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| Tiwa Savage |
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Award winning Nigerian Singer, Tiwa
Savage has called on women not to allow their gender limit them from attaining
their utmost best in life.
Sawage who was reacting to her making
of the BBC 100 Most Inspirational and Innovative Women list said this on her
instagram handle @tiwasavage on Thursday.
“Don’t let being a woman hinder you, I
have and still have to fight to get people to respect and appreciate my work
and not limit me because I am female so this really encourages me to keep
pushing and breaking boundaries.
It’s true when they say your brightest
moments usually come after your darkest times.
Keep your head up and work hard through
it. The same people laughing at you will celebrate you,’’ Savage said.
“Do not let anything hold you back
because you are a mother, wife, young, older or a female.
“You can never leave a footprint that
will last if you are always working on tiptoes,” she said further quoting
Leymar Gbowee, popular Liberian female activist.
Savage also urged her fans to put God
first, enjoy life, love, be a good human and do what makes you happy.
The ‘Eminado’ crooner is a mother of
one with several awards and a Sony/ATV publishing deal to her name.
Also, Nigerian-British Anne-Marie
Imafidon made the list for her role in supporting women to go into careers in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Imafidon founded and became CEO of
`Stemettes’’ in 2013, a social enterprise promoting women in STEM careers, and
was honoured with an Member of the British Empire ( MBE) in 2016.
At 15, she was admitted a degree
program and became the youngest graduate with a Master’s degree from Oxford
University at the age of 19.
The list also includes seven other
Africans including Adelle Onyango (Kenya), Anita Nderu (Kenya), Chaima Lahsini
(Morroco), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia), Marieme Jamme (Senegal), Naomi
Mwaura (Kenya) and Talent Jumo (Zimbabwe).
100 Women is a BBC multi-format series
established in 2013.
The series examines the role of women
in the 21st century and has included events in London and Mexico.
This year’s event which will last for
one week will include broadcast, online reports, debates and journalism on the
topic of women.
Women across the world are encouraged
to participate via Twitter and comment on the list, as well as the interviews
and debates which follow release of the list.
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