Nigerian artist, Asa in an interview with My Africa Podcast recently,
revealed that she was a Muslim for a while and it has influenced the way
she writes music… The songstress, who is currently on a tour in
European for her album, ‘Bed of Stone’, in the chat said:
“I come from a Muslim background, and I actually had a
stint with Islam. I was a Muslim for about 2 years or 3 years. I was a
Muslim after high school because I lived with my grandparents. My
grandparents were Muslims from Lagos Island, and yes it did influence
the way I see things and the way I write.”
She further stated that:
“It influenced the song ‘Awé’. You see just near where I
used to live, there was a mosque, and we had a munedžim who calls out
prayers.
“He would early morning by 5 O’clock, shout ‘Allaaaah’.
That was amazing, It just inspired ‘Away’, so yeah, Islam, Christianity
is always going to be part of my history.”
Wow!!!
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