Meet Late Onyeka Onwenu’s Yoruba Sons Who Are Artistes, Abraham and Tijjani Ogundele
We barely hear anything about the children of late legendary Nigerian singer, Onyeka Onwenu Tijani and Abraham Ogunlende, who are both artistes.
Onyeka Onwenu’s sons, Tijani Ogunlende, and Abraham (formerly Ibrahim), aka Abe Ogunlende, are outstanding artists who showcase their exceptional skills and talent in their fields.
Tijani Charles Ogunlende is an artist, designer, developer, and photographer specializing in visual arts, graphic design, and web development. He is also the sole proprietor of TijaniOgunlende, an independent graphic design and art photography company.
Before his company, Tijani Charles was a web developer at KRT Marketing and a social media researcher at Clear Essence Cosmetics. He also has a Bachelor’s in Visual Arts degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a New Media degree from the Academy of Art Univeristy.
Onyeka’s second son, Abraham popularly known as Abe Ogunlede, is a Nigerian contemporary artist who creates pastels and aesthetic, simple art that combines connections between society and person-hood.
Brief biography of Onyeka Onwenu:
She was the youngest daughter among the five children of Nigerian teacher and politician D.K. Onwenu. She was raised in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
She is the youngest daughter of Nigerian educationist and politician D.K Onwenu. However, it is painful to know that Onyeka never grew up to know her father because he passed away in a car crash when she was just 4-years-old.
Onwenu’s father passed away a week before he was to be named the Minister of Education under the Governor-General, Sir John Macpherson.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Communication from Wellesley College, Massachusetts, and a Master of Arts in Media Studies from The New School for Social Research, New York.
