Tosin Jegede

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Tosin Jegede is a Nigerian singer. She was a child singing sensation in the 1980s. After releasing her first album in 1985: Children Arise at age five, she released two more albums: Leaders of Africa and Children of Africa in 1989 and 1992 respectively. [1] She left the country to further her education and earned a degree in Business Decision and Analysis from the University of Bristol and worked briefly in the UK as a Pension Adviser. She returned to Nigeria in 2008. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Tosin's mother died in 2012. She started a pet project: One Book One Child which focuses on the future of the Nigerian child. [1]

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 "Old Skool child celebrity Tosin Jegede explains pet project, One Book, One Child 'Music can wait for now'". Encomium.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ Benjamin Njoku. "I left the country to escape from being kidnapped ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2012". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ "Tosin Jegede finally released from 25 year music contract with Polygram Records". Nigerian Entertainment Today.
  4. ↑ "Thisweek". 1988: 45.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ Noah A. Tsika (2015). Nollywood Stars: Media and Migration in West Africa and the Diaspora:New Directions in National Cinemas. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-0158-08.
  6. ↑ Abisola Akawode. "Why Child Singers Never Succeed In Nigerian Music Industry". Leadership News.


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