Yinka Davies

**Yinka Davies** (onye amụrụ na Julaị 16, 1970) bụ nwaafọ Naijirịa nke na-eme ụda olu, na-agba egwu, bụrụ abụ na onye ọka ikpe nke ihe nkiri *[[:en:Nigerian_Idol|Nigerian Idol]].* Yinka nọrọ na ọrụ ihe nkiri Naịjirịa kemgbe afọ iri abụọ na asatọ.

## Nkwụpụta
*Nkwụpụta – "Time has come to speak up for ourselves"*

## Ozi ndabere
**Nna** ya - si ala Benin Republic/Sierra Leone ezinụlọ Lisabi ma kwagara Lagos n'ihi na ọ bụbụ onye Naijiria.

**Nne** ya - si Ikorodu, Lagos Steeti.

**Nne na nna** ya - sitere na ezinụlọ eze ndị Shagamu

Isi mmalite a metụtara usoro egwu ya. Ọ na-echeta na nna ya nwere jita. O tolitere na ụda nke Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, Elvis na Jimmy Dean mgbe ọ na-etolite n'ihi na nke a bụ egwu nna ya nwere mmasị ige ntị.

Ka ọ na-etolite na 1970s na 1980s, redio dị na ụlọ nne na Nna. Ha na-ege ntị mgbe niile na Radio Lagos nke na-akụ ọtụtụ egwu Afrika site na Manu Dibango (Cameroun - Makossa), Mmaman Shatta (onye na-akụ egwu si Ugwu Hausa na Naijria), Dan Maria Jos ( si Ugwu Hausa na Naijria), Orlando Julius (si ndida Naijiria - highlife), Hadjia Funtua (si Ugwu Hausa na Naijria), Victor Uwaifo (si ndida Naijiria - Joromi), Fela (si ndida Naijiria - Afrobeat) ma ndị ọzọ.

Ọ echetakwara ilele onye ọrụ televishọn bụ Art Alade (nna Dare Art-Alade) onye nwere mmemme onyonyo a ma ama nke akpọrọ 'Bar Beach Show' bu nke gosipụtara ọtụtụ ndị egwu ma ndị nke ya. Ọ bịara doo Yinka anya na enwere ụkọ ụmụ nwanyị na-akụ egwu- n’afọ 1980 ka o gere Salawa Abeni (Yoruba) na Dora Ifudu (onye egwu ama ama n’egwu RnB) onye bụ otu n’ime ụmụnwaanyị na-akụ egwu ọrụ ha metutara ya.

## Ọrụ ụda olu na iti egwu
Ihụnanya mbụ ya n’ezie bụ eserese na ịkpụzi; ịbụ onye na-eti egwu abụghị ihe kacha ya mkpa na mbụ. N eshi Ista Mọnde nke 1987 bụ mbido njem ya na nka mgbe ọ gara na National Theatre nke Lagos ịchọpụta maka ịbụ onye na-ese ihe. Ọ gara izute Abiodun Olaku, onye ama ama na-ese ihe na Naịjirịa. Emechara Bassey Effiong (onye isi ihe nkiri) nyere ya ọrụ aka ka ọ mepụta ọtu ihe esese maka mmepụta ya nke akpọọrọ Marriage of Anansewa nke Efua Sutherland dere.

N'oge nleta ọ gara na ụlọ ihe nkiri nke National Theatre,Yinka jekwutere Elizabeth Hammond (onye na-agba egwu si Ghana) bụ onye na akuzi nkuzi maka ịgba egwu - ọ bụ ya gbaara ya ume ka ọ bụrụ onye na-agba egwu. Elizabeth Hammond na Christie Essien Igbokwe rụkọrọ ọrụ onye nke merịrị ọlaọcha na mmemme 6th Seoul Songs Festival na South Korea na 1983. Dị ka Yinka si kwuo ya, ọ bụ otú o si "gbawaa door" ụdị nka dị iche iche.

## Mmalite iti egwu/abụ
N'afọ 1992, ndị na-ahazi Fame music award hụrụ ya dịka onye ọrụ gburugburu ebe ọ nọ na-eme ihe nkiri, ihe nkiri onyonyo, ihe nkiri olu, ụda olu dị iche iche maka ndị egwu Naịjirịa dị iche iche wee họpụta ya ma nye ya onyinye nsọpụrụ mbụ ha nke bụ Upcoming Artist Award.

Ndị nlekọta otu klọb na Lagos, Bread and Butter Jazz club gụnyere ya na ngosi ikpeazụ dị ka klọb na mbọ ịmebata onye egwu ọhụụ akpọrọ Lagbaja, ọ sonyere na mmepụta record mbụ Lagbaja a nke akpọrọ *Side by Side* nke ewepụtara na 1993. O mechara lekwasị anya na egwu n'ihi na nke a na-eri ya oge. Ọ bụ n'oge a ka ya na ọtụtụ ndị egwu rụkọrọ ọrụ gunyere Mike Okri (RnB), Shina Peters (Afro juju), Blackky (Reggae) na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ. Nnukwu oti-egwu ọzọ ya na ya rụkọrọ ọrụ bụ Geraldo Pino (nke sitere na Sierra Leone) na Etienne T Boy (Cameroon) onye ya na Pino rụkọrọ ọrụ.

Jenụwarị 21, 1994 ka Yinka nwere ihe mberede nke ụgbọ ala dị ukwuu mgbe ọ na-agafe n'okporo ụzọ. N'okwu ya, ọ "gafere okporo ụzọ wee kụọ ụgbọ ala". Nke a kpatara nnukwu ịwa ahụ nke metụtara igba-egwu ya.

## Mkpalite ume
Ezinụlọ siri ike dị ka ọ na-ebu ọrụ ilekọta ụmụnne ya anya mgbe ha ka dị obere.

Nna ya so na ọrụ Nigerian Airforce mere mgbe ọ bụ nwatakịrị ha na-agagharị ọtụtụ ebe nna ya nọ n'arụ ọrụ dị iche iche na Naijiria. Ọ na-echeta nke ọma ebe akpọrọ 9th Mile nke dị na Enugu ebe ụzọ kewara ụzọ atọ na-eduga na North, South, na East nke obodo Naijiria. 9th Mile dị ka ebe nzukọ, ya mere, ọ bụ ebe dị mkpa nke ọdịbendị niile nke Naijiria na e jekọ. Ahụmịhe ndị a niile ọ nwetara metụtara usoro iti egwu ya.

## Ndetu egwu

### Albọm

* *work*  (1998
* *Emi n’lo* (2002)
* *Black Chiffon* (2010)

### Mmekọrịta

* *I want to praise* (Florocka)
* Lagbaja
* Fatai Rolling Dollar
* Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister

### Ọrụ ndị ama ama

* Alex O's Background Vocalist (1990-1992)
* World Music Day Organised by Alliance Francaise (1995 till date)
* Emi Nlo Album Listening by Carl Raccah (2000)
* Yinka Davies in Concert with *5 & 6* Band at the Alliance Francaise Lagos Nigeria (2013, 2014, 2016)
* Jazzville 7th Anniversary concert under direction of Elder Steve Rhodes
* 1999-2002 – she was the resident act at the Nicon Nuga Hilton Hotel in the Nigerian capital city of Abuja.
* 2006 performed with Tony Allen at The Cave during the release of his record Lagos No Shaking.
* African Film Festival Tour - Milan, Tunis, organised by The Goethe Institute.
* Black Chiffon Album Launch (2011)
* Nigerian Idol Judge (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
* Ajumogobia Science Foundation Concerts (2005-2015)
* African Music Festival - London (2015)
* Lagos State Jazz Festival (2016, 2017, 2018)
* Calabar State Jazz Festival (2017)
* Jazz at The United States Consulate's Residence (2015....)

## Ihe nkiri/Ejije

* Things Fall Apart directed by Bassey Effiong (1988)
* Lion and The Jewel directed by Bassey Effiong (1988)
* Contemporary Dance Troup led by Elizabeth Hammond (1988–90)
* Wind vs Polygamy directed by Sam Loco Efe (1989)
* Kakaki Concert: directed by Ben Tomoloju (1990)
* Death and The King's Horseman directed by Bayo Oduneye (1990)
* Greener Grass directed by Niji Akanni and Bakare (1990)
* Irara Alagbe directed by Felix Okolo (1992)
* Mekunu Melody by Felix Okolo (1992)
* Area Boy by Felix Okolo (1993)

## Onyinye nsọpụrụ

* FAME music&#x2014;Upcoming artiste of the year, 1992
* Nigeria Music Award (NMA)&#x2014;Voice of the Decade, 2007.

## Ebe m si dee

Òtù:Mmadụ ndi di ndụ
Òtù:Category:Onye n'eti egwu Yoruba
Òtù:Category:Onye n'eti egwu
Òtù:Category:Ndị si Lagos Steetị
Òtù:Category:Ndị Yoruba
Òtù:Category:Ndị amụrụ n'afọ 1970