The Veteran Nigerian singer has made open
reasons she married a Yoruba Muslim in
1984. The Nigerian veteran in an interview
with cable has recounted how she fell in
love two decades ago and how her
marriage has produced two children.
The veteran reveal her private life in her
memoir she said it would be made public
on October 1st, the title of the memoir is
‘My Father’s Daughter’.
In a statement she said;
IN THIS BOOK, I AM, PERHAPS FOR THE
VERY FIRST TIME, SETTING THE RECORDS
STRAIGHT CONCERNING MY CONNUBIAL
RELATIONSHIP. YES, I WAS MARRIED. I
MARRIED A MAN I FELL IN LOVE WITH IN
1984,” SHE SAID.
“WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN: TIJANI AND
IBRAHIM. (IBRAHIM LATER CHANGED THE
FIRST LETTER OF HIS NAME FROM I TO A,
AND THUS BECAME ABRAHAM.) MY
HUSBAND IS YORUBA, AND WAS A MUSLIM
WHEN WE MET.”
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY ALSO DOCUMENTS
HER LIFE AS A MUSICIAN, ACTIVIST, WIFE,
MOTHER, AND POLITICIAN AS WELL AS
HER FORMATIVE CONTACT WITH
FEMINISM.
THE AUTHOR SHARED HOW THE WAR —
BETWEEN 1967 TO 1970 — SCALDED HER
TEENAGE LIFE, THE DEBILITATING EFFECTS
OF SUCCESSIVE REALITIES, AND HOW HER
FAMILY REMAINED BOUND AMID THE
FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE.
SHE ALSO DOCUMENTS HER YEARS IN
AMERICA, THE CONFLICTS THAT WERE THE
PRODUCTS OF BEING A MIGRANT, HER
EXPERIENCE WITH WORKPLACE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT, AND HER DECISION TO
QUIT HER JOB AT THE UN.
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SPEAKING ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING
BOOK, EXPAND PRESS LIMITED, HER
PUBLISHERS, DESCRIBED ‘MY FATHER’S
DAUGHTER’ AS A DEEPLY PERSONAL
ACCOUNT OF ONWENU’S LIFE SPANNING
PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN DETAILS.
“ON THE MARRIAGE FRONT, SHE
EXPLORES CHALLENGES WOMEN FACE
AND HOW SHE REFUSED TO SHRINK
HERSELF TO ACCOMMODATE HER
HUSBAND’S INSECURITIES ABOUT HER
FAME,” IT SAID.
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“IT’S A MEMOIR YOUNG PERSONS MUST
READ. WOMEN ESPECIALLY WILL GLEAN
NUMEROUS LESSONS FROM HER LIFE
EXPERIENCE SINCE SUCCESSFUL WOMEN
IN NIGERIA RARELY SHARE THEIR STORY
IN A CANDID MANNER.”
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