How My Stage Name, SENWELE JESU Became A Big Brand
•Gospel Singer, Evangelist (Dr.) RACHEAL OLUBUKOLAMI AKINADE
•Set To Celebrate 20 Yrs In The Ministry
Everyone calls her Senwele Jesu. But her real name is Evangelist Olubukola Rachael Akinade. She is one of the most sought-after gospel musicians in the industry. Senwele Jesu is a mother of 3 who turned 45 this year. She has had her high and low moments in life and her overcome many challenges in life especially in her singing career. She runs the BUKOLA AKINADE Music Ministry.
Last May, she was a Guest on City People Instagram Live Chat where she laid it all bare about her marriage, Ministry and how she has been coping with the Covid pandemic as a music minister.
Below are excerpts from the interview.
You’ve been doing this for how long now?
Officially 20 years.
Wow… that’s a long time. How has it been especially considering the early stages and now?
I want to thank God for choosing me as one of his minstrels, it has been so wonderful. Although there have been a few challenges, but they made me stronger in him. Thank God for the hurdles that I was able to cross at the inception of the ministry. Thank God
My husband sacrificed his music career for me &#;Senwele Jesu
Evangelist Bukola Rachael Akinade, popularly known as Senwele Jesu, has become a force to reckon with in the gospel music industry. In this interview with SEYI SOKOYA, the talented artiste, who is also the wife of the assembly pastor of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Lion of Judah, Ibadan, speaks on her recent coronation as the queen of gospel music, sojourn into gospel music, her take on the state of gospel music in Nigeria, among other issues. Excerpts:You recently received the blessings of the Gospel Music Association of Nigeria (GOMAN) president and was crowned as the queen of gospel music. How do you feel about this development&#;I am indebted to God for whatever I am today and whatever good you find in me today, He is the reason. I can&#;t ascertain what really prompted such development. I believe he must have been led by the spirit of is your relationship like with the GOMAN president, Timi Osikoya&#;The president is like a father to me and I respect him so much; he usually calls me omooba. I have been one of his hidden disciples in the music industry ever before I became close to him. Whenever he releases an
Before Stardom with&#;Senwele Jesu
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How was life before stardom?
I led a normal life. I was worked in one of the branches of a pharmaceutical company before I got admission into school. I took up my music career from there.
What project shot you into limelight?
My first album.
What challenges did you face when you started out?
There was no support or money from anywhere because my father didn’t like the idea of my being a musician. Along the line, I lost him so I had to leave school after the National Diploma programme because I couldn’t further. As he was no more and none I could run to, I had to manage myself with the help of my now husband to raise some funds to start the project.
What would you have done if music didn’t work out for you?
I would be a journalist; journalism has been my dream and that was what my father also liked.
What would you say are the merits and demerits of stardom?
I always try to remember the daughter of who I am so I didn’t allow the accolades get into my head and make me to live differently. There are some things one cannot do anymore because of stardom things like walking down the street to get g
Image caption: Senwele Jesu (left) with Mama Ayelowa
Why they called me a witch &#; Senwele Jesu, hails Mama Ayelowa as steadfast God’s servant
Jeremiah OYELEKE
Lady Evangelist (Dr) Rachael Oluwabukola Akinade recalls in an interview with newsmen at the ongoing power crusade of Christ Zion Prayer Ministry a.k.a. Aye Ni Jesu Wa, at Oke-Anu, Ogbomoso, Oyo state, that her detractors do call her a witch while going ahead to disclose the story behind it.
Lady Evangelist Akinade popularly called Senwele Jesu said the reason for it is because of her constant admonition to gospel singers to uphold the ideals of that genre of music associated with Jesus Christ, noting it is because of that she is seen as “pain in the neck” and so they like to denigrate her as a witch but she declares she is not bothered.
She had been asked to offer advice to gospel musicians, when she said, “I will always say it whatever anyone will say; those who will take me as a witch have done so, but it has no adverse effect on me, what I am saying is that gospel song must be tailored to edify Christ. It must not be be mixed, it must be free of secular are slang being infused into Christian songs that do not
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