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her guts, I like the controversy sha, I just like the fact that you cannot predict her.
HF: Can you recount a bad hair day?
AEI: That would be at the 2011 PRAISE JAM, I had braided hair. I don’t like braids
much. So I styled the braid in a cap-wrap and felt really cool with it. But the hair
kept falling down and I did not have rubber bands, it was really messy. I had to
continuously pull it while I sang.
HF: With the current awareness on looks and image, particularly for celebrities.
Can you tell us your beauty routine?
AEI: My beauty routine is simple. I have a normal but very sensitive skin. I
break out easily, so I always wash off makeup from my face each night. I use
Neutrogena Facial Scrub on my face. I also stay away from the sun. I drink a lot of
water and avoid harsh creams and lotions. I only use Makari lotion on my body.
HF: What are your make up/skin care must-haves’?
AIE: I use Tara’s eye shadow, I use her lipstick as well. I am content with my eye
shadow, lip gloss, Orekelewa powder and Black Opal products.
HF: What hair look can we never find you wearing?
AEI: That would be dreads, never. I fancy it on men, but you can never find me
wearing dreads (laughs).
HF: What inspired the Peace and Love Concert?
AEI: I grew up in Kano state. I understand what violence and fear is. When I read
about these bomb blasts, I can literarily see myself because I grew up in a place
where there was crisis. So seeing that music is an effective tool in reaching out
to the youth. I want my voice to be heard and that was how the Peace and Love
Concert came to bear. No matter how expensive it is right now we want to have
peace, because Nigeria itself is not at peace. Enough of the back biting, even
amongst us artistes, people beef and hate on each other. We put together the
concert to reach out to the less privileged in our midst, children in motherless
homes, and people in prisons, to reach out to them in love as well. We got
support from people and whatever little extra we got outside the concert is put
back to visiting people in prisons. We had the children from the So-Said Home
who performed at the concert, we are also reaching out to them through food
and toiletries.
HF: So we will see more Peace and Love Concerts?
AEI: Yeah, we will have the second edition next year by the grace of God.
Dress- EBI House of fashion
Earrings and neck-piece- Playtime jewellery
Shoes – Nykaysflo boutique
HF: If we conduct an opinion poll on your friends, what will they likely say
about you?
AEI: They will tell you I am a jolly fellow. I try as much as I can to be happy, I stay
positive and I always love to help. I always want to reach out. I think that is what
they will tell you. I go out of my way to see that you are ok.
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HF: You have been married for a while, what romantic gestures do you
appreciate most from your husband?
AEI: I think it is when I have to go out, my husband is a very quiet person and a
very simple man. Sometimes I travel for weeks and leave him with our daughters.
He never complains, that is very romantic and he is very homely. He can wash
the toilet, make the bed, he can go that far. That does it for me, money is part of
it, (laughs) when he gives me money, that is romantic too but to be honest the
fact that he is homely does a whole lot.
HF: What is the next level for you?
AEI: As I said previously, my concert was a huge success, though it was the first
time I would do a thing like that. I believe the new single titled ‘Beats around
the World’ featuring 9 different artistes will be out soon, I am also working on a
couple of singles. We intend to also visit the female maximum prisons before the
year runs out and stage like a mini concert for them as well.
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NOT RESTING ON
ITS OARS
By Olumide Oguntimehin
igerian soaps are not what they
used to be, these days soaps are
interesting and extremely funny.
But they also teach lessons of life.
There are several soaps today with
different genres and angles of entertaining viewers,
that make families look forward to watching their
favourite soaps on local or global televisions.
Thus igniting unity and family bonding across the
continent.
Some Nigerian soaps have come and gone while
some are still in existence; Papa Ajasco, Ripples,
Checkmate, I need 2 know, Fortunes, Everyday
People, Super story, Tinsel, Dear mother, My
mom and I, Family ties, Domino, About to wed,
Us, Disclosure, Just the Two Of Us, Kamson and
Neighbours etc.
Kamson and Neighbours is a family oriented TV
Drama that has been on air for 7 years. Kamson and
Neighbours’ portrays real life characters in social
and domestic settings whose actions elicit laughter
and entertainment. It is a popular series that has
grown from strength to strength and gathered
positive reactions from its Nigerian audience.
Kamson and Neighbours tells the entertaining
stories of the Kamson’s family. JFK the father, Fade
the mother, Ladi Andrews (a.k.a L.A), the tricky
and jobless 25yr only son, Biodun the 19yr old
undergraduate, who always gets into trouble by
covering up her naughty brother Ladi. Then there
is Loretta, the 13yr old baby of the family. She is
the wittiest of them all and fu ll of childish tricks.
She usually exposes her siblings’ activities to their
parents.
Then there is Adisa, JFK’s illiterate step brother. The
Kamsons have next door Neighbours, the Ibekwes,
made up of Francis the husband, Florence the wife,
and Nath their only child and very good friend of
Loretta Kamson.
The soap combines a mix of issues and personalities
of an average African middle-class family residing in
a city to achieve a solid entertaining drama. Season
one introduced viewers to J.F.K, a disciplinarian bent
on raising his children the military way. Fade on the
other hand can’t help but spoil their troublesome
son Ladi.
Their nosy neighbours can’t help but get interested
in the everyday troubles of the Kamsons. How will
the Kamsons survive in this season of the reverting
drama series when they cannot keep the drama
down and their nosy neighbours are no longer
as inquisitive as before? These are questions the
audience keep asking, we have to keep watching
Kamson and Neighbours to find out.
Kamson and neighbours narrates the ordeal and
challenges parents face when they have grown
children around them. Each episode showcases
activities that most likely happen in our environment
every day.
The producer of the drama series, Tunji Bamishigbin
deserves a round of applause for a professional
soap that has captured and entertained Nigerians.
However, it is important that the production
continues to raise the bar on the quality of its
production, its stories and the values they project
to their audience.
The family drama is void of corruptive scenes; hence
it needs no parental guidance. Every viewer finds
something in each episode that they can relate with.
Kamson and Neighbours shows weekly on AIT, LTV,
OGTV, African Magic etc.
“ THE SOAP COMBINES A MIX OF ISSUES AND PERSONALITIES
OF AN AVERAGE AFRICAN MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY RESIDING
IN A CITY TO ACHIEVE A SOLID ENTERTAINING DRAMA.”
HF Magazine Edition 1, Volume 1.
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