Zeynab Habib

Zeynab Habib (born Oloukèmi Zeynab Abibou; September 25, 1975) is a Beninois Yoruba singer of world music born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She won the Kora Awards in 2005 in the Category Best Female Artist in West Africa and has been UNICEF's National Goodwill Ambassador since 2007.

Biography Zeynab Habib's father was an electronics engineer and her mother was a trader. She is the eighth child to her parents and was raised in a large Muslim family, with more than 16 other siblings.

Growing up, Zeynab engaged herself in music related school competitions. She later enrolled at the General Education College of Allada in 1993. Although she completed the series A at her senior secondary school, she dropped out to pursue a career in music. More than two years after signing with her new production company, Boss Playa Music, based in Abidjan, and after recording a good part of the ongoing album, she makes a return to the forefront of the music scene with the single I no go die in April 2016. This track is ranked number 1 in iTunes sales in several African countries and number 1 for two consecutive weeks on the Hit 30 Africa on Africa numéro 1 radio . In the wake of this, she goes on a European tour in France, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland, and opens for Maitre Gims' concert in Ouaga. A few weeks later, she is awarded a trophy at the Afrimma Music Awards in Lagos. This is the beginning of an even more international career. A new album is announced for the year 2017, featuring Ivoirians Freddy Assogba, Shado Chris, and Landry Tano, Nigerian Selebobo, and Congolese Fally Ipupa. In 2020, she was nominated at the Afrimma Awards in the category Best Female West Africa and also in the category Video of the Year with the title of the song 'Waa' featuring the Togolese Santrinos Raphael .