Mavin First Lady, Tiwa Savage has bared her mind on sexuality in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
She said the desire for glamour and appeal is the reason entertainers cannot stop being sexual in their performances.
According to the multiple award-winning singer, entertainers cannot be stopped from adapting sexual scenes in their stage-craft.
Savage noted that they can only can be regulated through appropriate guidelines provided by a competent body or authority.
Tiwa Savage explains why Nigerian entertainment industry is full of sexual performances
The mother of one made this known recently when she appeared as a guest on an entertainment show hosted by Arise Television.
While addressing some pressing issues in the Nigerian music industry, Savage said:
“There is no way a movie and entertainment will not have sexual scenes.
“You cannot stop an artiste from being sexual in entertainment
“The only thing we can do as Africans is to provide guidelines.
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“When I performed initially in Nigeria, they screamed that it was too much; that it was too sexual.
“We are still fighting the same battle the Fela girls fought.”
She, however, disclosed that contemporary musicians were misunderstood in a similar way the late Afrobeat King, Fela’s dancers were misunderstood because of their sexual displays on stage.
“Fela’s girls were misunderstood. What they did on stage was just entertainment.
“What they do on stage doesn’t mean that they are loose off stage.
“People say Fela is godfather but people forget the women that added glamour to Fela’s show,” the ‘My Darling’ crooner noted.
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