Burna Boy’s Mother Bose Ogulu Shares Fela Kuti Influence on Her Career as Manager

• Bose Ogulu, the mother of Afrobeat star Burna Boy, grew up around the legendary musician Fela Kuti.
• She has spoken about how this childhood experience with Fela Kuti impacted her career.
• Ogulu opened up about the influence Fela Kuti had on her, and what she gained from being around him while growing up.

Newsypeople- Bose Ogulu, who people also call Mama Burna, recently talked about how her childhood days around Fela Kuti helped her in a good way with her job as the talent manager for her son, Burna Boy. Her son is very famous and won Grammy Awards for his Afrobeats music.

Even though Ogulu was with Fela and his band for just a short time, she learned important things about being a manager in the music business.

Being the daughter of Benson Idionje, who was Fela’s first manager, Ogulu saw closely what tasks a manager needs to do. These include paying the musicians in the band and managing different parts of the artist’s career.

This early learning about how to manage artists has greatly shaped Ogulu’s way of handling Burna Boy’s career. She puts much focus on responsible management, making sure that her son’s activities are managed with professionalism and strong commitment.

Bose Ogulu’s time spent with Fela Kuti gave her a special view of the music world. When she was young, she grew up surrounded by the energetic and revolutionary Afrobeat movement that Fela led.

This experience influenced how she sees music as something powerful enough to bring about change and connect people.

Also, Ogulu knows many languages well. She speaks English, French, German, Italian, and Yoruba because of her mixed heritage and schooling. This ability to speak different languages has helped a lot in her previous work as a translator and language teacher before she moved into managing artists.

See the post below…

“A manager is more responsible than the artiste. You need to have a responsible management that you respect for you to do well.”

– Burna Boy’s mom, Bose Ogulu pic.twitter.com/6Ygi2JSCYT

— OLAMIDE 🌸💖 (@Olamide0fficial) July 8, 2024

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