{"id":9346,"date":"2017-02-03T09:14:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T08:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9346"},"modified":"2017-05-10T16:06:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T15:06:58","slug":"essien-igbokwe-chief-christy-uduak","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/essien-igbokwe-chief-christy-uduak\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSIEN-IGBOKWE, Chief Christy Uduak"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MFR; musician, actress, administrator: b: November 11. I960, ht: Okal. so:Akwa Ibom; m: Chief Edwin Igbokwe. 1979: nc: four s; ed: Ladi-Lak School. Lagos. 1966-70: Okal Primary School. Okat. Akwa Ibom State. 1970- 72: Zonal Commercial Centre, Aba, 1972-74; Aba Girls High School. 1974-76. cr: Singer. &#8216;Now Sound&#8217;, NTA Channel 6. Aba, 1976: ch\/ md. Soul Train Entertainment Limited. Lagos: ch. Gold Train Orchestra: Publicity and Welfare Officer. Essential Childcarc Foundation. Lagos. 1994: Matron. Akwa Ibom Journalist Forum: matron. Nigerian Youth Tourist Organisation: Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology of Nigeria: first female presd. Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria; founding member. Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria; founding member. Performing and Mechanical Rights Society of Nigeria, tt. Adaha Onna; Aha Nwanyi Ejiagamba I of Oru Ahiazu. Mbaisc. nh. Member of the Order of the Federal Republic. 1988. h. Nigeria&#8217;s Lady of Songs. 1980; Silver Prize Winner. 6,n Seoul Song Festival, South Korea. 1983: Grand Prix Winner, Ncewollah Music Festival, Kansas, USA. 1983; International Special Achievement Award. Musexpo. Acapulco. Mexico. 1983; Certificate of Merit Award. I0m Annual American Song Festival, Los Angeles. USA. 1983: Audience Favourite Award. Baker University. USA. 1983: Star Performance Award. Nigerian Television Authority. 1983: Outstanding Performance Award. Los Angeles Arts Academy. USA. 1984; African Music Mother Award. Music Extravaganza and African Music Development. New York, USA; Gold Award of 25 Nigerian Celebrities. I9S8; Distant Accord Award, Hollywood. Los Angeles. USA. 1990; Special Musical Parents Decoration Award. 1994; Queen of Music International Award. Association of Theatre Arts Practitioners. Lagos. 1996: Outstanding Achievement in Female Upliftment Award. Youth Re-orientation Movement, 1996: cw: Freedom. 1976: Patience. 1977; Time Waits for No One. 1978: One Understanding. 1979; Give Me A Chance. 1980; Ever Liked My Person, 1981: Taking my Time. 1986: Its Time. 1988; Hear The Call, 1990; Mysteries of Life. 1994. hob: cooking.reading, watching films, off: Soul Train Entertainment Limited. Plot 20. Abiola Crescent, off Toyin Street. Ikeja. Lagos, tel: 01-4935279. res: 43, Talabi Street, off Adeniyi Jones Street. Ikeja, Lagos, tel: 01-2880014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9346","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9346"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}