An OWN IT! curated playlist released on the first Friday of every month.
From Linda Williams to Mighty Diamonds, this playlist explores the themes of her memoir ENDLESS FORTUNE, influenced by the life story of Ify Adenuga: A fighter, a thinker, a feminist and a parent.
Fleeing the civil war of the mid 60s, Ify exchanged war-torn Nigeria for the strange streets of London.
This months #FirstFriday playlist takes you on a captivating journey inspired by the one taken by the formidable Ify Adenuga, mother of Skepta, Jme, Julie and Jason Adenuga.
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How do you go from being a penniless student in a foreign country to becoming the mother of four of the most successful creatives working in Great Britain today?
Endless Fortune by Ify Adenuga is a captivating journey written by the formidable Ify Adenuga, mother of Skepta, Jme, Julie and Jason Adenuga.
Part historical, part political but most of all hugely inspirational, Endless Fortune tells the life story of Ify Adenuga: A fighter, a thinker, a feminist and a parent. Born in Lagos, Ify’s life was uprooted by the Nigerian civil war, which ravaged the country in the mid-1960s, forcing her family to flee. In 1980, she headed to London in search of a better life where, a year later, she met her husband Joseph Senior at their workplace – a bingo hall in east London.
In the tough working-class area of Tottenham, the couple raised their four children, Skepta, Jme, Julie and Jason Adenuga and encouraged them to explore their artistic instincts, narrowly avoiding a violent situation that threatened to tear the family apart…
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