Helen Epega performing 'Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera' at London’s St John’s Hyde Park, 2023.
Photo by Joe Madden.
Helen Epega’s Pidgin Opera 'Song Queen' is Connecting Audiences to Africa
Once seen as an outsider, the Nigerian-British opera performer has broken the medium’s echo chamber, infusing Nigerian pidgin and other languages on the margins. She wants the world to listen.
