11 Facts About Yinka Davies

Yinka Davies is a proud member of the Lagos Jazz Society, Yinka has been in the Nigerian entertainment industry for 28 years.

Yinka Davies remembers watching the late TV personality Art Alade who had a popular television program called the Bar Beach Show featuring various musicians as well as his own resident band.

Yinka Davies went to meet Abiodun Olaku a renowned Nigerian painter.

Yinka Davies then got caught up in the ambiance of the national theatre.

Yinka Davies was later commissioned by the late Bassey Effiong to help him paint the stage for a production of Marriage of Anansewa by Efua Sutherland.

Yinka Davies subsequently concentrated more on music because this demanded more of her time.

Yinka Davies was in between singing and dancing doing a lot of background vocals for other musicians.

Yinka Davies wants to be remembered as a Nigerian who is constantly seen, heard and respected.

Yinka Davies is a bridge from the old to the new Nigerian music scene where the female is asserting herself and claiming her rightful position.

Yinka Davies's father was in the Nigerian Airforce so as a child they moved around a lot as her father was stationed in different parts of Nigeria.

Yinka Davies distinctly remembers a place called the 9th Mile which was the triangle point in Enugu where the road divided into 3 leading to the North, South, and East of the country.