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ^ Grabska, Katarzyna (Kasia); Aziz, Azza Ahmed Abdel (7 December 2022). ""Kandakas and Meheiras": The Emergence of Creative Citizenship and Belonging Through Women's Music in Sudan". Music and Arts in Action. 8 (1): 32–49. ISSN 1754-7105. In the 1960s, Zakia Abul Gassim Abu Bakr emerged as the first professional Sudanese woman guitarist who broke gender norms with her instrument and by performing on stage with her husband (Ahmed Sharhabila renowned jazz musician).
  4. ^ "Bringing African Women Hope Through Music. (Part 1) Islam Elbeiti". www.yamaha.com. November 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2023. The traditional band is an all-women group called Sawa Sawa. Our band leader, the legendary female Sudanese musician Zakia Abulqasim, is still going strong in her 80s.