 | 7th - 13th March, 2011 Ambassador Dozie Nwanna |
 | 14th - 20th March, 2011 Mrs Bianca Ojukwu |
 | 21st - 27th March, 2011 Tinie Tempah |
 | 28th March - 3rd April, 2011 Patti Boulaye |
 | 4th - 10th April, 2011 Adebayo Ogunlesi |
 | 11th - 17th April, 2011 Sophie Okonedo |
 | 18th - 24th April, 2011 S E A L |
 | 28th April to 2nd May, 2011 Helen Grant |
 | 2nd to 8th May, 2011 Oba Nsugbe QC |
 | 9th to 15th May, 2011 Sade Adu |
 | 16th to 22nd May, 2011 Dr. Dalhatu Tafida |
 | 23rd to 29th May, 2011 Mrs. Claire Ighodaro CBE |
 | 30th May to 5th June, 2011 Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo |
 | 6th to 12th June, 2011 Chuka Umunna MP |
 | 13th to 19th June, 2011 LEMAR |
 | 20th - 26th June 2011 Adrian Adepitan MBE |
 | 27th June - 3rd July, 2011 Bernadine Evaristo MBE FRSL FRSA |
 | 4th - 10th July, 2011 Nelson Ogunsakin OBE |
 | 11th to 17th July 2011 Ken Olisa OBE |
 | 18th to 24th July 2011 Chiwetel Ejiofor |
 | 25th to 31st July 2011 Ben Okri |
 | 1st - 7th August 2011 Daley Thompson CBE |
 | 8th to 14th August 2011 Francis Chinegwundoh |
 | 15th to 21st August 2011 Segun Aganga |
 | 22nd to 28th August 2011 Victor Adebowale, CBE |
Personality of the Week - 9th to 15th May, 2011
Sade Adu
Helen Folasade
Adu, OBE, (born 16 January 1959), better known as
Sade, is a British singer songwriter, composer,
and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the
front woman and lead vocalist of the popular Brit and Grammy Award
winning English group, Sade.
Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Her parents, Bisi Adu, a Nigerian lecturer in economics of Yoruba background, and Anne Hayes, an English district nurse, met in London, married in 1955 and moved to Nigeria. When Sade was 11, she moved to live at Holland-on-Sea and after completing school at 18 she moved to London and studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
While at college, she joined a soul band, Pride, in which she sang backing vocals. Her solo performances of the song Smooth Operator attracted the attention of record
companies and in 1983, she signed a solo deal with Epic Records taking three members of the band, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul Denman, with her. Sade and her band produced the first of a string of hit albums, the debut album Diamond Life, in 1984, and have subsequently sold over 50 million albums.
She is the most successful solo female artist in British
history. She has a daughter, Ila, born in 1996 who made a cameo in
the music video for her mothers' band's latest single,
Babyfather.
Discography
Sade
Studio Albums
1984: Diamond Life
1985: Promise
1988: Stronger Than Pride
1992: Love Deluxe
2000: Lovers Rock
2010: Soldier of Love
Other Albums
1992: Remix Deluxe
1994: The Best of Sade
2002: Lovers Live
Collaboration
Absolute Beginners OST (Virgin, 1986)