Omowunmi

About me:

Deborah Dauda, a native of Nigeria graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in International Development Studies. She attributes her strengths and passion in dance to God and her beautiful family. She began dancing in her mother’s womb, for “dancing begins in the womb as the fetus swims freely in the amniotic fluid”. She is influenced by artists such as Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Dr.Alban, Angelique Kidjo, Paul Van Dyk, Lagbaja, Daddy Showkey, Rabiu Ayandokun, Youssouf N'Dour, King Sunny Ade, Oliver deCoque, and Awilo Logomba to mention a few. Before immigrating to the United States in 2001, she performed at different cultural productions in schools and in her community. Since then, her career in West African style dance has flourished. She recently performed at the Zap Mama concert at the Grand Performances this year, the 2008 UCLA Jazz-Reggae Festival with Pangea Collective and Legendary Nigerian artists: Baba Ken Okunlolo and Soji Odukogbe, and at the Mami Wata Festival at UCLA with Balobi Bandeko. She currently performs with different bands in the Los Angeles area and works with DJ Nnamdi Moweta from KPFK 90.7 Radio Afrodicia.