Onyeka Onwenu (born 31 January 1952) is a Nigerian singer/songwriter,
actress, human right activist, social activist, journalist,
politician, and former X Factor series judge. Dubbed the "Elegant
Stallion" by the Nigerian press, she is a former chairperson of the
Imo State Council for Arts and Culture. In 2013 she was appointed the
Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for
Women Development. Onwenu hails from Arondizuogu, a small town in
Ideato North, Imo State, and was raised in Port Harcourt. She is the
youngest daughter of Nigerian educationist and politician D.K. Onwenu
who died when she was four years old in an autocrash a week before his
appointment as Minister for Education, leaving his widow, Hope, to
raise five children alone after her husband's family denied her access
to his property (The song "African Woman" from Onwenu's fourth album
One Love is loosely inspired by her mother).
actress, human right activist, social activist, journalist,
politician, and former X Factor series judge. Dubbed the "Elegant
Stallion" by the Nigerian press, she is a former chairperson of the
Imo State Council for Arts and Culture. In 2013 she was appointed the
Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for
Women Development. Onwenu hails from Arondizuogu, a small town in
Ideato North, Imo State, and was raised in Port Harcourt. She is the
youngest daughter of Nigerian educationist and politician D.K. Onwenu
who died when she was four years old in an autocrash a week before his
appointment as Minister for Education, leaving his widow, Hope, to
raise five children alone after her husband's family denied her access
to his property (The song "African Woman" from Onwenu's fourth album
One Love is loosely inspired by her mother).
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