Monday, January 30, 2012

Multi Talented Nigerian Musician 'KEFEE' Opens Her Own New Restaurant In Lagos



'BRANAMA KITCHEN' is the name that has been given to the magnificent artiste's new restaurant.
The restaurant is scheduled to be open @ 3pm on the day of her birthday which falls on Sunday 5th Feb 2012. BRANAMA KITCHEN will serve a wide variety of African and continental dishes and is located @ 11, Ajose Street, Mende, Maryland, Lagos, Nigeria.

Many congratulations are in order, wrapped up in great wishes. May you keep up the good work.

Kefee's Profile

Irikefe Obareki popularly known as Kefee is a Nigerian live performing/ recording female artiste, a United Nation Young Ambassador for Peace and a modern day African music ambassador to the world.

Her unique afro-centric music appeal recently received global recognition when she was selected as the poster African artiste for 2011 edition African music at The African Festival of the Arts in Chicago (AFA).

With her well lauded performance in Chicago, Kefee has now joined the hallowed list of other African music greats to mount the same platform such as Angelique Kidjo and Hugh Masekela.

That international exposure among numerous other tours to several parts of Africa, Europe and the rest of the world is a further testament to her growing cross-cultural music appeal.

Her recognition as United Nation Ambassador for Peace is in recognition of her contribution towards bringing lasting peace to troubled regions in Nigeria such as the Niger Delta region where she hails of from and lately the Northern Nigerian city of Jos, Plateau State. Aside recently staging a concert and donating relief items to victims of violence in Jos, she also led over 20 artistes representing diverse cultures to record a peace song.

In 2005, she was honoured as Kora Award's Best African Traditional Award South Africa. Kefee’s afro-pop music appeal has seen her work worked with artistes from around the African continent such as Ghana’s Becca.

A passionate singer, song writer and skilled dancer, the Sapele, Delta State-born artiste has three solo albums to her credit including Branama (2003), Branama II (200X) and A Piece of Me (2009).

Although her professional foray into music began with a joint album with a friend known as Estee entitled Trip (2000), however her first solo effort released in 2003 was greeted to a rousing reception.

Branama sold nine hundred (900,000) thousand audio cassettes within three weeks of the album’s release and over two million copies of CDs/VCDs in a month. She became the hottest Nigerian female artiste and won a number of awards.

Awards

Some of her prominent awards include;
Best African Video - Today’s Music Awards (2006)
Best Female Vocalist - Nigerian Entertainment Awards (2005)
Female Performer Of The Year - Niger Delta Advancement Awards 2007
United Nations Young Ambassador For Peace 2008
Best Vocalist - Women In Entertainment & Arts Awards, UK (2009)
Best Female Video - Dokubo Asari Foundation (2009)
Best Collaboration Video – South-South Awards (2009)
Best Gospel Video - Nigerian Entertainment Awards (2009)
Best Collaboration Video – Hip Hop World Awards (2010)
Best Female Vocalist - Tava Awards (2010)
Female Artist Of The Year - City People Awards (2010)
Best Collaboration - City People Awards (2010)
Best Vocalist - Women In Entertainment & Arts Awards, UK (2010)
Best Indigenous Concept - Nigerian Entertainment Awards (2010)
Best Collaboration Video - Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2010 USA

Branama Afrique
Kefee is the founder, CEO of BRANAMA AFRIQUE. An entertainment outfit established in 2007 and known for its celebration of African music culture and Fashion .

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