Who is Azziad Nasenya? The 'Utawezana' TikTok Queen Giving Girls Headache in East Africa

Posted on April 11, 2020
By Sean Musa Carter
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I am sure each one of you has been seeing this beautiful face allover your phone screens dancing on different songs through TikTok videos and here we bring you everything you should know about Azziad Nasenya.

Azziad has become an overnight internet sensation thanks to a TikTok video of herself dancing along to Femi One’s hit song ‘Utawezana’ featuring Mejja.

Thanks to Azziad Nasenya, the ‘Utawezana’ hit song blew up even more on social media and as a ripple effect, it has helped the song a chart topper. And that’s not all, Kenyan Azziad who is a dancer and actor has been trending for days straight on social media.

WHO IS AZZIAD NASENYA?

Azziad is a 19 year old media student from Kenya and she gained fame from her ‘Utawezana’ video dance challenge.

She started a Tiktok channel in August 2019 and within a short period she had over 2.1 million views, six months later, Azziad’s Tiktok account was verified in February 2020.

Azziad commands a Twitter of more than 52K followers and atleast 120K Instagram followers.

Azziad works as a theatre actress when not on tiktok. Her private phone number was leaked onto the internet and she reported that on a single day she received atleast more than 13,000 messages from unknown numbers.

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