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Salawa Abeni
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Salawa Abeni Alidu (born 5 May 1961) is a Nigerian singer. An Ijebu Yoruba from Ijebu Waterside, in Ogun State, she began her professional career in waka music when she released her debut album titled, Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, in 1976, on Leader Records. It became the first recording by a female artist in Yoruba Songs to sell over a million copies in Nigeria.
Quotes
If you want to succeed in life, you don’t have to listen to negative comments.
Not everyone will love you even if you are a star.
INTERVIEW: How fellow artistes abandoned me in my moment of need — Salawa Abeni. 9 November 2019, Punch Newspaper
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Category:1961 births
Category:Living people
Category:Women from Nigeria
Category:Women singers
Category:Women born in the 1960s