Nigerian Singer Tiwa Savage ‘Humbled’ Over Global Music Deal
May 3, 2019
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian singer-songwriter Tiwa Savage says there’s a “revolution going on” in African music and she is “very humbled and excited” to take her music to a worldwide audience. “It’s a beautiful journey, it’s history in the making,” Savage said Thursday of her newly announced recording deal. Savage is one of the world’s leading Afrobeats artists and the first African artist to sign a global deal with Universal Music Group. It seems, however, she forgot to tell the most important person in her life. “My mom was, ‘Tiwa! Why didn’t you tell me all along?’ I’m like,