SINGING Through THE BIAS

3 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS IN NIGERIA'S HISTORY

Music, a gender-neutral activity that we all directly or indirectly participate in. If we are not singing in church choirs, we are listening to people who grew up singing in church choirs; it's impossible to think about a world without songs.

But just like most industries in the country, the music scene too is male-dominated. When Afrobeat hall of fame inductees were rolled out, not a single woman was in sight. This begs the question, ‘what is women's impact on Nigerian music and who documents it?'

Between Onyeka Onwenu and Tiwa Savage, female music artists have had to work twice as hard to command and sustain the same respect that their male counterparts get. Regardless of how difficult it could prove to be, these women have made it work and as a result, made their marks in the Nigerian entertainment scene. These are the women that have positively impacted the Nigerian music industry.