Sheila Majekodunmi

Singer born in 1960 in Guatemala arrived in Nigeria in 1971. Daughter of African-American jazz musician Ivan and white American nurse Jeanne. She joined her father, working with famous playwright Moses "Baba Sala" Olaiya and juju superstar King Sunny Ade. Married Desmond Majekodunmi but the couple had decided to end their marriage by the end of the nineties, but they remained the best of friends as Sheila relocated to the United States. She fell ill and died while still in her forties.