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OKorowanta:
One of Nigeria's best ever.

You know it! She was actually the reason that I began getting into Naija and all of its many cultures. Without her I would have never really taken an interest in any kind of African music!

Awwww, that's my girl!

Acorns.... that's all I'm gonna say.

Legs.... legs..... LEGS?? You're supposed to be working on your homework and you wanna talk about fuckin' LEGS? Dear god.... what am I gonna do with you?

Hi all,

So, I just thought of something that I find super interesting: what, to you, would be a Naija musician/singer's headcannon if you were to portray them in a story? I'm creating this thread mainly because I want to see your thoughts, but also because I'm actually making a fan fiction involving afropop/afrobeats stars, and I have developed several headcannons/depictions of my own. For those unaware, a "fan fiction" is a work of fiction written by fans of a show, movie, book, celebrity, etc etc etc, based off of that form of entertainment.

I'm planning on posting a chapter of my fanfic soon in the Literature section.

I'm going to start with one of my depictions of my favorite African singers--Asa!

Asa is a twenty-year-old college student, going to the Institute of Music for the Unbelievably Gifted and Powerful, an extremely futuristic and luxurious music school located in the middle of Japan, to study Afropop music along with her roommate Yemi Alade, and her nextdoor neighbor Tiwa Savage.
She is a calm, smart, sweet and incredibly wise young woman who is always willing to help those in need. She can often understand and comprehend things that not many people can, and often this can be to her advantage, for instance when determining if someone she has just met is ok to be around or not, or understanding extremely deep philosophical, spiritual, or mentally-challenging subjects without them having to be explained to her a lot. In layman's terms, she's a geek!

Asa's hair is in tuns of long, black dreadlocks that reach to the middle of her back. At the front of her head, there are a few loose kinks of hair framing her face. Her face is round and youthful, and rarely has makeup adorning it, save for some lipstick matching her chocolate-brown skin. She almost always wears aviater glasses. She usually wears modest, simple outfits consisting of black, white, and red, however she can dress more colorfully if she may be going to a party or other special occasion.

In terms of her personality, as mentioned earlier, she is wise, gentle, soft-spoken, sweet and motherly. She is a huge, huge optomist, sometimes to the point where it can get a little irritating for her friends, however she takes this criticism casually and without any harm done. She also is strong, independent and agile, often being praised for her physical strength. In fact, she is praised for almost anything that she does, for she, truly, is wonderful at anything and everything that she tries to do. She is humble when people applaud her, and, at times, this admiration she receives can turn into envy, especially for both Tiwa and Yemi.

Asa is very dedicated to her schoolwork and what she came to the academy to study. In fact, music, to her, is the most important, holy and precious thing, and she believes that without it, she'd perish. and won't even think of missing a due date for any of her assignments. Often, she has to scold her roommate, Yemi, for doing the opposit of her, but Yemi pays no mind to Asa and continues slacking on her work.

You will always find her carrying either her classical guitar or her talking drum/gangan around with her, and playing either of these while she walks. Despite this, she knows where she's going, and it's often hard for her to get lost.

She is very traditional when it comes to her lifestyle, and wants to preserve a lot of the ways of her Yoruba ethnic group. Because of this, she practices Ifa, the traditional Yoruba religion/spiritual system, more often than not out of the company of her friends, since she's afraid that if they found her praying to Obatala or offering Sango a sacred match made from oroko wood, they'd think her crazy or a freak.

Asa also believes that the gangan/talking drum is the most sacred out of all traditional Yoruba musical instruments, even though it's not used in traditional religious functions very often.

She actively and strongly objects to any sort of music that is not deep, meaningful, and that does not talk about serious issues that are going on in the real world or that are personal to her. She does strongly support her friends in their endeavors, though.

Her favorite thing to do is study philosophy, language, and religion, as well as go to a café and write a song or two. She hates crowds and wild parties, and would rather just be alone reading Shakespeare or Socrates.

Oh, and she's also secretly the daughter of the goddess Osun and does not want anyone to know, which explains her pride and preservation of most of her traditional values and culture.

And that's it!

I hope you enjoyed that, and please forgive me for making this post way too long! (hahahaha)

Hati13:
Hey FeelDeMusic,

Welcome to Nairaland. I'm Ethiopian and if you have any question concerning my country during your stay here, ask me.

Cheers!

Awww, thank you so much Hati! I'll keep that in mind if I ever have any questions about Ethiopia!

Tallesty1:
You can only see the notification on the followed topic when you login to your account. Nairaland currently doesn't send email or sms notifications to users when a comment is added on a followed topic.


Alternatively you can download the nairaland app.

Oh, ok, I see. Well, that's too bad. Maybe there can be just this huge mass thread protesting that notifications must be sent to email/text message for everyone!

Can I ask from what ethnic group you are?

Tallesty1:
You can ask the questions that you wish to ask

Well, sure! I'm not afraid of asking questions.

Speaking of which, do you know how I can somehow turn on notifications or something to where Nairaland emails me or something when a new post gets added to this thread?

Tallesty1:
To learn it, you must force yourself to communicate with it, especially on forums like this. You know, there's English and there's error, the error is where pidgin English starts. Don't feel shy if you're not getting it right, nobody is a pidgin expert. It is a lot like a shortcut.

Yeah, I get it. I know I'll learn it eventually! (LOL)

Also, do any of you guys know how to receive notifications to let you know when new posts are added to your topic? I want to be able to keep up without missing five or six of them in a row! haha

Tallesty1:
You can learn it if you want to, it is very easy.


Welcome to Nairaland

Thanks so much Tallesty! I'm trying to learn pidgin as I browse here.. some of it is easy to understand but not all of it! (LOL) I also listen to a bunch of afrobeats stuff so sometimes I try and understand it from hearing that.

NLbully:
We are still in early January and people have started smoking weed oga oo

Ok.....

Tallesty1:
This one think say we get that kain patience to dey explain

Sorry, I unfortunately don't speak pidgin! LOL I'm American... although I'd love to learn it. Of course I'm not forcing you to not speak it, do whatever you'd like.

HeyCorleone:
It's not by force to create a thread. There are no blessings/price attached to it.

I know, I just felt like I had to creat an introduction just 'cause it seemed propper I guess.

Hello Nairalanders,

My name is Feel De Music, and this is my very first post on Nairaland! Yaaay!!!! I hope I'm posting in the right section (LOL)!

Unfortunately, I have really not had time to make a post on here even though my account was created some time ago, but now I finally have some time to sit down and post my intro!

I have been very interested in African cultures and countries lately, specifically Nigeria and its many peoples, languages, and cultures. Here on Nairaland, my aim is simply to ask questions about these sorts of things and discuss them along with people from Nigeria.

Anyway, I’m happy to finally be here and to be in a community of so many people who I admire! Let's go!