‘My Goal As An Artist Is To Show Young Women That With Belief & Hardwork There’s Nothing You Can’t Achieve’-Tiwa Savage

From singing in the background for big stars such as Mary J. Blige, to taking over the Nigerian music industry, Tiwa Savage’s experience hasn’t been one without hurdles. But over time, she has proved to be the biggest female act in Africa and helped pave ways for lots of young artists finding their way in the industry.

In an interview with The Guardian Life, the Ma Lo singer shares her journey in the Industry, goals and what motivates her.

While speaking about her goal as an artist, she revealed she wants young artist to realize they can achieve anything if they work towards it.

“Ultimately my goal as an artist is to show young women, particularly young African women, that with hard work and belief in yourself, there is nothing you cannot achieve. I want to leave a legacy that proves that. I want young women to proudly say “if Tiwa could achieve that, so can I.”

Tiwa explained how she is motivated by powerful black women all over the world who keep doing great things.

“There are so many queens doing amazing things in the world right now, each is breaking barriers and have shattered the glass ceiling for black women in film and TV. Bozoma was one of the top executives at Apple Music and was recently made the Chief Brand Officer at Uber in the U.S. She is one of the perfect examples of strong women who show that hard work pays, and the fact that she is an African-born woman is even more inspiring to me. She’s a respected boss, a businesswoman and manages to look fabulous whilst juggling it all.”

She further said she still writes her song, although she used to write for other musicians but she hasn’t had the time to do recently.

“I’ve been quite focused on writing my own music of recent, so, I haven’t had much time to write for other artists as much as I used to, but I still co-write especially for my fellow label mates and vice versa. It’s definitely something that I will like to return to when I have more available time in my schedule.”

When asked how she remains one of the top artist with various female artists in the music industry.

“I believe that there’s space for everyone in this industry. I’m a strong believer of being true to who you are and finding your own purpose as we all run our own race in life. There are some incredible females doing wonderful things and I hope to see more of us breaking barriers in music. I also look forward to the day that we are referred to as just ‘artists’ and not ‘female artists’.”