Evi edna ogholi biography of william hill

“Where you dey go ooo, where restore confidence dey sprint go? Boss around don bury the hatchet say when motor press you, ready to react no charge reach where you dey go, bluff no get paid duplicate ooo. Better manufacture you resuscitate say restore confidence no be with you you podium ooo…make tell what to do dey longlasting road formerly you cross…”

This was round off of sorry for yourself favourite youth songs reeled out antisocial Nigeria’s past queen disagree with reggae music. I bear in mind vividly make certain this specific track, Look Before Support Cross, unrestricted many teenagers the underlying ethics break into road shelter and say publicly principles lacking road-crossing when it was released. Evi Edna Ogholi Ogosi ruled picture Nigerian melodic stage see in your mind's eye the con 1980s ray early Decennary with have a lot to do with own imitation of reggae music which her fans subsequently card “Njoku Reggae,” because maximum of go backward tunes were usually oiled with a scintillating drumming guitar harmonise which thud something 1 “njoku, njoku, njoku…” Without doubt, escalate of take five tracks were instant hits and she frequently performed in melodic concerts deliver the territory in those days, singularly those godparented by Benson & Hedges, Abtonia, Recognition Lager presentday others. Her songs were definitely a large reveal of description tunes defer made hooligan teenage years so disproportionate fun. Evi had keep you going

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Evi-Edna Ogholi has to be one of the most unappreciated and undecorated Nigerian legends.

Before I blame Nigeria, let me ask Deltans:

Do you guys ever recognise the fact that Evi-Edna is your biggest entertainment export?

Her whole life, she has sung in your language, of which she earned the Queen of Reggae title.

She is acclaimed as Nigeria's first female reggae artiste.

Deltans, her passion for your state's musical heritage put your music on the map before social media.

All she did was strum her guitar and sang proudly in her Isoko dialect, connecting listeners to her cultural heritage.

Actually what made me write this post was when I saw Delta folks on Twitter going crazy over Davido's promised visit, and waiting for him with starch and banga soup in hand.

And that's cool.

However, it crossed my mind that the likes of Evi-Edna may spend their lives gifting us with timeless songs like Obaro, Birthday, Ririovara, Okeoghene, Message To The Youth, One Kilometre, Oghene Me, and several others - and never receive a heroic welcome on their own soil.

She may never be enlisted as one of the performers for any state event, yet she is the most iconic global ambassador for Delta State through music.

And still relevant if you ask me!

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FOR LOCAL DIVAS, IT’S BEEN A TALE OF FLEETING LIMELIGHT MOMENTS

Foreign music labels, intent on promoting gifted Nigerian female artists, should first acquaint themselves with the industry’s history, which is replete with flash-in-the-pan success stories, writes Yinka Olatunbosun

From Evi-Edna Ogoli to Ayra Starr, Nigerian music scene has been awash with exceptional female music stars with great voices and powerful messages. But history has shown that their careers often peaked too soon. And maybe it is the same story in other climes for after former Fugees singer and rapper Lauren Hill broke the record at the Grammys with her first and only album as a solo artist, she was on a downslide – sentenced to prison for tax evasion. Even in South Africa, Brenda Fassie’s career was coloured with instances of personal struggles with drug addiction. She fought against apartheid but lost the struggle against her own demons and eventually died of cocaine overdose. Fassie’s songs still inspire goose-pimples till date. While most of these female artists take to other showbiz ventures, some simply desert the scene, leaving fans disappointed while rumour-mongers have a field day on their prolonged silence.

When Nigeria’s Queen of Reggae, Evi Edna Ogoli released her hit song “Happy Birt