Kora
award winner and Ex Project Fame winner, Chidinma Ekile, tells ‘Nonye
Ben-Nwankwo how she has been able to manage the recent controversies
surrounding her
You won Kora Awards last year and
this year again, you were nominated for an international award, Channel O
Awards. Did you ever imagine that you would get to this stage?
No way. I never imagined it in any way.
All I did was just to be focused. I knew this was what I loved doing and
I decided to just keep doing it. I didn’t expect that it would get this
big. Sometimes I sit back and I think back of how it started.
But did the awards have any impact on your career?
Oh yes. When I won the Kora and got back
to Nigeria, it was a whole different experience. People started
treating me differently. They wondered how ‘small’ Chidinma could go to
Cote D’ivoire and bring the Kora home. It added to my profile. Being
nominated for the Channel O Award is a big deal for me even if I didn’t
clinch the award.
