Timeless song I can't forget. Beautiful rendition by TY Bello and Olufunmi. Enjoy.
The song was dedicated to Mama Janet Ekundayo. If want to know more about her, please read further.
Many never heard of her until the Nigerian singer, TY Bello made a video in her honour and even produced a song titled Ekundayo featuring Olufunmi in 2008. It was a track in her hugely successful album, Greenland. It was indeed a prophetic masterstroke as the "Africa's Mother Theresa" will eventually pass on to glory the year after. God bless Ty Bello.
Her name is MAMA JANET EKUNDAYO. Ekundayo is a name in the language of the Yorubas of Nigeria meaning ‘tears turned to joy’ or ‘my tears have turned to joy’. And truly, this wonderful woman turned the tears of many children to joy.
Mama Ekundayo was married and had five biological children of her own -four male and one female. She said taking care of children came naturally to her and she enjoyed the company.
In 1969, She started her orphanage, Ekundayo Children’s Home located in Isanlu Makutu, a rural part of Kogi State in North-central Nigeria, alongside her husband nurturing orphans and abandoned children. By the year 2008, she had cared for over 470 children.
In the year 2009, the vehicle she was travelling in was involved in a tragic road accident. Mama Ekundayo, already old and frail, went home to be with the Lord. She was believed to be an octogenarian or a nonagenarian.
One prayer she had was for God to grant her someone she could hand over the project when she is no more. Her prayers were answered. Her daughter, Grace, has graciously taken upon this task started by her mother.
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