Singer and first lady of Mavin records, Tiwa Savage during her Ugandan tour,
took time out to speak at Mariam High School in Kampala, Uganda. She admonished teenage girls on unwanted teenage pregnancies, abortions
and more.
While addressing the girls, a heavily pregnant Tiwa narrated how she had always wanted to be a singer.
On music: “From young age, i had always wanted to be a singer but my
parents insisted that i went to school. My
parents wanted me to be a lawyer, engineer, doctor etc. So after i got a
first degree in Business Administration, i decided to do music but my
parents still insisted on me going the university. I would tell them
‘but Beyonce didn’t go to the university, Rihanna didn’t, so why should
i?’ and they would say, this is Africa. So i went back to get a second
degree in music.”
On early sex: I have some mistakes in my life but the beautiful thing about
making a mistake is that you have to dust yourself and get up. Having
unprotected sex can give you sexually transmitted diseases that there is
no cure for. I was a little girl like you when i made mistakes too but
God changed my story and if he can do it for me, trust me, trust him he
can do it for you too.
Life is about planning ahead, so if you as a young person do not
plan for parenthood, you will always be dependent on other people and
unable to break out of the cycle of poverty. It is not good to keep on
being helpless – we have to take responsibility for our lives.” said Tiwa.
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