Mrs. D.A. Fasoyin
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Odun Nlo Sopin
Mrs. D.A. Fasoyin
We are Christ Apostolic Church (C.A.C) Ibadan and this choir comes up from Good Women Association in the church. In
C.A.C, if you have a wife, automatically your wife belongs to the Good Women Association. The association is from
churches that belongs to C.A.C, not just one church. Yes, for “Odun Nlo Sopin”, that song, every year since 1960s, when
the year is running to an end, all C.A.C churches hold revivals. During any revival that time, they always sing that
chorus, “Odun Nlo Sopin”, especially from September to December. So till now, nobody knows who composed that song
because as members and women of C.A.C, we have been hearing that song come up every year. We picked it and we recorded
the song. We only added two verses when we went to the studio to record it. Nobody till today knows who composed that
chorus. We don't have only one person composing. All of us, we compose. We record every year. When we started, we
recorded twice a year, December and April, which is Easter. But after about six years, we stopped recording twice to
only once. So normally, every member will go to their prayer mountain to compose songs from the Bible and bring when we
have practices. Then we select songs spiritually. So, nobody can say they are the only one that compose all our
releases. We have 25 releases and nobody can say, "I'm the one who composed this." Because we collect the compositions
and then we spiritually select which will go into the recording. For “Odun Nlo Sopin”, one of us got the inspiration to
add two verses and we went to the studio and recorded. This means nobody can say, "I'm the one (that composed the
song)." We did it with Decca Records. It was recorded by Mut-Mokson in 1979. The man who owns the company is Mr. Ola
Kassim. He recorded us for our 25 releases. The man is late now. There are so many C.A.Cs in Nigeria but we are from
Ibadan, from different churches, about 21. We select two people from each church who has the talent of singing.
Altogether, we were over 100 choir members when we started but later, when there was state creation in Nigeria, most of
us had to go with their husbands to another state. We reduced to about 30 people in the choir when most of the 25 albums
were made. Each time, the number continued to reduce when some of us travel abroad to meet their children, to take care
of their grandchildren. It's the grace of God anyway. The Good Women Choir is led by Mrs. D.A Fasoyin by the grace of
God. I’m 86 years old. Most of us have gone to live with the Lord.
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Odun Nlo Sopin
Mrs. D.A. Fasoy...
We are Christ Apostolic Church (C.A.C) Ibadan and this choir comes up from Good Women Association in the church. In
C.A.C, if you have a wife, automatically your wife belongs to the Good Women Association. The association is from
churches that belongs to C.A.C, not just one church. Yes, for “Odun Nlo Sopin”, that song, every year since 1960s, when
the year is running to an end, all C.A.C churches hold revivals. During any revival that time, they always sing that
chorus, “Odun Nlo Sopin”, especially from September to December. So till now, nobody knows who composed that song
because as members and women of C.A.C, we have been hearing that song come up every year. We picked it and we recorded
the song. We only added two verses when we went to the studio to record it. Nobody till today knows who composed that
chorus. We don't have only one person composing. All of us, we compose. We record every year. When we started, we
recorded twice a year, December and April, which is Easter. But after about six years, we stopped recording twice to
only once. So normally, every member will go to their prayer mountain to compose songs from the Bible and bring when we
have practices. Then we select songs spiritually. So, nobody can say they are the only one that compose all our
releases. We have 25 releases and nobody can say, "I'm the one who composed this." Because we collect the compositions
and then we spiritually select which will go into the recording. For “Odun Nlo Sopin”, one of us got the inspiration to
add two verses and we went to the studio and recorded. This means nobody can say, "I'm the one (that composed the
song)." We did it with Decca Records. It was recorded by Mut-Mokson in 1979. The man who owns the company is Mr. Ola
Kassim. He recorded us for our 25 releases. The man is late now. There are so many C.A.Cs in Nigeria but we are from
Ibadan, from different churches, about 21. We select two people from each church who has the talent of singing.
Altogether, we were over 100 choir members when we started but later, when there was state creation in Nigeria, most of
us had to go with their husbands to another state. We reduced to about 30 people in the choir when most of the 25 albums
were made. Each time, the number continued to reduce when some of us travel abroad to meet their children, to take care
of their grandchildren. It's the grace of God anyway. The Good Women Choir is led by Mrs. D.A Fasoyin by the grace of
God. I’m 86 years old. Most of us have gone to live with the Lord.
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