Sista Afia
{{short description|Ghanaian musician}}
{{Unreliable sources|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Francisca Duncan Williams Gawugah
| alias = Sista Afia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|11|08}}
| birth_place = Accra, Ghana
| origin = Accra, Ghana
London, United Kingdom
| genre = Alternative rock, indie rock, highlife and afrobeats
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = (2015–present)
| label = BK Records/Ace Kandi Records
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Francisca Duncan Williams Gawugah {{Cite web |title=Your Body Is Your Selling Point – Sister Afia • XbitGh {{!}} Ghana's Hottest News Portal |url=https://www.xbitgh.com/body-selling-point-sister-afia/ |access-date=2018-04-23 |website=xbit Ghana}}{{Cite web |last=Mensah |first=Nii Atakora |date=2022-01-13 |title=My inspiration for music changed after Covid-19 - Sista Afia |url=https://www.ghanamusic.com/news/top-stories/2022/01/13/my-inspiration-for-music-changed-after-covid-19-sista-afia/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Ghana Music |language=en-GB}} (born 8th November 1994) known by the stage name Sista Afia, is a Ghanaian singer and songwriter from Accra.{{cite web |date=2 February 2017 |title=I was afraid of Shatta Wale – Sista Afia |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/I-was-afraid-of-Shatta-Wale-Sista-Afia-506187 |website=GhanaWeb.}}{{cite web |title=Stop Comparing Me To Efya – Sista Afia Cries |url=https://www.modernghana.com/music/35561/stop-comparing-me-to-efya-sista-afia-cries.html |website=Modernghana.}} She gained recognition following the release of her single "Jeje", which features dancehall artist Shatta Wale and Afezi Perry.{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanamotion.com/sista-afia-jeje-ft-shatta-wale-x-afezi-perry-prod-willis-beatz/|title=Sista Afia – Jeje ft. Shatta Wale x Afezi Perry (Prod. by Willis Beatz)|date=20 December 2016|publisher=ghanamotion}}{{cite web |title=Sista Afia – Jeje ft. Shatta Wale (Official Video) |url=http://www.ghxclusives.com/sista-afia-jeje-ft-shatta-wale-official-video/ |website=Ghxclusives}}{{cite web |date=11 December 2016 |title=Sista Afia's "YiWani" with Kofi Kinaata receives massive endorsement |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Sista-Afia-s-YiWani-with-Kofi-Kinaata-receives-massive-endorsement-493691 |website=GhanaWeb}}{{cite web |title=Music Video: Sista Afia feat. Kofi Kinaata – Yiwani |url=https://ameyawdebrah.com/music-video-sista-afia-feat-kofi-kinaata-yiwani/ |website=ameyawdebrah}}
Early life and career
Sista Afia is an Afro-pop musician, and the niece of Ghanaian Bishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams.{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/entertainment/59261/sista-afia-hit-back-at-critics-for-being-accused.html|title=Sista Afia Hit Back At Critics For Being Accused Of Bad Influence On Girls|last=Journalist|first=Joshua Kobby Smith|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}}{{Cite web |date=30 July 2017 |title=Bishop Duncan Williams is my uncle so what? - Sista Afia |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Bishop-Duncan-Williams-is-my-uncle-so-what-Sista-Afia-564284 |access-date=2020-04-23 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}} She grew up in Accra and Kumasi. She attended Reverend John Teye Memorial Institute before relocating to the UK to further in nursing studies.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-13 |title=Family diabetic history forced me to lose weight - Sista Afia |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/family-diabetic-history-forced-me-to-lose-weight-sista-afia/ |access-date=2020-04-24 |website=MyJoyOnline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Peace FM |title=My Mother Forced Me Into Nursing – Sista Afia |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/showbiz/news/201912/397862.php |access-date=2020-04-24 |website=peacefmonline.}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/entertainment/63210/akuapem-poloo-reveals-sister-afia-aborted-her-preg.html|title=Akuapem Poloo Reveals Sister Afia Aborted Her Pregnancy|last=firm|first=Odartey Lamptey Odartey GH Media House is a new Ghanaian entertainment|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}
Sista Afia returned to Ghana in 2015 to start her music career. She took inspiration from musician Bisa Kdei and collaborated on the song 'Kro Kro No'.
Charity work
Sista Afia, founder of the Sista Cooks Foundation, has fed thousands of vulnerable children and women across the country over the years. She urged her fellow musicians to join forces in giving back to society and helping transform the lives of the underprivileged.{{Cite web |last=Ghana |first=Classic |date=2025-01-30 |title=Music as a Catalyst: Sista Afia advocates unity among musicians for social change |url=https://www.classicghana.com/music-as-a-catalyst-sista-afia-advocates-unity-among-musicians-for-social-change/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Classic Ghana |language=en-US}}
Controversies
Sista Afia engaged in a physical banter with rapper Freda Rhymz after a lyrical banter.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-18 |title=Sister Afia and Freda Rhymz's beef gets physical |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/music/sister-afia-and-freda-rhymes-beef-gets-physical/ |access-date=2020-05-20 |website=MyJoyOnline. |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Video: Beef Turned War! Sista Afia Clashes With Freda Rhymez At TV3|url=https://www.nydjlive.com/beef-turned-war-sista-afia-clashes-with-freda-rhymez-at-tv3/|date=2020-05-18|website=NYDJ Live|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-20}}
Singles
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Producer !Album !Ref |
| 2015
|Kro Kro Nofeaturing Bisa Kdei | | |
| rowspan=4|2016
|Are You Ready | |Queen Solomon |
| Yiwani featuring Kofi Kinaata
| | |
| Kofi
| | |
| Jeje featuring Shatta Wale
| |Queen Solomon |
| rowspan=3|2017
|Bokoorr featuring Medikal | |Queen Solomon |
| Pass U
| | |
| Obi Boy
| | |
| 2018
|Slay Queen | |Queen Solomon |
| 2019
|"Conner Conner" featuring Kelvynboy | |
| 2019
|"Weather" featuring Medikal and Quamina MP | |Xbillz Ebenezer |{{cite web |title=Sista Afia - Weather Ft Medikal & Quamina MP |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VVurZqsEg8/ |accessdate=18 June 2019 |website=youtube. |publisher=}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.ghanamusic.com/video/music-videos/2019/06/18/video-premiere-weather-by-sista-afia-feat-medikal-quamina-mp/ |title = Video Premiere: Weather by Sista Afia feat. Medikal & Quamina MP | Ghana Music | Music Videos|date = 18 June 2019}} |
| 2020
|"Paper" featuring Victor AD | |Xbillz Ebenezer |
| rowspan="2" |2021
|Sisi (Broken) | | N/A |
| Sista Afia & Kuami Eugene - ASUODEN
|Ivan Beatz | |
| 2024
|"2 Things" featuring Amerado | |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Event !Prize !Recipient / Nominated work !Result !Ref |
| rowspan="3" |2021
| rowspan="3" |Vodafone Ghana Music Awards |Best Highlife Artiste | rowspan="1" |Herself |{{nom}} |
| International Collaboration Of The Year
|Paper ft Victor AD |{{nom}} |
| Best Highlife Song of the Year
|Party ft Fameye |{{nom}} |
| 2019
|3Music Awards |Female Woman of the year |Herself |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2020
| rowspan="2" |Ghana Music Awards |Hip-life song of the Year |Weather |{{nom}} |
| High-Life Song of the Year
|Corner Corner |{{nom}} |
| 2019
|3Music Awards |Female Woman of the year | rowspan="2" |Herself |{{nom}} |
| 2018
|3Music Awards |Female act of the year |{{nom}} |
Videography
{{Expand list|date=October 2017}}
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Director !Ref |
| 2019
|Conner Conner ft Kelvynboy |Xbillz Ebenezer |N/A |
| 2018
|Sista Afia & Sarkodie studio session | |N/A |
| 2018
|Champion Atta |Steve Gyamfi |N/A |
| 2018
|Sista Afia performs at Despite and Special health fair 2018 |Satiango |N/A |
| 2018
|Slay Queen |Eddie Kumako |N/A |
| 2017
|Pass U |Yaw Skyface |N/A |
| 2017
|Bokoo ft Medikal |Prince Dovlo |N/A |
| 2017
|Jeje Featuring Shatta Wale |Yaw Skyface |{{N/A}} |
| 2016
|Yiwani ft Kofi Kinaata |Prince Dovlo |N/A |
| 2016
|Are You Ready |Prince Dovlo |N/A |
| 2015
|Kro Kro No ft Bisa Kdei |Prince Dovlo |N/A |
| 2019
|Weather FtMedikal& Quamina MP |Xbillz Ebenezer |N/A |
| 2020
|Paper Ft Victor AD |Xbillz Ebenezer |N/A |
| 2020
|Sika ft Kweku Flick |Nestville Film |N/A |
References
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Category:21st-century Ghanaian women singers