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Women of African Origin in\u00a0Music Ministry is a group that seeks to provide\u00a0support and mentorship for female gospel artists\u00a0of African descent. President of the group and\u00a0gospel artiste, Isabella Ogo-Uzodike is a UK\u00a0based minister of the gospel whom God gave the\u00a0passion to start the organisation. In this\u00a0interview, she told DAYO EMMANUEL the reason\u00a0for the organisation, her personal ministry and\u00a0how she gets her inspiration.<\/p>\n

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How did\u00a0you come about music ministry?<\/p>\n

I had always\u00a0loved music but I didn\u2019t plan to go into it\u00a0professionally. Music was something I loved, but\u00a0not as something I wanted to go into as a career,\u00a0so I didn\u2019t plan it. It is a calling. The Lord spoke\u00a0into my heart and He started giving me songs\u00a0upon songs. I got born again in 1996, in 1997, He\u00a0spoke into my heart about ministry, getting into\u00a0ministry and I joined a Church when we moved\u00a0into the UK. I joined a church and became part of\u00a0the worship team and I later became the worship\u00a0leader. I really began digging deeper into the word\u00a0and the Lord trained me in that way, so it wasn\u2019t\u00a0what I planned. You know some people would tell\u00a0you, how they planned it when they were children,\u00a0for me, it wasn\u2019t like that. God spoke to me.<\/p>\n

Tell\u00a0us about your albums?<\/p>\n

My first album was\u00a0released in 2009 titled Lost Without You, then\u00a0following that was another one titled, My Tory\u00a0Don Change, which was actually my first attempt\u00a0in African gospel and it really was received very\u00a0well. Another one was called Heaven\u2019s Anthem,\u00a0which was my third album; a collection of\u00a0contemporary worship songs, then another one,\u00a0called Hala, which is shout really. It has an afro\u00a0beat kind of beat, praise song, worship songs,\u00a0collection of different songs and after Hala, it was All That I Am, which is a contemporary worship,\u00a0then after that, another one, which is my latest\u00a0album; You Are My Passion, which has\u00a0contemporary worship songs. They are all on itunes, anyone you are looking, for just type\u00a0\u2018Isabela\u2019 and any of the titles, you would get\u00a0them on Amazon, itunes and all other music\u00a0stores. I also have a website Isabelamelody.com,\u00a0I am on most of the social media channels.\u00a0How\u00a0is your marketing like?<\/p>\n

My marketing have been\u00a0online and physical marketing. I live in the UK, it\u00a0has been itunes, amazon and all the music\u00a0stores, and also physically. I go about with them.\u00a0I minister in songs and in words, I have a team,\u00a0we are in the middle of distributing in Nigeria. It\u00a0is work in progress.<\/p>\n

How is the Nigerian church\u00a0warming up to your music?<\/p>\n

The Church is the\u00a0Church whether in Nigeria or elsewhere. I write\u00a0songs and people identify with the songs in terms\u00a0of how it received. I try to stay away from series\u00a0of testimonies, if the songs are from the Lord\u00a0there are bound to be so many testimonies. When\u00a0a song is a song from the Lord, it will lift hearts\u00a0and it will bring a lot of testimonies, that has\u00a0been my experience.<\/p>\n

How do you get inspiration?<\/p>

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I prefer to say I\u2019m a song receiver from the throne\u00a0room of heaven. That is the way it is. I write\u00a0songs. That is one of the strong gifts that is\u00a0most evident in my life. In whatever condition,\u00a0there are always songs being downloaded into my\u00a0spirit. It is not something I struggle with. I write\u00a0the songs as inspired by the Holy Spirit. How do\u00a0you compare gospel artistes here in Nigeria and\u00a0those in Europe where you reside? It depends on\u00a0what you mean when you ask how do I compare.\u00a0The truth is, the Spirit of God is one, there are\u00a0people that have written songs in the USA, in\u00a0Malaysia or in the hinterland of Africa, there are\u00a0so many anointed ministers, song writers, so we\u00a0do have them America and everywhere. It is not\u00a0so much in comparison, there are many in Nigeria,\u00a0there are many in the UK, there are many in\u00a0America. If the Spirit of God is in that song, it will\u00a0resonate because deep calleth unto the deep. For\u00a0me, it is not about the location, geographical\u00a0location, it is not about comparison. It is whoever\u00a0caries the Spirit of God; they write anointed\u00a0songs and sing anointed songs.<\/p>\n

You minister in\u00a0songs and in words, how do you combine the\u00a0two?<\/p>\n

Yes I am a pastor. The word is the word,\u00a0whether you write it, you say it, you speak it, or\u00a0you sing it. It is the same. Some people are given\u00a0different mode of expression, it is the same\u00a0whether I\u2019 m saying it or I\u2018m singing it. I am also\u00a0an author. It is different forms of expression.<\/p>\n

You\u00a0do different things, how did you train to do all\u00a0these?<\/p>\n

Like I said, when I moved into the UK and\u00a0I joined a Church, the Lord spoke into my heart in\u00a01997 and I didn\u2019t really get to release my first\u00a0album until 2009, about 12 years after. There is a\u00a0period of training and a period of grounding in the\u00a0word. In that period, I had to serve in Church, in\u00a0my own local community and for me I am a kind\u00a0of person that like to develop myself. It is not all\u00a0about Spirit Spirit thing, you have to develop\u00a0yourself. Sharpen your skills and horn your skills.\u00a0So I do go to a lot of workshops and I do submit\u00a0myself to mentorship. There are lots of people I\u00a0go to for mentoring, those I learn from.<\/p>\n

Briefly tell\u00a0us about WOAOMM<\/p>\n

The spirit of WAOMM is the\u00a0spirit of collaboration, the spirit of support. At\u00a0WAOMM it is more than music, but being one in\u00a0the spirit, encouraging each other, bringing the\u00a0best from each other. It is a community of Christ\u00a0lovers coming together to lift up the name of the\u00a0Lord.<\/p>\n

Who are your role models in the industry?<\/p>\n

I\u00a0am very careful with that word \u2018role model.\u2019 I\u00a0learn from a lot of people. I don\u2019t use the word\u00a0\u2018role model\u2019 because it is dangerous to put\u00a0people on a pedestal. We are human beings and\u00a0when you put people on the pedestal you put an
\nunrealistic expectation on them and when they\u00a0make mistake, it is something else. I try to move\u00a0away from there, so I learn from a lot of people,\u00a0be it a ten year old, a 15 year old, I learn from a\u00a0lot of people, even an 80 year old. When I meet\u00a0people, I tell myself, what can I learn from this\u00a0person, there are people in the music ministry or\u00a0the music industry for 60 years, there are those\u00a0that have been there for just three months, I learn\u00a0from both. People I really learn from are people I\u00a0can talk to, people I can reach and ask questions\u00a0from, people I can relate with. There is what to\u00a0pick from everyone and that is the truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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