Bose Ogulu is an entrepreneur, academic, and talent manager from Nigeria. She is often referred to as Mama Burna since she oversees her son Burna Boy’s singing career.
In addition to managing, Ogulu established a publishing company through Spaceship Collective to empower Africans by allowing them to own their own catalogs and preserve the authenticity of their stories, glory, and culture. Her son Burna Boy is only one of the incredible musicians signed and developed by Spaceship Collective, a record company as well.
Her children’s number one friend
Ogulu and Samuel Ogulu have been wed for 29 years. Three kids—Ronami, Damini (Burna Boy), and Nissi—were born to them. Ogulu learned how to get along with her parents while also learning how to get along with her own kids. She took an interest in their huge ideas and gave them advice on how to embrace them via perseverance and hard effort.
That has paid off as of late. Burna Boy and Nissi, two of her kids, are two of the biggest musicians in Africa. Both are under Ogulu’s management. Bet you didn’t know this about Burna Boy’s mother.
Her father was Fela Kuti’s first band manager
Olugu’s father, Benson Idonije, was a well-known radio host and the first band manager of Afrobeat artist Fela Kuti. He was a member of the illustrious Indonije family. Ogulu was motivated to pursue language studies after being exposed to the music business and the Nigerian art scene at an early age. She worked as a translator for the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce after earning a Bachelor of Arts in foreign languages and a Master of Arts in translation from the University of Port Harcourt.
Later, she was appointed CEO of Language Bridges, a language and music school, where she planned cultural immersion excursions for more than 1,800 young people from 1997 to 2015. Additionally, she spent ten years teaching French at the University of Education in Port Harcourt. Nowadays, academics and professionals can communicate in English, Yoruba, French, Italian, and German.
Supports his son’s “career”
At the 2018 Soundcity Prizes, Ogulu initially gained widespread attention when she said those remarks as she assisted her son in accepting his four awards. Her speech at the awards presentation caused a social media frenzy, and she quickly became known as everyone’s favorite internet parent and the true MVP.
About Her son Burna Boy
Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer Burna Boy. After releasing “Like to Party,” the main song off his debut studio album, L.I.F.E., in 2012, he became famous (2013). 2017 saw Burna Boy sign with Warner Music Group internationally and Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the US. Outside, his third studio album, was his first major-label release.
He was named an Apple Music Up Next artist in 2019 and won Best International Act at the BET Awards that year. African Giant, his fourth studio album, was released in July 2019 and was nominated for a Best World Music Album Grammy Award as well as winning Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards.
At the 2020 VGMAs, he received the African Artist of the Year award. Burna Boy became the first Nigerian musician to receive back-to-back Grammy nominations when his fifth studio album, Twice as Tall, was released in August 2020. Twice as Tall was nominated for the same category at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Twice as Tall took up the 63rd Annual Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 2021. Love, Damini, Burna Boy’s sixth studio album, is scheduled for release in July 2022.