FULL NAME: Bukola Elemide
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 September 1982
OCCUPATION: Singer,Song Writer: SOUL/POP
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: NOT MARRIED
EARLY LIFE AND BACKGROUND
Born Bukola Elemide, Aṣa was born in Paris, France to her Nigerian parents. Her family returned to live in Nigeria when she was two. Aṣa grew up in Alagbole, a border town in Ogun state near Lagos, in the south-western part of Nigeria. Twenty years later, Aṣa returned to Paris where her life as an artist took off.
Aṣa was the only female child in the family and had three brothers. At a tender age she began to look after the house during her parents' frequent absences. This is when Aṣa started to sing. Over the years her father had built up a fine collection of records featuring soul classics and Nigerian music, including Marvin Gaye, Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Aretha Franklin, King Sunny Adé, Ebenezer Obey and Lagbaja and Asa went on to draw inspiration from them.
Asa grew up in Lagos, a city teeming with people and buzzing with energy but also home to a deep-rooted spirituality. Islam thrives shoulder to shoulder with Christianity in an atmosphere of tolerance, the young imitate America, and the turbulent city moves endlessly in an infernal and yet harmonious ballet of love and hate, laughter and violence, poverty and wealth.
“Lagos is the New York of Nigeria. If you want to get anywhere in music, that’s where you’ll find the best opportunities, as well as the worst pitfalls.”
Whenever Asa came home from school in Nigeria, she discovered musical acts like Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Lauryn Hill, Femi Kuti and Angélique Kidjo. This was while she was in pursuit of educational excellence, and these musical acts are whose footprints she dreamed of following.
Asa was a lonely child. The family, her brothers, Africa….and yet: she didn’t fit into the usual clichés and was often sad, feeling out of place in childhood, even more so in the world of adolescence. She was different, and music became an escape route as well as a
daydream. Asa would sometimes go to the park with her bothers to sing and dance, but
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Caseless:
Not yet married? Oga oo.

phrenoz:
and u think marriage is d greatest achievement in the world?...
N.B:-its a rhetorical question.

phrenoz:
and u think marriage is d greatest achievement in the world?...
N.B:-its a rhetorical question.

Caseless:
what is rhetorical about ur question? Are single, too?

phrenoz:
...yes,very single and hoping to be for a long while since marriage has not won those around me any award nor has it made the world a better place....

Caseless:
phrenoz! Phrenoz!! Phrenoz!!! How many times did I call u? You know what u put out is not the right thing- without marriage and reproduction, you and I couldn't have been here. You are going against nature.
U need to be 'un-singled'.

phrenoz:
....I'm going against a tradition that has subjected people to a lot of pain and discrimination...not nature. I'm not anti-marriage I just hate it when people try to make it seem like its the peak of existence....if a person decides not to get married he/she should be free to live without other people getting involved....and if I'm going to be "un-singled" its definitely going to be by someone who understands all these.

Caseless:
Not yet married? Oga oo.

phrenoz:
...yes,very single and hoping to be for a long while since marriage has not won those around me any award nor has it made the world a better place....

sameer1212:
Hmmmmm may be, bt because it didn't go well with those around u doesn't mean urs will not go well too. Don't let others to live ur life for u. ur choice though.

Caseless:
this is powerful! I think I understand all these. *'un-singling' mode activated*

phrenoz:
...Lol,I'd like to see you try.

sameer1212:
Oga caseless, may be she is waiting for u

phrenoz:
...I never said it didn't go well...and u r right its MY choice.

phrenoz:
...Lol,I'd like to see you try.

phrenoz:
...Lol,I'd like to see you try.

Caseless:
I did check or twitter page. it's been long u touched there. ;DI did check or twitter page. it's been long u touched there.

phrenoz:
yeah...I don't like Twitter.