I married a Muslim for a reason in 1984 – Onyeka Onwenu reveals

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. you just won a price given click here to redeem

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. you just won a price given click here to redeem

“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.”