Nneka – The New Postergirl of the Afropean Music Movement
Posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 8:11 PMBy Wana Udobang
She is at the forefront of the renaissance of the Afropean movement. Alongside the likes of Bantu, Ayo and even Zap Mama; Nneka’s love for reggae, soul, hip-hop plus a huge dose of consciousness led to the creation of a splendid debut album – Victim of Truth. ‘Victim of Truth’ gave us gut wrenching tracks like Africans, Changes and God of Mercy. With an innate ability to writing music beyond her years, Nneka always holds dear to her an openness and honesty that doesn’t go without notice.
Nneka’s lyrics tackles subjects like spirituality, identity and hypocrisy. She says “I’m not here to entertain. I’m here to speak my mind because I am no longer at ease with the situation”. An emotional performer and visual artist, she has always been dedicated to the idea of artistic activism.
Recently her sophomore album - No Longer at Ease named after the Chinua Achebe novel unleashed the rock-induced ‘Heartbeat’ blazing on television screens across the nation. Heartbeat is currently nominated for a Channel O Award.
Check out the video for Nneka and Keziah Jones duet “Long Distance Love” and a live performance of “Come With Me”.
Nneka’s current single is Kangbe
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They’ve been playing her ‘Heartbeat’ video on Flava channel in the UK for the past few wks now and i’m loving it.
i thought i was the only person who knew Nneka, nd ayo and bantu,i love these people and their music,i have Nneka albums..it nice to see, bellanaija showcase them,big ups….
Thanks for listening!!! I’ve been wanting you to do a story on her! Been following her music for a while now, she’s amazing!!!
looooooove her!!! i listen 2 heartbeat all day. look out 4 my article on her called Rebel with a Cause, in september’s edition of CANOE mag. and vote 4 her in d channel o award oh. lets support our own
This is raw talent…kudos girl..we are proud of you.
Been following her for a while, glad to see her talent and activism coming to a broader audience.
The girl is good!
nice, she kind of sounds like Ayo btw
nneka is also nominated for a mobo as well….
she is SOME talent! that keziah jones has a great voice.
seriously lovin this girl’s music. love all the song esp kangbe. i’m so going to look for her album.
Its about time bella naija did a post about Nneka. She is so talented and bright!
She exemplifies the glaring difference between Afromerican & Afropean music. Afro-pop & money seeking music making overrides Afromerican music, glad you’ve highlighted Nneka’s wonderful talent. Lets hope more messengers like her come from the Diaspora
The re-Evolution will be broadcast!!!
Afro is on the rise…Thank you Nneka for keeping it thru….
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well done girl!
Im so proud of her….she shows that its not all about sex, bling and falling in lust (I mean love!) This conscious african music…. I love that the ladies are not afraid to take risks…first there was Asa, the T.Y. Bello now Nneka…they follow in the trend of Lauren Hill, India Arie etc. Big up to you girl!
and Keziah Jones is nigerian!
I cannot wait for her tour. Such an amazing artist. She is profiled on girlcrush today. http://girlcrushoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/01/nneka.html