Before her death, Onyeka Onwenu was regarded as the ‘elegant stallion.’ The beautiful legend reigned supreme during her lifetime as a singer with a blissful chord with an impetus to make music that borders on the Igbo culture.
Not many female legendary artists have been able to tilt the way Onyeka Onwenu has from singing to acting and back, but the elegant stallion have been able to achieve such feat.
Onyeka Onwenu started making music from as far back as 1981. First starting out with secular music, Onyeka Onwenu eventually transitioned into making gospel music during the 90s.
It is remotely impossible to not have a knowledge of who this music composer is — how eloquent she gets in her speech, in her poise, in her carriage and her entertaining career. Onyeka Onwenu’s mark is indelible in the Nigerian entertainment scene and for years to come, she will be greatly missed.
As a singer, Onyeka Onwenu made Afrocentric music — the kind that gets raspy and smoothens you out from deep within your soul. Left to this writer, Onyeka Onwenu is the Sade of Nigeria. In case you’re familiar with “Ekwe” or “Bia Nulu”, here are 7 other evergreen tracks of the legendary late Onyeka Onwenu that should ring a bell in your head –
1. You and I
2. Dancing In The Sun
3. Iyogogo
4. Alleluya
5. One Love
6. Wait For Me
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