Xclusive: "Why We Changed Our Family Name From Ojukwu To Damasus" - Actress Stella Damasus

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPXaa0mSBWB-W4hb_OkX3fiUteHuuBvBaeIIWvcbEOW9Y84-J0gieLUOsCPFLe36bp1V-ryw_FKaUKAD7lIfScWfL_O_i7kuFLUtnIvTARvPgEPWCwuTwOP5_d05z9UDFWTCnlWeWjE4/s1600/stella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPXaa0mSBWB-W4hb_OkX3fiUteHuuBvBaeIIWvcbEOW9Y84-J0gieLUOsCPFLe36bp1V-ryw_FKaUKAD7lIfScWfL_O_i7kuFLUtnIvTARvPgEPWCwuTwOP5_d05z9UDFWTCnlWeWjE4/s400/stella.jpg" width="265" /></a></div> “I'm from Delta State. I was born into a Christian family of five girls and a boy. I lost my brother in 1991 to asthma. I lived with my parents until I came to Lagos after my secondary school. I was living with my sister, got into music and that was when I went to Klink Studio, joined a band and started performing live. My daddy is a fantastic man. He is Chief SKC Damasus. He was a banker all his life. During the war he was a soldier and after the war he became a banker. My mum is a banker as well. I was brought up in a home of bankers. Everything was by the book. You go to school, come back, study, receive guests and the likes. Again, because I had older sisters things were easier. Growing up was fun.<br /><br />My family name was changed from Ojukwu to Damasus during the Nigeria/Biafra civil war because we were being mistaken to be related to a warlord. I was told that my family name used to be Ojukwu but during the civil war there was confusion because a lot of my family members were mistaken to be related to one war lord. They were burning a lot of houses in my village so my father and his brother decided to adopt my grandfather's first name. It was a Greek name which was Damasus, my grandfather's name was Damasus Ojukwu. So I was born into Damasus not Ojukwu and the only thing I know about the civil war are the stories my parents told me.” - Stella Damasus

Xclusive: "Why We Changed Our Family Name From Ojukwu To Damasus" - Actress Stella Damasus

“I'm from Delta State. I was born into a Christian family of five girls and a boy. I lost my brother in 1991 to asthma. I lived with ...

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Xclusive: D’banj, 2Face, Fally Ipupa Join Snoop Lion For His MTV Africa All Stars Concert In S.Africa

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.spice4life.co.za/sites/default/files/styles/latest-articles-image-large/public/primary-images/snoop-dogg-snoop-lion-to-perform-in-sa-mtv-base-allAfrica-460x225.jpg?itok=w50jT4nY" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="http://www.spice4life.co.za/sites/default/files/styles/latest-articles-image-large/public/primary-images/snoop-dogg-snoop-lion-to-perform-in-sa-mtv-base-allAfrica-460x225.jpg?itok=w50jT4nY" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> D’Banj and Big Nuz are the latest urban megastars set to electrify music fans at MTV Africa All Stars KwaZulu-Natal with Snoop Lion.   The first ever MTV Africa All Stars concert, staged by MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) and KwaZulu-Natal Province, takes place at the Moses Mabhida Stadium (@MMStadium), People’s Park in Durban on 18th May 2013.<br /> <br /> Charismatic Nigerian singer-songwriter, D’Banj has risen to stardom thanks to his innovative fusion of AfroBeat, AfroPop and AfroFusion sounds, delivered in a combination of Yoruba, English and Pidgin English.<br /> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5438533803477296299" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> The self-styled “koko master” and multi-platinum selling recording artist achieved global attention thanks to his 2012 smash-hit “Oliver Twist”, which sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and debuted at number 9 on the UK National charts just behind the likes of Rihanna and Tulisa.  Inspired and influenced by the late AfroBeat maestro Fela Anikulapo Kuti, D’Banj has won a host of awards including Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007, Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009, the BET Awards of 2011 for Best International Act and Best African Act at the 2012 MOBO Awards.<br /> <br /> <br /> Fresh from their appearance at the MTV Africa All Stars tour in Nairobi, Kenya are the undisputed kings of kwaito, Big Nuz, the insanely talented trio that comprises Jojo (aka Mampintsha), Mzi (aka Danger) and Sbu (aka R Mashesha).  Since forming in 2002, these award-winning Durban homeboys have confidently transformed the South African dance music landscape, growing under the guidance of their mentor, DJ Tira, and gracing innumerable clubs and stages at home and abroad with banging dancefloor favourites such as “Umlilo”, “Ntombenhle”, “Serious” and “Newlands West”.<br /> <br /> <br /> D’Banj and Big Nuz join Snoop Lion (@SnoopLion), Fally Ipupa (@fallyipupa), Professor (@professorkalawa), 2Face (@2faceidibia), Flavour (@2niteFlavour) and Zakes Bantwini (@ZakesBantwiniSA) on the bill for the concert.  Additional exciting artists will be announced shortly.<br /> <br /> <br /> For an awesome preview of what to expect at MTV Africa All Stars, check out the highlights of the MTV Africa All Stars club tour, airing on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) from 10 May.   Featuring high octane performances from Africa’s biggest live performers, the series takes music fans on an urban music odyssey from Durban (10th May @ 16.00 CAT) to Nairobi (17 May @ 16.00 CAT), before winding up in Lagos (24th May @ 16.00 CAT).<br /> <br /> <br /> To find out more about the MTV Africa All Stars KwaZulu-Natal with Snoop Lion, please go to www.mtvbase.com, join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MTVBaseVerified, or follow us on Twitter @MTVBaseAfrica, using the hashtag #AfricaAllStars.

Xclusive: D’banj, 2Face, Fally Ipupa Join Snoop Lion For His MTV Africa All Stars Concert In S.Africa

D’Banj and Big Nuz are the latest urban megastars set to electrify music fans at MTV Africa All Stars KwaZulu-Natal with Snoop Lion.   T...

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