“Her opinions were mostly straightforward – No cheating, no lying, I loved her for that,” said Tee Mac Iseli, Nigerian musician and former president of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria.
Director of the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE), Dr. Teju Kareem, summarises the gift of Onyeka Onwenu to Nigeria, and void her passing away, creates collective consciousness as Nigerians.
“There is something about the lyrics and rhythm that permeates and calls on your nationalistic essence. It doesn’t come flimsily to you. She sings truthfully to issues. These truths are opened up to you as you listen, and her songs transcended entertainment and pleasure to inspiring trust in her words. There is also something to be said about her decorum. As show-woman and fashionista, you also saw a sophisticated sense of decorum,” Kareem said.
The death of Onwenu, whose career spanned…
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