Nigerian born singer, Omawumi who is one of the leading
African female singers didn’t win the Nigerian Idols competition when
she contested many years ago, but grew to become one of the most
respected ladies of songs in Nigeria.
Now that she has made her mark in the music industry, Omawumi has decided to put some energy into her second love……Agriculture.
But then, she insists she was actually born into a home of farmers claiming her father had a farm in their home town in Warri.
Currently working on ONE.org’s theme song project ‘Cocoa na
Chocolate’, the singer said she joined the campaign for agriculture to
be revived in Africa because it used to be the continent’s source of
income before the discovery of oil.
“I have always been into agriculture; my father has a 25-hectare land
in Ubeji, in the outskirts of Warri. While I grew up, I used to go to
the farm and we used to process cassava. I can make garri; I mean
uprooting the cassava, the whole process of extraction and frying it. I
can do it effortlessly same thing with fufu and tapioca. I am actively
involved in agriculture because I grew in the farm.
“Everything we use is actually from agriculture especially most of
the make-up women use. I am a part of the project because I believe we
need to be actively involved in agriculture, especially the youths. They
see agriculture as something that is ‘uncool’ meanwhile it could create
employment for a lot of them. I wonder why someone would rather go to a
supermarket to buy chicken at a price you could use to buy some chicks,
rare them and after a while, you have lots of chicken for your
consumption,” she said.
Speaking on her new album that is still in the pipeline, she said it
would be a 10-track album and would be unique and different because it
would be more of acoustics.
“I am working on my next album which would be a live album. I have
one song with Phyno and it is wonderful. I want to produce a 10 track
album that even when you listen to in the next 10 years you would love
it. I would use live acoustics so you can get a feel of the real music
as opposed to using technology all the way. I did not start performing
with live band but music is something people want to enjoy raw, if
someone is playing a guitar for example, people want to hear and have a
feel of the guitar. It makes music more enjoyable as opposed to asking a
disc jockey to play your songs while you mime to it. However, I do not
blame anybody who does not subscribe to playing with live band,
different strokes for different folks,” Omawumi said.
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