Nollywood Actor, Akpon Dies In Swimming Pool

As we all know, the Nigerian movie industry has produced many actors and actresses over the years and at the same time lost most of them to the cold hand of ‘death’.

The industry has lost icons within the short period of the year 2019 and it’s been a sad occurrence.

Fast-rising writer, actor, and director, Kagho Harley Akpor, has reportedly died after drowning in a swimming pool at a…

Akpon Amma McKen has been singing orisha music for four decades. She's respected and sought after internationally for her mastery of the form. In 2009, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Mcken a National Heritage Fellowship, honoring her achievements in the Yoruba musical arts.

"This is from our heart," McKen says of music devoted to the gods. "To me, you're singing a history. It would have to be energy that (the orisha are) feeling [when I sing]. Energy, and vibration from your heart."

McKen - a Queens, New York native - is a priestess of Yemaya. Here, she sings to her orisha on a song from her CD Alaako Oso. With this album, McKen became the first black American woman akpon to produce a musical recording of traditional Yoruba songs.