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While people fled, I was running into Liberian war – Queen Juli Endee, Liberian singer

28th July 2018
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The brain behind the historic meeting of Flavour and Semah is none other than musician, culture ambassador and traditional queen of Liberia, Queen Juli Endee.

Rita Okoye

For over a year now, Afro highlife musician, Flavour, has been working on different musical projects with visually impaired Liberian teenager, Semah.

However, the brain behind the historic meeting of the duo is none other than musician, culture ambassador and traditional queen of Liberia, Queen Juli Endee.

Endee, who is currently in Nigeria, narrates how she became a queen and her experience in the Liberian civil war. She also speaks on her relationship with Flavour and love for other Nigerian artistes like Omawunmi, Yemi Alade, Adekunle Gold etc.

READ ALSO: Singer Adekunle Gold celebrates African royalty in sold out London show
How did you become the Queen of Liberia?

I work in the community and because of my humanitarian services to Liberians, the people in the 15th political subdivision in 2001 decided to give me three years to see whether I can live up to the expectations of the culture and tradition, more so as an advocate for peace, health and education in Liberia. Based on that, I was crowned in February 2006 at our historic site in Liberia called, Providence Island. All the traditional leaders, chiefs, elders, and women came together to say this is our queen. This is the voice of the traditional people. So, that’s how I was crowned the queen of the traditional people of Liberia.

What do you do as queen?

I help in the developmental process of our people, including traditional leaders. I uphold the Liberian culture and tradition. I am a liaison between the general public and the traditional people. And also, I help the traditional people carve out proposals and visions to maintain the development agenda of Liberia, because traditional people own the land.

Okay, what is your mission in Nigeria?

My mission is two-fold. First, I came to give support to Semah, who Flavour featured (in his music). That mission has ended and Semah has returned to Liberia safely. So, right now, I’m here to finish the project that I started before meeting Flavour and getting him to meet Semah. Because of the Semah project, I decided to let him go ahead because he is a kid, and after that I will continue my project. My project is a music album that I’ve done with a lot of producers. I also featured lots of big Nigerian artistes. I’ve done a video and all of that. I came here to speak with the marketing agent and we’ve concluded on that.

How soon do you hope to launch the album?

As a social worker, I’m very well known but when it comes to music, I’m only known in Liberia and certain parts of Sierra Leone and the United States. I’m not that known in Nigeria. Since Nigeria is the big brother of Africa, and being an advocate of African solidarity in the sub region, especially ECOWAS, I want to crossover to Nigeria. I’ve come now to introduce myself to the Nigerian people. Also, I’ve come to appreciate those gallant men of the Nigerian Armed Forces who joined ECOMOG to save Liberians, and (pay tribute) to those commanders that have passed on. I want to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to the people of Nigeria for the level of support given us during the crisis in Liberia and for continuing to sustain peace in our country. I’m grateful to the Nigerian people. You are our brothers and sisters and we salute you. So, I’m waiting for this marketing process to kick off in terms of introduction to the Nigerian community, and then I will take it up from there to give the actual date of the launch. But I know that in about two months, we will be releasing the album. In the meantime, we’ll just be sending teasers out so people will understand what we are doing, because without a proper plan and structure, you can’t be successful. And if you don’t know, you need to ask.

Aside music, what else would you be doing in Nigeria?

I’m here for music, but at the same time, I want to cement the relationship between Liberia and Nigeria from the industry perspective. The (entertainment) industry in Nigeria is improving greatly and we’ll like to tap into the expertise of those who have made it here to help a virgin industry in Liberia. We are also networking and engaging experts for youth empowerment in Liberia; we’ll be having some seminars, trainings, and workshops.

What is the title of your album and how many songs are in it?

I can tell you how many songs, but I can’t tell you the title. I could say this is the title, but it would probably change. What I can say is that I have 10 tracks in the album and all of them talk about love, peace, happiness, beauty of Africa, and what makes us different from others.

Which Nigerian artistes are featured in it?

First is the voice that I’ve been crazy about in Nigeria, and that is Omawumi. That’s my girl because she’s a straight shooter. I also featured Yemi Alade and Jodie, the girl who sang ‘Kuchi Kuchi’. For the males, I featured Flavour in one of the songs, and a host of others. I intend to feature more. There are lots of artistes that I like. One of them is Adekunle Gold. I love his music. Also, I love Don Jazzy. These are the kinds of people that I really can jive with.

How long have you been working on the album?

I’ve been working on it for the last eight years, since I did my last album. But within that time, I’ve done a lot of jingles and music for health education, Ebola and all of that. But those are just for humanitarian work, and to my credit, I’ve done over 800 of those kinds of works. I didn’t want to just do Liberian music. I want to crossover and do African music, so all of that had to be planned and that I’ve been doing these eight years. After recording the music, I couldn’t release it because the little boy (Semah) was being featured by Flavour. I wanted to see his dream come true first before I could finalise mine. Now his dream has come true, thanks to Flavour for the love and the humble spirit that he has. I am now confortable to move on with mine.

READ ALSO: Flavour, Mafikizolo to perform at the Dome re-opening
How did you meet Flavour?

It was so wonderful. He (Flavour) didn’t know me, but I met him through Masterkraft, who produces most of my songs. A guy called OJ introduced me to a Liberian called Timothy, and then we went to the Liberian embassy and OJ took us to Masterkraft and I started the production. I wanted to feature some Nigerians but I didn’t know who. So, he got Flavour for me. Honestly, I thought it was a joke. But then, he took me to Flavour’s house and I heard my music in Flavour’s studio, and I was surprised.

What was your experience during the war in Liberia?

I was in the US when the war started. But while people were running to the US, I was running back home. So, it was strange to people and they felt something was wrong with me. I came back to Liberia and started advocacy. I visited different refugee camps, in different countries. I even came to Nigeria. It was in Nigeria that ‘Liberia Cry for Peace’ and ‘The Crusaders for Peace’ were formulated, at our embassy. So, ‘Crusaders for Peace’ has been around for over 23 years, advocating for peace, health, social work, and elections. I’ve disarmed soldiers and now they are working with me to tell the story. It has been a wonderful experience doing that.

READ ALSO: George Weah and the future of Liberia
Are you married?

Oh yes, and I have beautiful children. I have biological children and those who are not my biological children. They are beautiful and they are all my children.

How do you make time out for your family?

They like what I do. They sing, and they do production. My daughter fixes my costumes while my son runs around with the camera.

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