Queen Salawa Abeni – Beware Cassette

By wazup on June 5, 2020 Comments Closed / 41 views

Salawa Abeni Alidu is a Nigerian singer who hails from Ijebu, Ogun State.

Queen Salawa Abeni began her professional career in Waka music when she released her debut album titled, “Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed“, in 1976 under Leader Records.

The album became the first recording by a female artist in Yoruba Songs to sell over a million copies in Nigeria.

Consequently, her type of sound is called Waka – an Islamic-influenced, traditional Yoruba music style, popularized by Batile Alake; it is a much older genre than Jùjú and Fuji.

Here comes her 1995 well-accepted album “Beware Cassette” which was released under Sony Music.