Tiwa Savage

Nigerian Singer Tiwa Savage ‘Humbled’ Over Global Music Deal

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,

Hearing the Harmony Beyond Music

For most 13 year-olds, daily routines consist of making plans on what to wear, what to do after school, and fitting in what to eat in-between. Dying after school isn’t usually a factor. Except for Harmony Samuels now 35, one day it was. That day began with a mother’s premonition and an ominous warning.