Guys,I don't know if any of you got to see the one and only Area Scatter, the cross-dressing entertainer.
I just listened to a song that reminded me of her - you know the usual one string calipso(akuko n'egwu) ie musical stories.
Area was a regular at the NTV channel 6 Ukonu's Club. One of his famous catch phrases was: "If I'd lied to you, may I bath without clothing". Of course you just take him serious until you stop and think, then you say; 'hang on, does this guy normally bathe with clothes on?'
I dont know what the stringed instrument he played is called but it looks like the half of a small to medium sized calabash and boy did he/she play it with skill!.
I never got to see Area as a man since I only ever saw him performing dressed as a woman. He/she was very beautiful. For a he, he was a poem and hearthrob and for a she; area was glamorous like the "asempete" class if you know what I mean.
Unfortunately, Area died in a ghastly motor accident and Elekwachi Ukonu(presenter) was in tears for a few consecutive Ukonu's club program.
I just wondered if anybody knew the Egbema/uguta born musician.
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