b. Onyeka Owenu, 17 May 1961, Onitsha, Nigeria. Steering a course between middle-of-the-road international pop and her own eastern Nigerian roots music, Onyeka has various professional interests outside music. She originally trained as a journalist, taking a master's degree in communications in the USA and working at the United Nations headquarters in New York before returning home to work in Nigerian television. In 1984, for BBC Television, she presented a programme titled The Squandering Of The Riches, a critical look at the management of the Nigerian economy. Onyeka's recor...