Tiwa Savage Music star visits orphanage home in Johannesburg [PHOTOS]

An emotional Tiwa took to Instagram to share photos from her experience with girls from the shelter.

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Tiwa Savage visits orphanage home

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"Standing Ovation" hitmaker, Tiwa Savage paid a visit toThe House Group, an orphanage located in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Tiwa Savage visits orphanage home

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Tiwa who recently became a goodwill ambassador for theOrphanage Africa, a campaign across Africa which supports orphanages in need of help rebuilding and refurbishing its facilities visited the center to create awareness for the Stop Child Trafficking campaign.

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Tiwa Savage visits orphanage home

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Accompanied by the South African Minister of Home Affairs, His Honourable Malusi Gigaba the Mavin artiste spent the weekend understanding the works of the center and listening to the stories each victim told of their experience being trafficked across Africa.

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Tiwa Savage visits orphanage home

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An emotional Tiwa took to Instagram to share photos from her experience writing, "Even though I was supposed to give these beautiful young ladies words of encouragement I ended up being more inspired by them. They said they didn't want to be seen as victims but as conquerors because the fact that they are still alive proves that God is not done with them yet. This was such a powerful moment to witness  #stopchildtrafficking #hillbrow #southafrica #thehousegroup #homeaffairs #orphanageafrica."

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Tiwa Savage visits orphanage home

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The House Group is an organization with several shelters and programs aimed at retrieving and rehabilitating female victims of child trafficking and sexual exploitation.

READ: What You Dont Know About The Reggae Star,Majek Fashek

Majek at the young age of 10 joined the choir in his local church with his cousin and future band mate Amos McRoy Gregg.

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Majek Fashek at Afropolitan Vibes

 

Majekodunmi Fasheke, aka Majek Fashek, is a Nigerian reggae singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Majek Fashek at Tyme Out With Tee A

Known as the Rainmaker following his 1988 hit "Send down the rain", Majek has worked with various artists including Tracy Chapman, Jimmy Cliff, Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, andBeyoncé.

Majek at the young age of 10 joined the choir in his local church with his cousin and future band mate Amos McRoy Gregg and learned to play the trumpet and guitar whilst composing songs for the choir.

In the early 80s Fashek, who at the time went by the stage name Rajesh Kanal, joined the group Jastix with cousin McRoy Gregg. They were best known as the in-house band on the show Music Panorama on NTA Benin, and toured with fellow reggae group The Mandators.

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Majek Fashek at the Felabration 2015

In 1988, he began a solo career by releasing the album "Prisoner of Conscience" quickly becoming Nigeria's top reggae artist after the song "Send Down The Rain" became the most popular song of the year, and in 1989 he won six PMANawards which includes: Song of the Year,  Album of the Year and Reggae Artist of the Year.

Fashek was married to Rita Fashek who inspired the song "Without You", the couple had four children together, but have since divorced.

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Majek Fashek at Tyme Out With Tee A

It was revealed in 2015 that Majek's career was plagued with drug addiction. After admitting that he needed help, he was admitted into a drug rehabilitation centre in Abuja and has since moved towards a journey of recovery.

Actor,Olu Jacobs & Singer, Essence are a year older today

He studied at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and has starred in various British television shows and series in the 1970s.

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Olu Jacobs

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Veteran Nollywood actor Olu Jacobs and singer Essence are a year older today!

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Olu Jacobs

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 Born July 11, 1942, Olu Jacobs, is a Nigerian actor who has starred in over 120 movies, including: several British television series and international films.

He studied at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and has starred in various British television shows and series in the 1970s.

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Joke Silva & Olu Jacobs

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 Known as a father figure in the Nigerian movie industry, in 1978, he played the role of President Mageeba in Michael Codron's presentation of Tom Stoppard's play "Night and Day".

In the 1980s, Jacobs starred in several international films some of which include John Irvin's war film "The Dogs of War".

On television he was a cast in TVS's "The Witches" and the "Grinnygog" (1983 series).

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Essence

 Essence real name, Uwale Okoro, started out as Kenny Saint Best’s back-up singer. The blogger however shot into limelight when she did a "Super Story" theme song. From then she started recording theme songs for movies and soon released her album “Essential”.

The album had a few hit songs including “Facebook love” featuring Jaywon. A while after that she released the single “I will get by” and has since disappeared from our TV screens.

Olatayo Amokade(Ijebu) Actor welcomes 3rd baby girl!

Ijebu is already a proud father of two girls, and has joined the list of celebrities welcoming their new bundle of joy this year.

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Popular Yoruba actor, Olatayo Amokade aka Ijebu has just welcomed a baby girl.

The actor shared a picture on Instagram in the early hours of today, July 11, 2016 writing, "Father I thank u for the gift of life....it's a Baby Girl. Love u so much.."

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Ijebu welcomes baby girl

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Ijebu joins the growing list of celebrities welcoming their bundle of joy this year. The comic actor is already a proud father of two girls and is married to his longtime girlfriend.

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Ijebu's wife and kids

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Ijebu is a comic actor and producer who joined the industry through Muyiwa Ademola Authentic School of Drama. After that, he worked with another comic actor, Olaniyi Afonja a.k.a Sanyeri as his P.A/Manager for years before the shoot of his maiden film titled, "Muniru".