Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - African Music Divas, 11, Aṣa

Yes, indeed. Asa, so relatable and so lyrically penetrating.

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On May 6, 2020, at 3:15 AM, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:



Asa is larger than life! Larger than life, I repeat. If you are yet to see her life performance, pray for long life so that you can. She has been to Austin, and close to you in New York, or your side of London. She divides her time between Lagos and Paris, and she performs in both. She is very generous with her time, talking to younger people, granting interviews. A super celebrity, the Nigerian government once selected her as one of five to rebrand the country (Alas! with everything Nigerian, they added a crookish scholar to the list, thus de-branding their image, wasting their money!)

 

Asa Bukola Elemide inherited strong creative genes from her parents, cinematographers who also happened to be, like me, insatiable collectors of music. Thank God, her parents returned her back to Lagos at the age of 2 where she became grounded in Lagos/urban/Yoruba/cosmopolitan culture. Thank God, yet again, unlike Nigerian parents who compel their children to do Law or Engineering or Medicine, her parents allowed her to pursue her dreams. By the time she returned to France at the age of 20 to do Music in school, she was told that she was ready to go pro. Pro, she became. Her very first outing, labeled Asa, was a platinum. By 2008, she had won the French Constantin Award; her songs were played on radio all over the world. She became a star with the first studio album.

What an incredible story!

What an incredible figure!!

What an amazing talent!!!

 

Listen to her majestic debut as you take your coffee or tea or water:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keTJPH-alFQ

 

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