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Noella Wiyaala Wins Best Individual Style At The Glitz Style Award 2015
Noella has done it again by winning an award at the just ended Glitz Africa Awards held yesterday. Wiyaala won the award for Best Individual Style. She has acheived so much in a short time after hitting stardom. She has also carved a good brand of uniqueness which makes her stand out as an African artist. She has performed at various prestigious events around the world including the birthday of the queen of England.
Noella Wiyaala was born in Wa, Upper West Ghana as one of four sisters and raised in Tumu. She got first singing lessons from her mother, a choir singer, and she has performed ever since she was 5 years old. Her surname, which she picked for a stage name, means “the doer” in her native Sisaala language. During her late teenage years she played football as a midfielder. She has attended Takoradi Polytechnic on an art and design course.
Wiyaala got nominated “Female Personality of the Year” at the 2014 Ghana’s Fashion Icon Awards, with a dress sketched and designed by herself.She designs her own stage dresses and jewellery to showcase the culture of the people from her home region.
Wiyaala has also won the best female vocal artist of the year at the recently ended Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
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Monica Otumfuor