Veteran Musician Onyeka Onwenu Advice Female Singers

From being a music superstar, actress, journalist, politician to becoming an author at 68, there’s not much that Onyeka Onwenu doesn’t have an idea about

Onwenu Advice who is widely referred to as the ‘Elegant Stallion’ in her younger years, for a virtual chat as she released her memoir titled, My Father’s Daughter.

Onwenu spoke on various issues ranging from feminism to music and more as well as her journey to fame.

“Feminism, that word that we are so scared of? It is not a bad thing, it is a good thing. It means, as a woman, I’m not going to apologize, I’m not going to be the second rate, I’m not going to take the backseat because I’m a woman and I ought to be seen and not be heard.

‘Guess what, I have boys and I don’t have girls but I have many daughters out there. What I always tell them is – be yourself, be your best and don’t let anybody push you down and do not push down anybody, either.

‘Don’t let anybody make you suppress anything about yourself – talent, zeal, insight, who you are, your world view, your ability to express your truth.

‘Don’t give anybody that kind of power because if you lose it, you lose yourself. Keep applying yourself, doing good, loving yourself, neigbour at some point the world will come around and acknowledge your truth and the fact that you did not give up or sell out.

‘Basically, I come out of this, not apologising for being a woman – a strong woman, a successful woman, a forward-looking woman. I want every girl-child to know that they created for a purpose.

‘Yes, you are going to face challenges, this is the society we find ourselves in, but you’re going to surmount and survive them to make good with the purpose of your life.

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‘Let’s stop insulting and deliberating and putting down each other. We are blessed with the richness of our culture and that is what makes this place (Nigeria) very interesting.

‘Be proud of who you are, where you come from because you can’t love someone without loving yourself first. We should accept what God has done to this country by putting us together as one entity.