All you need to know about Salawa Abeni

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All you need to know about Salawa Abeni

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Abeni Salawa

Salawa Abeni is a well-known Nigerian singer. Her full name is Salawa Abeni Alidu. She is popularly known as the Queen of Waka. She is a Yoruba woman from Ijebu waterside in Ogun state, Nigeria. She has been acting in the music industry since 1975 and she is still active. Her name, queen of Waka came to be because her career began in Waka music which is an Islamic-Yoruba music genre. She was crowned the queen of Waka in 1992 by the Alaafin of Oyo, who is Oba Lamidi Adeyemi. It was Alhaja Batile who made Waka music popular before Queen Salawa Abeni came into the waka music scene.

She released her debut album in 1976 and it was titled Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed. The song was released on a record label known as Leader records. This album became very popular, and it sold over a million copies. She eventually left leader records in the year 1986 when her relationship with the owner of the record label who is Alhaja Lateef Adepoju, ended. From here, she joined Kollington Ayinla’s record label after she married him. There is no record of when she got married but there are records of the years, she split from her husbands. She split from Lateef Adepoju in 1986 and then left Kollington Ayinla in 1994.

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Salawa Abeni age
How old is queen Salawa Abeni?

As of 2023, Salawa Abeni is 62 years old. She was born on the 5th of May, 1961 in Epe, Lagos state, Nigeria.


Is Salawa Abeni dead?

Salawa Abeni is still very much alive. The singer is currently 62 years old. She celebrated her 60th birthday in 2021 in grand style. As of June 1, 2023, her net worth is estimated to bet $5million.

Salawa Abeni songs

Salawa Abeni has many songs from her career over the years. Some of her songs include:

  • Aya Shaba
  • Baba Ni Gigi
  • Eyin Ti Motun Ta Re
  • Congratulation
  • Liston to me
  • Ori Sun Ayo mi
  • Baba Tunde
  • Eru Ko Bami
  • Beware Medley
  • Olorun Ma Siwa Lona
  • Expérience
  • Oro Oselu Nigeria
  • India Waka
  • Itesiwaju Eko
  • Appreciation

Salawa Abeni songs mp3 download


There are various sites where you can download Salawa Abeni’s songs. Some include sites like Boomplay, Wynk Music, FujiNaija, NaijaTunez and many more. See links below


https://web.naijatunez.com/queen-salawa-abeni-gentle-lady/


Salawa Abeni daughter

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Aminat and her husband

Salawa Abeni’s daughter is Aminat Okikiola Ilori and she is known popularly as Candy. Aminat is the daughter of Kollington Ayinla. Salawa has 2 children and one of them is her daughter, Aminat Okikiola Ilori while the other, a male is known as Big sheff. A year ago, salawa abeni’s daughter, Aminat celebrated her 40th birthday. This was on the 14th of May 2022. She got engaged to Bashir Omotayo in 2013. Bashir proposed to her on Sunday, 28th of July, 2013 in Lagos. The couple welcomed their first child on the 9th of February, 2014 in Paris.

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