Singer Simisola Ogunleye, a.k.a Simi, seems to be positioning herself for a more sensitive role in the society nowadays...
With the way she is going about it, by
frequently commenting on critical social issues, including gender
relationships, the petite lady, whose latest album, Simisola, is the current rave of the Nigerian music scene, may end up as one of the most strident voices for Nigerian women.
The singer, in a recent interview with Hiptv,
took her advocacy to another level by criticising the society for its
harsh treatment of women accused of cheating in relationships.
Accusing society of being unjustly
“harder” on women than it should be, especially when it came to
apportioning blame for cheating in a relationship, she said, “Nobody is
allowed to cheat in a relationship, but they do it anyway. If a man
cheats, he is treated like scum. If a woman cheats, she is treated like
scum, too. Obviously, people are harder on women.’’
“The society is harder on women who
cheat and I think that is ridiculous. If you value what you have and If
you value someone you are with, you are going to do your best to treat
them right. This is the way I feel about it. It’s the same for a guy and
a girl.”
In what looks like a subtle call to the
women folk to rebel against convention, the singer continued, “They say
it is a man’s world. But, I think it is a man’s world because we let it
be so. It is not a man’s world because they (men) have any special
powers nor is it a woman’s world because we have any special powers. We
are all supposed to be good to each other. I am supposed to value you as
a man and you are supposed to value me as a woman.”
This is not the first time that Simi has
granted the television station an interview. The last time, she was
quoted as saying Nigerian men were not “romantic”, thereby sparking
another controversy on social media.
In the newest interview, the singer
cleverly avoided making any comment on her rumoured relationships with
either of two fellow artistes, Adekunle Gold and Falz the Bad Guy. Even
the members of her family seemed to have made up their minds not to say
anything, too.
When the subject of Simi’s relationship
with Adekunle was raised during the public presentation of her new album
in Lagos recently, her mother refused to confirm or deny any such
intimacy between both singers.
Apparently asked about Adekunle’s
involvement in the album, the singer cautiously replied, “The only
reason why I have Adekunle Gold on the album is that after we had done
all the songs we wanted to do, the only song that had a future, which
made the final list, was the one he was involved in. There is nothing
special or extraordinary about it.”
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