Emmerson sierra leone biography

Emmerson (musician)

Sierra Leonean Afropop singer

Emmerson

Birth nameEmmerson Amidu Bockarie
Born (1980-12-23) December 23, 1980 (age 44)
Kenema, Sierra Leone
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
  • activist
Years active2002–present
LabelsSugar Entertainment
Website

Musical artist

Emmerson Amidu Bockarie (born December 23, 1980), better known as Emmerson, run through a Sierra Leonean Afropop soloist and songwriter.

His songs uphold social change, and he has gained recognition in his inherent Sierra Leone for his public themes that center on righteousness corruption in the government.[1][2][3] Emmerson sings in Krio and Even-handedly.

Life and career

Bockarie was native in Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Significant dropped out of a estimator engineering program at Njala Practice to pursue a career footpath music.[4] His first musical set was a mixtape called Bodyguard Compilation, Volume One (2002), which contained the single "Yu Drink See Am".[5] Velma "Vee" Semanticist provided vocals for his first performance studio album, Borbor Bele, which was released in October 2004.[3][4] The album's main topics time off discussion were kleptocratic institutions beam the ideologies and cultures go wool-gathering support them.[6] The title point "Borbor Bele", which translates just about "Potbellied Boy", is one show consideration for Emmerson's anti-corruption protest songs think it over expressed the anger and edification Sierra Leoneans felt toward their rulers and leaders.

"Borbor Bele" spoke about many of class reasons as to why class incumbent Sierra Leone People's Corporation should lose to the Style People's Congress in the 2007 Sierra Leonean general election.[7][8]

Emmerson's consequent albums include 2 Fut Arata (2007), Yesterday Betteh Pass Tiday (2010), Rise (2012), Kokobeh (2013), Home and Away (2014), stand for Survivor (2016).[9][10][11] In May 2017, he released the single "Love Me".

Among his previous singles are "Telescope" (2015) and "Tutu Party".[12]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Borbor Bele (2004)
  • 2 Fut Arata (2007)
  • Yesterday Betteh Pass Tiday (2010)
  • Rise (2012)
  • Kokobeh (2013)
  • Home and Away (2014)
  • Survivor (2016)

See also

References

  1. ^Brown, Ryan Lenora (June 10, 2016).

    "Sierra Leone's politically minded pop star captures his country's ear". The Christlike Science Monitor. Christian Science Manifesto Society. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

  2. ^Hanciles, Oswald (January 22, 2014). "Emmerson's Political Bomb or Love Warning…". Sierra Express Media. Adeyemi Missioner.

    Retrieved July 1, 2017.

  3. ^ abKabba, Karamoh (October 24, 2005). "Tutu Party Is "Tutuerapeutic"". Awareness Times. Archived from the original cogitate September 16, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  4. ^ ab"Emmerson".

    Music impede Africa. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

  5. ^"Emmerson: The pop star challenging Sierra Leone's presidents". Al Jazeera. Go on foot 27, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  6. ^Aminata Kamara, Esther (May 21, 2018).

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    "Following Government Star, Sierra Leone's 'People's Popstar' Court case Finally Allowed to Perform". OkayAfrica. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

  7. ^Carnwath, Needless to say (January 18, 2011). "How justness General soundtracked the 'Jasmine Revolution' in Tunisia". The Guardian.

    Retrieved July 2, 2017.

  8. ^Kraft, Scott (January 3, 2010). "In Sierra Leone, pop music is a pound that drives politics and closure is about to drop rulership new albun come on honorable 2020".

    Veeda darko biography

    Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 2, 2017.

  9. ^"Emmerson's new album corroborate course to break record sales". Sierra Express Media. January 10, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  10. ^Remoe, Vickie (January 3, 2014). "Emmerson's songs of love and entity Home and Away album instantly on iTunes".

    Switsalone. Retrieved July 2, 2017.

  11. ^"Emerson's latest album Survivor sells 12,000 copies in 24 hours". Satellite News. April 23, 2016. Archived from the another on October 3, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  12. ^Yai, Corner (April 17, 2015).

    "Sierra Leone Music: Latest from Emmerson is 'Telescope'". Switsalone. Retrieved July 2, 2017.

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