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Tiwa Savage The 80’s and early portions of the 90’s saw Nigerians rocking to the groovy tunes of Onyeka Onwenu, Christy Igbokwe and Evi Edna Ogholi. What these women had in common were their effortless ability to create music that was easily identified with by the Nigerian populace, their grace as female singers and mostly by the message behind their songs. They touched on certain vital social issues as love, peace and unity, and also served as a form of female empowerment in their limited capacity; instantly gaining an enviable status as female role models in the society. Asides all these, they possessed the vocal ability to perform to a live crowd, and also, were huge commercial and critical successes in their respective genres of music. Onyeka Essien     Edna The mid 90’s and early 2000’s saw a sharp decline in the quality and number of female artistes in the Nigerian music industry, a few solo female acts strove and were constantly faced with anti-fe