Aduke to embark on Lagos tour with poets

The Wawomi tour, Aduke's first, will take place with the support of Incubation Factory Entertainment, Azusa Production and a number of art galleries in Lagos.

Aduke came into some prominence after the release of ‘Hear the Voice’, a conscious song written during the 2012 nationwide fuel subsidy protests in Nigeria. Since then she has performed at several venues in Lagos and outside of the city, becoming a regular act at the popular Freedom Park in Lagos Island for almost a half-decade.

Wawomi, a Yoruba word which translates to “come and see me”, will precede the release of Aduke’s debut album. "The Album is an exclusive tour album available for sale to those who attend the tour," she said. The tour proper, said the artist “holds many surprises and is something to look forward to.”

Earlier in the year, Aduke released the single ‘Ori Taiye’. The song was inspired by some conversations she had had concerning her career.

“For a while my progress as a musician bothered me,” she told Music In Africa. “I was worried. I listened to people who made it a duty to tell me how talented I was but they did it by putting others down and that I deserve more than those who were successful. It made me depressed. This song was the revelation that I had. It brought me out of depression and now I understand life better and I want to share that truth with the world.”

Although the venues of the tour are yet to be announced, Aduke hinted that a session might take place at Freedom Park.

That venue, she said, "is a place that gave me platform and opened me up to many opportunities. Performing in galleries is experimental, in that it brings music into a visual arts space, metaphorically placing music as an art that can be felt and seen. The name of the tour is explanatory. Wawomi means 'come and see me'. I am art."

More details of the Wawomi tour will be announced over the next few weeks.