Woman's Day Magazine NZ

‘Music Got Me Through My Grief’

For a long time, singersongwriter Tusekah – whose given name is Tuseka Njoko – had her heart set on becoming a doctor, but she’s now found her true passion in music.

The R&B and neo-soul artist, who recently released her third single I Ain’t Waiting Around and is also studying audiology at the University of Canterbury, credits her late older brother Tusane with inspiring her music.

Tragically Tusane passed away at 19 from rare blood condition aplastic anaemia, which occurs when bone marrow cannot make enough

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