Wunmi

Wunmi

Wunmi, real name Ibiwunmi Omotayo Olufunke Olaiya, is a singer, dancer and fashion designer. [ [http://www.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_02.01.01/thebeat/extended.php Dancing queen] "Eye Weekly " (Toronto) February 1, 2001; accessed 15 September 2007] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/features/18979.shtml Africa on your street] bbc.co.uk; accessed 15 September 2007 ] She was born in the United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, but spent much of her childhood in Lagos, Nigeria.

She worked with the band Soul II Soul, notably appearing as a dancer in the video for "Back To Life" (1989). Her debut single, "What a See (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)" was released in 1998, and her debut album "A.L.A." (Africans Living Abroad) came out on the Documented record label in 2006.

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