Salawa Abeni | |
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Rayuwa | |
Cikakken suna | Salawa Abeni |
Haihuwa | Epe, 5 Mayu 1961 (63 shekaru) |
ƙasa | Najeriya |
Karatu | |
Harsuna | Turanci |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | vocalist (en) da mawaƙi |
Artistic movement | waka music (en) |
Salawa Abeni Alidu (an haife ta ranar 5 ga watan Mayun 1961) mawaƙa ce ta Nijeriya.[1] Wata Yarbawa yar Ijebu ce daga Ijebu Waterside, a jihar Ogun, ta fara sana'ar waka ne a lokacin da ta fitar da kundi na farko mai taken, ''Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed'', a shekarar 1976, akan Leader Records. Ya zama rikodi na farko da wata mata mai fasaha ta yi a cikin Wakokin Yarbanci don sayar da kwafi sama da miliyan a Najeriya.
Abeni ta ci gaba da daukar fim din jagora har zuwa shekarar 1986, lokacin da ta kulla alaka da mai rikodin, Lateef Adepoju. Ta auri Kollington Ayinla kuma ta shiga lakabin rikodinsa a maimakon haka, ta kasance tare da shi har zuwa 1994.
An nada ta "Sarauniyar Waka Music" daga Alaafin na Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi a shekarar 1992.[2] Waka salon Musulunci ne, salon kidan Yarabawa na gargajiya, wanda Batile Alake ya shahara; nau'in ne da ya fi tsuju da fuji.
A lokacin da take zantawa da Kamfanin Dillancin Labaran Najeriya, Abeni ta haifar da rikici lokacin da ta shawarci ‘yan uwanta mawaka da “su nisanci yin luwadi”, inda ta kamanta shi da shan kwayoyi.[3] Masu fafutuka sun kira kalaman nata "nuni ne na rashin sani",[4] sai dai kuma 'yar Najeriya Olajumoke Orisaguna ta faɗi maganganunta kwanan nan a cikin bidiyon YouTube Olajumoke Sauce 7: Trends and Acceptance da aka ɗora a watan Fabrairun 2018.[5] A karkashin dokar Najeriya bisa dogaro da shari'ar mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya, alaƙar jinsi tsakanin mutanen LGBT ta kasance laifin laifi, tare da hukunci mai yawa wanda ya fara daga ɗaurin shekaru 14 zuwa hukuncin kisa.