After the huge success of her first two EPs titled “Mash-up” and “Starlight” respectively, Late Christy Essien-Igbokwe’s granddaughter, Christiana Igbokwe is back with another body of work titled “Motherland”.
A couple of months ago, the little girl, born in Texas and holding a dual citizenship gave us a tease of the EP by dropping a lead single “Oge Mme Mme” from the body of work.The EP which drops today, February 10, 2023 on several digital platforms has 5 other tracks like Dreams, On God (Agbada), Let’s Change the System, She’s A Woman .and Fly.
Young Christiana Igbokwe is set to change the norm by using her music to tell our intriguing African stories. Motherland, reflects Christiana’s musical identity and DNA which is pretty much identical to her Late Grandma’s as she sings about love, culture, changing the system and more. She is also a music activist who uses her craft to affect some narratives.
According to her mother, Chioma Igbokwe, “Christiana Igbokwe’s new EP Motherland is telling our African stories using music, calling for reforms and change in our faulty systems. As Africans, we are the only people who can liberate ourselves from poverty through education and empowering the girl child.
“Africans must pay the price to rebuild the continent, our rich culture and history. We must revive our strong family ties, the deep connection to our communities and our pride in our African music, art, and dance.
“Our roots and our cultural diversity make us who we are. It makes us authentic, keeps us grounded and unique; so that as we interact with others and make international connections, we can build bridges of trust, respect, development and understanding across cultures.”
Christiana has musically carved a niche for herself, delivering on her 3 Eps. She released a remake of her grandma’s hit single “Seun rere” in 2022 and it was the theme song for Disney plus movie “Rise,” a biopic on basketball MVP, Giannis Adetokonbo. Also In 2022, “Seun rere” was used as theme song for WhatsApp first feature film “Naija Odyssey”. She is working on an album presently.