PUBLICITY & PUBLICATIONS @africanamagazin
Sunday 28 April 2013
meet CHRISTOU NORA
With her innate elegance and multi-cultural beauty,CHRISTOU NORA With her innate elegance and multi-cultural beauty has created an inch for herself. Her unique blend of strength and elegance has captivated everyone.
Thursday 25 April 2013
Tuesday 23 April 2013
2 + 2 IN MUSIC IS EQUAL TO -22
THIS IS AN INTERVIEW SESSION WITH THE JUJU MUSICAIN CALLED YINKA JAMES ADONAI. HE TALK WITH ADEBAYO OLUKOKUN & ABIODUN OLUKOYE ABOUT LIFE AND CAREER. EXCERTS BELOW.
CAN WE MEET YOU SIR?
my names are Yinka James popularly known as Yinka Adonai.
WHAT IS THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE NAME ADONAI?
Mainly I received the name and it means God of triumph
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING MUSIC?
I have been doing music for the past 27 years. i started my own band between 17/18 years ago.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE MUSIC AS A PROFESSION?
hmmmn.(long pause) Let me blow your minds. music is not a career I can encourage my son or daughter to go into. This is because music id not by power or by wisdom.
SINCE YOU CANT ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO DO MUSIC. HOW COME YOU CHOOSE MUSIC AS A PROFESSION FOR YOURSELF?
Its not that i really wanted to be a musician. I started as an instrumentalist. As God will have it,I started singing. Music is a very challenging profession. You dont always get everything right in music. Two plus two in music is equal to minus twelve. So,I will tell you that I dont really want to do music,I just discover I ve started singing.
YOU AS A KNOWN FIGURE IN THE JUJU MUSIC SCENE IN THE WORLD. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FACED IN THE PROCESS OF ATTAINING THIS HEIGHT?
(smiles)(silence) Challenges are part of life. You will always face one challenge or the other no matter your profession. So, someone needs to struggle to achieve . Putting more effort does not make you the best. My kind of music is more challenging because most marketer avoid Juju artiste because are fan base is limited compare to others.
YOU HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT FOR 16/17 YEARS. WHATS THE DRIVING FORCE ?
Firstly,I will say I like been myself and thats the reason why I am creative and consistent. moreso,I am not a businessman musician but a career musician.
WHAT BRINGS ABOUT 2+2 = -22?
I was only trying to make you known that its no by power or wisdom. les take foe example, there was this musician that sang "Ori o foka sibe" and another guy sang " ori mi oo foka sibe" and people tends to accept "O ri e foka sibe" despite the fact thet is a foul language. so,perfect composition and promotion does not guarantee success of any song. Its God that blesses. you might have it in mind that track two of your album will be the hit,while track seven will be more accepted by fans and it will become the hit. So,thats the reason I said 2+2= -22 in music.
HOW WAS GROWING UP DAYS?
That question makes me smile. My parents were not rich nor poor. when i was growing up, I tend to be a disgrace to my family because how can someone like me be following musicians around and most times I enjoyed staying behind the speakers. so i will say that my parents didnt support me then and that makes it not too easy.
BOSS,WHAT HAS LIFE TAUGHT YOU?
Life has taught me to be creative ,be myself and to put my trust in God only. also life has taught me to be humble and determined.
KINDLY DROP A WORD TO THE UPCOMING GENERATION
My advice is that they should give the future more consideration than the present. they also need to be creative and hardworking. Everyone appreciates the original than the duplicate.
DROP A WORD TO YOUR FANS
To all my fans ,I LOVE YOU ALL and I promise never to disappoint you in anyway. Thank you for your support always.
my names are Yinka James popularly known as Yinka Adonai.
WHAT IS THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE NAME ADONAI?
Mainly I received the name and it means God of triumph
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING MUSIC?
I have been doing music for the past 27 years. i started my own band between 17/18 years ago.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE MUSIC AS A PROFESSION?
hmmmn.(long pause) Let me blow your minds. music is not a career I can encourage my son or daughter to go into. This is because music id not by power or by wisdom.
SINCE YOU CANT ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO DO MUSIC. HOW COME YOU CHOOSE MUSIC AS A PROFESSION FOR YOURSELF?
Its not that i really wanted to be a musician. I started as an instrumentalist. As God will have it,I started singing. Music is a very challenging profession. You dont always get everything right in music. Two plus two in music is equal to minus twelve. So,I will tell you that I dont really want to do music,I just discover I ve started singing.
YOU AS A KNOWN FIGURE IN THE JUJU MUSIC SCENE IN THE WORLD. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FACED IN THE PROCESS OF ATTAINING THIS HEIGHT?
(smiles)(silence) Challenges are part of life. You will always face one challenge or the other no matter your profession. So, someone needs to struggle to achieve . Putting more effort does not make you the best. My kind of music is more challenging because most marketer avoid Juju artiste because are fan base is limited compare to others.
YOU HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT FOR 16/17 YEARS. WHATS THE DRIVING FORCE ?
Firstly,I will say I like been myself and thats the reason why I am creative and consistent. moreso,I am not a businessman musician but a career musician.
WHAT BRINGS ABOUT 2+2 = -22?
I was only trying to make you known that its no by power or wisdom. les take foe example, there was this musician that sang "Ori o foka sibe" and another guy sang " ori mi oo foka sibe" and people tends to accept "O ri e foka sibe" despite the fact thet is a foul language. so,perfect composition and promotion does not guarantee success of any song. Its God that blesses. you might have it in mind that track two of your album will be the hit,while track seven will be more accepted by fans and it will become the hit. So,thats the reason I said 2+2= -22 in music.
HOW WAS GROWING UP DAYS?
That question makes me smile. My parents were not rich nor poor. when i was growing up, I tend to be a disgrace to my family because how can someone like me be following musicians around and most times I enjoyed staying behind the speakers. so i will say that my parents didnt support me then and that makes it not too easy.
BOSS,WHAT HAS LIFE TAUGHT YOU?
Life has taught me to be creative ,be myself and to put my trust in God only. also life has taught me to be humble and determined.
KINDLY DROP A WORD TO THE UPCOMING GENERATION
My advice is that they should give the future more consideration than the present. they also need to be creative and hardworking. Everyone appreciates the original than the duplicate.
DROP A WORD TO YOUR FANS
To all my fans ,I LOVE YOU ALL and I promise never to disappoint you in anyway. Thank you for your support always.
Friday 19 April 2013
BABY ROGER - PORTAH & T-IZZE
Portah & T-izze cover, then u should know these two has something up their sleeves approaching with their consistent combi.... This is another crazy joint from T-izze The BeaTMaker (@tizzeon) and Portah (@thatportahboy)- Baby Roger {prod by T-izze TBM} ,callin out to all the beautiful
love-rocking chics out there in their boring hives. if you dont love this song then i think they should quit but download it, it and share it.......
courtesy Pillars Records & Porsche Music
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD
BABY ROGER
Thursday 18 April 2013
Tuesday 16 April 2013
2Face owes me 50% royalty for African Queen – Black Face
2Face owes me 50% royalty for African Queen – Black Face
The controversy between Blackface and Tu-face , two Nigerian artistes are far from over as Blackface claims that he is the rightful owner of the original concept of ‘African Queen’, the song that brought Tu-face to limelight. Because of this, he says Tu-face must pay him 50% royalty from the song. ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM spoke with him recently. Excerpts…
What is your relationship with Tuface?
We are ex members of Plantashun Boiz.
When was the last time you and Tuface communicated?
Omo the communication just dey o. Everybody is on his own but I communicate with Faze often.
Does that mean you are closer to Faze than Tuface?
Yes, because I like a kind of somebody that I can discuss music with. I and Faze often talk about music, rhythm and career development. Faze is more of a person I can discuss that kind of thing with unlike Tuface.
The song, ‘African Queen’ has generated a lot of controversy. Who is the rightful owner of the song?
I know the song has generated a whole lot of revenue. Right now, I and Tuface have joint ownership of that song. But from the inception it was not like that. My publisher, BMI had to find a way to work that out. All the funds the song has been generating, I’m supposed to have 50 per cent of it, which I’m not getting and I don’t just know what is happening. I’m still trying to find out what is happening. There is even a situation whereby somebody in Jamaica sang African Queen and some other persons like that of which I was not aware.
Nobody told me that he was going to sing my song. So, there are some issues that I and Tuface need to sit down and iron out, but Tuface is difficult to get on the table.
So I have decided to do it on my own. Surely, with time, we’ll get to the root of the matter because we both have 50 per cent rights to the song.
That means Tuface has been cheating you?
Yes, because I was not being paid and you know the way it is in Nigeria, the ideology is that because one is not on one particular record label, they won’t put his name to a song he wrote just because they don’t want to promote the person.
But the fact is that your intellectual property remains your own; nobody can take that away from you.
But you sang your own version of the song
Yes, I have a reggae version of ‘African Queen’, which I’m still going to record. I did that because there was a time some people were trying to claim ownership of the song.
Did you ask him to include the song in his album?
Yes, we wrote it together and I gave him permission to do so because, when he was recording his album we were still living in the same apartment. I found out that the album was not making any sense, so I told him that the only thing that will allow the album to make sense is to include the ‘African Queen’ which we both wrote. But I didn’t say he should take away my own right. That is the rider. For the fact that I wrote a song for you to perform does not mean you should claim it and deprive me of my own right.
Who came up with the idea of the song?
It was actually one Idoma man called Willy Walkman. He told us to do a song for his soap opera and the title of the soap opera was ‘African Queen’ that we should write a theme song for the soap. We started writing in earnest. Then one day, he just came saying we were not serious about it and that he would not be our manager again, unknown to him that we were already doing what he asked us to do. That was how he threw us out. So ‘African Queen’ was Willy’s idea.
‘Ota Mi Leyin Mi’ is one of those songs. All of a sudden, I discovered that people started avoiding me. You all heard about the fight I had with my former landlord. But I think everything happened for good, because I’ve learnt a lot from it. It was a bad experience that I will not forget in a hurry. I was in a hostile environment in the midst of Yoruba people.
I was just caught up with so many ideologies. So, ‘Otami Leyin Mi’ is for those who claimed they are friends and they are not really friends.
Those kinds of friends should get of my back. Some people are actually out there and they claim to be your friends while they are not. They need to leave you alone so you can move on with your life.
Monday 8 April 2013
MY SECRETS - NIGERIA MOST RICHIES WOMAN
My Secrets ––Nigeria's Richest Woman, Folorunsho Alakija
The business mogul is however quick to define wealth in her own words:
“Wealth is beyond money and affluence. It can be classified as a
large amount of something, ranging from experience to talent. It is a
word that quantifies and qualifies anything. For instance, you could say
someone has a wealth of interesting qualities. Many people have said
the same to me because there are so many parts to who I am, who I have
become and who God has created me to be. I am a businesswoman, a fashion
designer and milliner by profession.
“The word wealth qualifies and measures one’s success in achieving set targets and goals, prosperity, and blessings. Blessings can be in the form of good health, the education of children and even living to a ripe old age. Therefore, a wealthy woman is someone who has been able to achieve some, all or even more than these because grace for wealth is unlimited from our God. He desires to bless us all on a daily basis. We just need to learn how to key into it so that we do not limit ourselves,” she says.
The executive vice chairman, Famfa Oil Limited, she founded Supreme Stitches, which later changed to Rose of Sharon House of Fashion, a fashion label that catered to upscale clientele.
Speaking further about her relationship with God, she said “I heard the call of the Lord into Christian ministry many years ago but I was reluctant to yield to the call.
“I believe that my passion for fashion was hugely responsible as I was definitely enjoying what I was doing for a living, although in hindsight, it was really a fulfilling and successful hobby because I was not dependent on it. The zeal to succeed in whatever I decide to do, drove the business. I don’t design clothes any more except the odd ones I may choose to design when I commission such through another fashion designer.”
She also runs a non-profit organisation, the Rose of Sharon Foundation, which she says has changed the lives of hundreds of widows, their children and orphans.
Born in 1951, to the Ogbara family in Ikorodu, Lagos State, she is from a Muslim polygamous family of 52 children. Being the eighth from her father and second from her mother, she says her relationship with 45 other siblings is cordial. “God gave my father the grace to provide for all of us and send more than three quarter of us to England and America to study. My other sibling and I were the first to go. The four years that I spent at such a young age abroad, impacted positively on my life,” she states.
“I was in boarding school and we were the only blacks in the school. I regret that the school building which is one of the most cherished buildings in Wales, has been sold. If I had learnt years ago that it was up for sale, I would have bought it and turned it into a health club. I remember with nostalgia, the etiquette lessons we got-elocution, horse riding, singing lessons, stamp collection, etc. I learnt a lot in those four years. I had to come back quickly because my father didn’t want me to imbibe the western culture to the detriment of our own culture,” she adds.
Never assume that her successes could hinder a blissful marital life. The mother of four, who is now a grandmother, says the success of any marriage depends on respect and submission. To her, a woman can be successful in business and at the home front.
“Personally, I always make sure I seek the support and approval of my husband in whatever I plan to do, either for the day or for the future. This is because I strongly believe he is the head of our home and God is in the centre. As we honour and respect our husbands, God honours and uplifts the work of our hands. He guides and directs us and prospers our plans as a result. I also make it a point of duty not to shirk my responsibilities to my children,” she states.
“The word wealth qualifies and measures one’s success in achieving set targets and goals, prosperity, and blessings. Blessings can be in the form of good health, the education of children and even living to a ripe old age. Therefore, a wealthy woman is someone who has been able to achieve some, all or even more than these because grace for wealth is unlimited from our God. He desires to bless us all on a daily basis. We just need to learn how to key into it so that we do not limit ourselves,” she says.
The executive vice chairman, Famfa Oil Limited, she founded Supreme Stitches, which later changed to Rose of Sharon House of Fashion, a fashion label that catered to upscale clientele.
Speaking further about her relationship with God, she said “I heard the call of the Lord into Christian ministry many years ago but I was reluctant to yield to the call.
“I believe that my passion for fashion was hugely responsible as I was definitely enjoying what I was doing for a living, although in hindsight, it was really a fulfilling and successful hobby because I was not dependent on it. The zeal to succeed in whatever I decide to do, drove the business. I don’t design clothes any more except the odd ones I may choose to design when I commission such through another fashion designer.”
She also runs a non-profit organisation, the Rose of Sharon Foundation, which she says has changed the lives of hundreds of widows, their children and orphans.
Born in 1951, to the Ogbara family in Ikorodu, Lagos State, she is from a Muslim polygamous family of 52 children. Being the eighth from her father and second from her mother, she says her relationship with 45 other siblings is cordial. “God gave my father the grace to provide for all of us and send more than three quarter of us to England and America to study. My other sibling and I were the first to go. The four years that I spent at such a young age abroad, impacted positively on my life,” she states.
“I was in boarding school and we were the only blacks in the school. I regret that the school building which is one of the most cherished buildings in Wales, has been sold. If I had learnt years ago that it was up for sale, I would have bought it and turned it into a health club. I remember with nostalgia, the etiquette lessons we got-elocution, horse riding, singing lessons, stamp collection, etc. I learnt a lot in those four years. I had to come back quickly because my father didn’t want me to imbibe the western culture to the detriment of our own culture,” she adds.
Never assume that her successes could hinder a blissful marital life. The mother of four, who is now a grandmother, says the success of any marriage depends on respect and submission. To her, a woman can be successful in business and at the home front.
“Personally, I always make sure I seek the support and approval of my husband in whatever I plan to do, either for the day or for the future. This is because I strongly believe he is the head of our home and God is in the centre. As we honour and respect our husbands, God honours and uplifts the work of our hands. He guides and directs us and prospers our plans as a result. I also make it a point of duty not to shirk my responsibilities to my children,” she states.
Saturday 6 April 2013
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