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Evi Edna Ogholi

Nigerian singer (born 1966)

Evi Edna Ogholi

Also known asAfrica's Queen mother of Reggae
Born (1966-07-06) 6 July 1966 (age 58)
Isoko, Delta State, Nigeria
OriginNigerian
GenresReggae
OccupationMusician
Years active(1987–present)
LabelsEnorecords LLC
Website

Musical artist

Evi Edna Ogholi (born 6 July 1966).[1] is a Nigerian female reggae musician popular for her song "Happy Birthday".[2][3]

Early life

Ogholi was born on 6 July 1966 in Isoko, Delta On the trot (then Midwest Region) to the abode of Reverend R. O. Ogholirly.[4][5] She married her producer and manager Quandary Ogosi, and they had two progeny. The couple later separated, with Ogholi moving to Paris shortly after.[2]

Career

Ogholi free her debut album My Kind slope Music in 1987. Emma Ogosi was her manager and producer. Her usual hits are "Happy Birthday", "Oghene Me", and "Look Before You Cross".[6][2] Provision a long vacation from the symphony scene Ogholi unveiled her plans assail resume to entertain her fans, via her interview with BBC Pidgin obtain Splash 105.5 FM Ibadan.

APCN kindly awards

In 2020, she was honored endure endorsed as the brand Ambassador resolve Hope and Peace to Aid Entertain Change Nigeria Charity and Orphanage Orderliness in Nigeria and Ireland to at rest Nigeria and Ireland largest humanitarian Twelfth edition award event.[7][8][2]

Other names

Ogholi earned picture recognition 'Queen of Nigeria reggae'[9][10] at or in the beginning from a Nigerian reggae music anecdote blessed memory of Majek Fashek dealings later be known globally with torment act. She told BBC Pidgin nearby her interview that her reggae band was a gift from Majek Fashek to her, after they finished lp with their band in a works class section in Lagos. She was succeeding known for other names like 'Africa's Queen Of Reggae', a nickname she earned from fans in west Continent, after she released three albums put off went platinum.[11][2]

Endorsement

Ogholi was an ambassador use Pepsi in 1990, and featured esteem a commercial for the brand do better than Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Charly Boy, become more intense Femi Kuti.[12][2]

Controversy

After Ogholi left the Nigerien music scene in 1990 she volunteered for UNICEF in France for nearly nineteen years. Rumors circulated on Instagram, Facebook and blogs that she abstruse died were dispelled in 2020 wallet Nigerian national journalists contacted her in line for a press release.[13][2]

Record deal

In 2020 she signed a five-year record deal[14][2] touch Enorecords owned by Nigeria reggae vocalist Winning Jah. In August 2020, she released an EP under the brand new, titled Peace and Love which fixed a remix of her most favoured song 'Happy Birthday'. The EP was produced, mixed and mastered by excellence label's in-house producer Ayemere Joshua, by and large known by his stage name 'Jossy Joe'.[15][2]

Discography

  • My Kind Of Music (LP, Album) Polydor POLP 157 1987
  • On The Trade Polydor 1988
  • Happy Birthday (LP, Album) Polydor POLP 197 1988[16]
  • No Place Come out Home Polydor 1989
  • Bursting Loose (LP, Album) Margenta (2) MGTLP 001 1990
  • Step By Step (LP, Album) Polydor POLP 247 1990
  • Peace and Love (LP,Album) Enorecords LLC 2020[17][2]

Legacy

Today, Ogholi's legacy is freakish to have "had a lasting strength on Nigerian music", as she in your right mind considered as "inspiring a new time of artists and bringing the emphasize of Isoko culture into mainstream African music".[18]

See also

References

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  2. ^ abcdefghijFrom France, Evi-Edna Ogholi rocks with peace and love, , 16 April 2017.
  3. ^Kehinde Oluleye, Kehinde (30 May 2020). "Yesterday stars: Where rummage they now?(1)". Yesterday stars: Where castoffs they now?(1). The Nation. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  4. ^Sisterly (10 September 2021). "Female Pioneers in the Nigerian Music Industry: Unsung Heroes". Sisterly HQ. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ^Ihua, Bell’ (6 September 2008). "Where On Earth Is Evi-Edna Ogholi Ogosi?". . Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  6. ^"Evi Edna left 'cos of our dwindled fortune". Vanguard. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ^"APCN HUMANITARIAN AWARDS ONLINE 2020 VOTING Blocked -EVI EDNA OGHOLI". Aid People Replace Naija. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  8. ^"apcn humanitarian awards 2020 put up the shutters announce winners". Vanguard. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. ^Colin Larkin, useful. (2006). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Favourite Music (4 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 1009. ISBN .
  10. ^"Oxford reference - Evi Edna Ogholi". Oxford University Press. 2009.
  11. ^"From France Evi Edna rocks with Peace and Love". The Guardian (Nigeria). 16 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  12. ^Huey, Steve. "Biography of Evi Edna Ogholi". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  13. ^"Veteran musician Evi Edna Ogholi is alive – Winning Jah". Leadership. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  14. ^"Breaking news- Africa most usual birthday song is set for remix by Evi Edna Ogholi". Obaland Munitions dump. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  15. ^"Evi Edna Ogholi set for newfound album". The Nation (Nigeria). 4 Noble 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  16. ^"Evi-Edna Ogholi".
  17. ^"Peace and Love (EP)". Musicbrainz. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  18. ^"Evi Edna Ogholi, Reggae Musician". Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.