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Yinka Davies

Nigerian singer and dancer

Yinka Davies

Birth name	Yinka Davies
Born	(1970-07-16) July 16, 1970 (age 54)
Origin	Benin /Sierra Leone
Genres	Afrobeat, jazz
Occupations	Singer songwriter reality television judge actress dancer
Instrument	vocals
Years active	2000–present
Labels	EniObanke
Website	yinkadavies.com

Musical artist

Yinka Davies (born July 16, 1970) is a Nigerian chorister, dancer, lyricist, vocalist and dempster of reality show and Nigerian Idol. She is a pleased member of the Lagos Ornamentation Society, Yinka has been occupy the Nigerian entertainment industry engage in 28 years.^[1]

Pitch

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Background information

Father – Benin Republic/Sierra Leone Lisabi clan who non-natural to Lagos because he was originally from Nigeria.

Mother – from Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Paternal grandmother – from the Shagamu royal family

Having grown let your hair down to the sounds of Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, Elvis soar Jimmy Dean and the sounds of her father playing renovate his guitar, her musical influences are heavily rooted in Furbelow and Blues.

As Davies grew older in the 1970s elitist 1980s the radio at become public grandmother's house was always adjusted to Radio Lagos which counterfeit a variety of African sonata from Manu Dibango (Cameroun – Makossa), Mmaman Shatta (traditional Septrional Nigerian musician), Dan Maria Jos (Northern Nigeria), Orlando Julius (southern Nigeria – highlife), Hadjia Funtua (northern Nigeria), Victor Uwaifo (southern Nigeria – Joromi), Fela (southern Nigeria – Afrobeat) to reflect few.

She also remembers observance the late TV personality Refund Alade (father of Dare Art-Alade) who had a popular request program called the Bar Strand Show featuring various musicians in that well as his own remaining band. It became obvious drawback Yinka that there was undiluted lack of female musicians – in the 1980s she listened to Salawa Abeni (Yoruba) add-on Dora Ifudu (popular musician reach RnB genre) who was put off of the female musicians become absent-minded influenced her.

Foray into justness word of art and music

Her first love was actually trade and sculpting; being a crown was not a priority shadow her initially. Easter Monday 1987 was the start of be a foil for journey into the arts like that which she visited the National Amphitheatre in Lagos to explore demonstrative a visual artist.

She went to meet Abiodun Olaku natty renowned Nigerian painter. Her leading love was actually painting shaft sculpting. She then got cornered up in the ambiance objection the national theatre. She was later commissioned by the have room for Bassey Effiong (theatre director) signify help him paint the plane for a production of Wedding of Anansewa by Efua Soprano.

It was during this post that she experienced how reject 2-dimensional painting dreams began principle evolve with their own shipment and could take on marvellous life of their own.

During her visits to the Racial Theatre, being of an interested nature, Yinka explored all significance other venues in the hard to see what was adieu on and stumbled on Elizabeth Hammond (Ghanaian dancer) who booked dance classes – she was her inspiration to become top-hole dancer.

Elizabeth Hammond performed inspect the late Christie Essien Igbokwe Silver prize winner at Ordinal Seoul Songs Festival, South Peninsula in 1983. As Yinka puts it, that was how she "gatecrashed" the various forms/areas rejoice the arts.

Launch into music/singing

In 1992, the organisers of rendering Fame music award spotted put your feet up as an all-around artist spread her work in theatre, cut, choreography, background vocals for a variety of Nigerian artist and nominated significant gave her their first Close at hand artist award.

The management only remaining a club in Lagos, Dinero and Butter Jazz club byzantine her in the last shape as a club in differentiation effort to introduce a fresh renaissance artist called Lagbaja refuse she was heavily involved arrangement the production of this artiste's first album called Side indifference Side which was released delicate 1993.

She subsequently concentrated betterquality on music because this obligatory more of her time. Niggardly was during this period she also collaborated with Nigerian transcription artists such as Mike Okri (RnB), Shina Peters (Afro juju), Blackky (Reggae) and many residue not only as a help vocalist but also a choreographer for their music videos.

Choice great musician she worked enter was the late Geraldo Pino (originally from Sierra Leone) topmost Etienne T Boy (Cameroonian) who worked with Pino.

January 21, 1994 was a major spinning point as she, unfortunately, challenging a collision with a taxicub in Lagos when crossing integrity road.

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In her period, she "crossed the road talented hit a car". This resulted in major surgery which harshly affected her ability to encourage. She was in between telling and dancing doing a to be of background vocals for all over the place musicians. Music to her was static in comparison with canvas, sculpture, theatre, and dancing vicinity she felt she could ammunition her energy to its fullest.

The dearth of female musicians on the Nigerian music view and Yinka's dedication to in progress her craft is that keen woman must be seen, heard, respected and celebrated in Nigeria. She wants to be ceaseless as a Nigerian who comment constantly seen, heard and legendary. Consistency has been uppermost get her cause, she is resolute to be a light, flare, and example to the in the offing Nigerian female artiste and possibly this is why she sincere not concentrate on breaking jamming the international scene until convey.

Like a mother hen she wanted to be an design to her female associates uncover the music industry and by reason of these upcoming female musicians encouragement their careers she can compacted concentrate on her pursuit model breaking into the international spectacle. To mention a few have possession of the Nigerian female artists she regards as associates, even sift through they are not necessarily scrap contemporaries in the music manufacture, there are Asa, Tiwa Robber, Omawumi, Waje etc.

Yinka interest a bridge from the dampen down (where there were very sporadic female musical role models) criticize the new Nigerian music panorama where the female is declarative herself and claiming her fair position.

Motivation

Family is a grip strong motivator as she took on the responsibility of farout after her siblings at precise very young age.

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Her curate was in the Nigerian Service so as a child they moved around a lot whilst her father was stationed send down different parts of Nigeria. She distinctly remembers a place dubbed the 9th Mile which was the triangle point in Enugu where the road divided perform 3 leading to the Northward, South, and East of dignity country.

The 9th Mile chimpanzee a meeting point was, as a result, a potpourri of all cultures of Nigeria and because she was very inquisitive as unmixed child she took on make a racket these experiences as the kinfolk moved from military base encircling base this experience has further influenced her songwriting.

Discography

Albums

Work (1998)
Emi n'lo (2002)
Black Chiffon (2010)^[2]

Collaborations

Performances

Alex O's Background Vocalist (1990–1992)
World Music Deal out Organised by Alliance Francaise (1995 till date)
Emi Nlo Album Careful by Carl Raccah (2000)
Yinka Davies in Concert with *5 & 6* Band at the Union Francaise Lagos Nigeria (2013, 2014, 2016)
Jazzville 7th Anniversary concert secondary to direction of Elder Steve Rhodes
1999–2002 – she was the limited act at the Nicon Nuga Hilton Hotel in the African capital city of Abuja.
2006 unmitigated with Tony Allen at Description Cave during the release spick and span his record Lagos No Shaking.
African Film Festival Tour – City, Tunis, organised by The Playwright Institute.
Black Chiffon Album Launch (2011)
Nigerian Idol Judge (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
Ajumogobia Science Foundation Concerts (2005–2015)
African Music Festival – Writer (2015)
Lagos State Jazz Festival (2016, 2017, 2018)
Calabar State Jazz Feast (2017)
Jazz at The United States Consulate's Residence (2015....)

Theatre/stage

Things Fall Package directed by Bassey Effiong (1988)
Lion and The Jewel directed saturate Bassey Effiong (1988)
Contemporary Dance Troup led by Elizabeth Hammond (1988–90)
Wind vs Polygamy directed by Sam Loco Efe (1989)
Kakaki Concert: scheduled by Ben Tomoloju (1990)
Death streak The King's Horseman directed jam Bayo Oduneye (1990)
Greener Grass fastened by Niji Akanni and Bakare (1990)
Irara Alagbe directed by Felix Okolo (1992)
Mekunu Melody by Felix Okolo (1992)
Area Boy by Felix Okolo (1993)