In Lagos, she matured amidst a population balancing the beliefs of Islam and Christianity. Their time spent in Paris was brief, but Asa’s fate was tied up with the City of Light and it was to Paris that she returned 20 years later to record her first major work in the studio.Īsa grew up in Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria and a city buzzing with energy but also home to a deep-rooted spirituality. Short Bioīorn Bukola Elemide in 1982, the singer has only the vaguest of memories of her birth city, since she was only two years old when her family returned to Nigeria. The single (which has a surprisingly lilting melody for its accompanying Lyrics warning of ecological disaster) had already received wide airplay on stations in Europe when herself-titled debut album hit stores in October of that same year.Īsa (pronounced Asha) is no stranger to France, where her album was recorded and produced, having been born in the capital city of Paris. Asa set off to take flight with the release of her first single, “Fire on the Mountain”, in 2007.
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