Prophet helen nkume biography

"Helen Umebuani Nee Nkume was born in 1943 at Nbiabike Amekpu Ohafia.

Though herfather was a prominent member of the community, her family moved to the bigger city of Umuahia, capital city of AbiaState, while she was still young. She received her educationthere and while in secondary school she met her future husband, Umebuani Onwuzulike.Their marriage was blessed with three wonderful children.

Helen started her musical career in the early 70s,forming a group known as the YoungTimers.They recorded their first couple of Highlife albums for Tabansi, both of whichbecame hits in the east side of the country.

By the late 70s she self-produced andreleased her two best albums: "Young Timers Band" and "Vol.IV", which were pressed invery limited editions and distributed mainly in the area where the group was