Unveiling Omowura’s Singing Daughter

Thirty-two years after the death of the late Apala music sage, Alhaji Waidi Ayinla Anigilaje Omowura, aka Ayinla Omowura, his singing daughter Halimot Sadia Omowura has concluded plans to release her debut dubbed Apalagbode.

Speaking with P.M.Entertainment, Halimot disclosed that the formal presentation of the album, which promises to be elaborate, holds at the combo hall of Lagos Television, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

The sultry musician hinted that she chose to sing Apala music not because her late father was a popular and highly revered Apala musician but because of the challenges the genre entails, its acceptance in the whole southwest of Nigeria and West Africa, adding that apart from these, she want to be the Queen of Apala music. “What a man can do, a woman can do it better,” she opined.

Sadia, who holds a certificate in Junior Community Extension Worker from School of Health, Ijebu Ilese, Ogun state in 1995, said that she started a career in music in 2002 and it took her ten years to debut because “Apala music genre involves rigorous and intellectual manipulation. Everybody is aware that my father never released any unsuccessful album, hence, I took my time not to deviate from the tradition and legacy.”

Responding to a poser, Halimot revealed that her late father’s record label, Ivory Music, still pays royalties on all Ayinla Omowura’s previous albums yearly though, its management needs to make some amendments.

“Ivory Music management is no more getting it right because not all the children are carried along when it is time for payment,” Halimot said

—Kayode Aponmade