Bose Ogulu
Bose Ogulu is a Nigerian academic, businesswoman and manager. She manages her son Burna Boy's musical career and thus is also known as Mama Burna. Early life. Ogulu is the daughter of Nigerian music critic Benson Idonije, who was one of Fela Kutis dancers. With a Bachelor of Arts in foreign languages and a Masters of Arts in translation from University of Port Harcourt, Ogulu had a successful career as a translator for the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce. She is fluent in English, French, German, Italian, and Yoruba. She then ran a language school  called Language Bridges, where she organized cultural immersion trips for over 1,800 young people. In addition, she taught French for a decade at the University of Education in Port Harcourt, retiring in 2018. Career. Ogulu manages the musical careers of her son Damini, who performs as Burna Boy and daughter Nissi, who performs under her own name. She managed Burna Boy until 2014 and then became his manager again from 2017 onwards, gaining the nickname Mama Burna. She has collected awards for Burna Boy at various events, including the All Africa Music Awards, The Headies and the MTV Europe Music  Award. When she heard that Burna Boy had won the 2019 MTV award for Best African Act, she interrupted his show to tell him. When Burna Boy won four prizes at the 2018 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival, Ogulu represented him and caused a social media sensation by saying "Expect more madness". At the 2019 BET Awards in California, Ogulu stood in for her son to collect the award for Best International Act and gave a speech reminding African-Americans to remember "you were Africans before you became anything else" which resulted in a standing ovation. Bose Ogulu is the founder  & CEO of Spaceship Collective , the holding company to Spaceship Records (an entertainment label) and Spaceship Publishing (a publishing outfit).