Chaka
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Ms. Ware has cited Donna Summer and Chaka Khan as inspirations, and her voice’s combination of power and warmth puts her in league with such legends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Later on, they developed a bright and melodic take on dancehall with the duo Chaka Demus & Pliers, scoring hits with songs such as Tease Me and Murder She Wrote in the early 1990s.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Yet they were also influential in pushing reggae into modernity, using digital instrumentation on Chaka Demus & Pliers’ 1993 smash “Murder She Wrote” and grafting their textures into the Fugees’ bestselling LP “The Score.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
Jewel’s Catch One became a kind of West Coast Studio 54, with disco-era visionaries like Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Sylvester, Rick James and Evelyn “Champagne” King performing to packed rooms.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
RHODESIA—UNCIVILISED In sketching the history of Rhodesia it is necessary to go at least as far back as our friend Chaka, the great chieftain of the Zulus, whose military prowess has been described.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis
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