Mamaa

Mamaa Empresshayjay is the Foremost Female Reggae Selecktress in Nigeria. Empresshayjay plays Reggae music every Saturday and Sunday on Star 101.5FM Lagos Nigeria.
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Inimitably Mamaa | Reggae Pharmacy on Radio | Convener of Reggae Sunday School | Humanitarian | Author | Artiste PR | Creative Writer | Broadcast Journalist | Selektress | Reggae Griot She is a Broadcaster, Creative Content Consultant, Scriptwriter, Radio/TV Content Producer, Voice-over Artist and seasoned Business manager.. You can listen to the show live via the StarFM Nigeria radio App. Simply

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Nigeria - 19:00 (7pm)
US - 14:00 (2pm)
Jamaica - 13:00 (1pm)
UK - 19:00 (7pm)
Ghana - 18:00 (6pm)
South Africa - 20:00 (8pm)

And just like that, October is here… when was September again? Honestly, it feels like it just slipped past, almost like...
01/10/2025

And just like that, October is here… when was September again? Honestly, it feels like it just slipped past, almost like a dream but that is how life is, right? Time does not wait, it just keeps moving.

So here you are in a fresh month and yes, that means a fresh chance...October has come with its own blessings, its own lessons, its own opportunities and the beautiful thing is, the MostHigh already knows every step ahead, so why should you carry yesterday’s weight into today?

Instead, take it easy, breathe, stay thankful and keep moving....Because this month, peace will cover you, strength will hold you and joy will stay with you no matter what.

Happy new month, my family…
October is here..And you are walking it strong.

My spotlight today is on Slashe...No long talk just go listen and then decide for yourself if he is worth your playlist ...
30/09/2025

My spotlight today is on Slashe...No long talk just go listen and then decide for yourself if he is worth your playlist because this brother is surely worth mine.

There are two songs that sealed it for me, More Love and Everytime. More Love carries that timeless roots message the world will always need but Everytime… Buoooy, the guitar work alone is enough to melt you, it makes you just want to hold someone's pikni so tightly and never let go and to be honest , the way Slashe describes love in this song is steady and consuming...

So if you do one thing today, let it be this...Press play on Everytime make sure your heart is ready because the guitar will melt you, the lyrics will hold you and the love in that song will remind you of everything real and pure. That is Reggae at its finest!

I am 55 years old and I have never been married. I still live with my mother in the same house I grew up in many people ...
29/09/2025

I am 55 years old and I have never been married. I still live with my mother in the same house I grew up in many people laugh at me for this but nobody knows the whole story.

My father died when I was about six years old and from that day it was just my mother and I. She raised me with everything she had and because of that bond I never wanted to leave her side even now she does not like me to be far from her. She says I am the only one she has left and truly I do not think it is a bad thing.

My mother on the other hand has never been satisfied with any woman I brought home. No matter who she was my mother would find fault. She always said this one is not good enough for you. After a while I stopped trying, It made me frustrated and I decided to just focus on her and on myself.

When I was younger I thought I had time. I told myself I would marry when I had more money, when I built a house but the years rolled by quickly. My friends have all gotten married, had children and built their own families while I haven't.

Today every woman I try to speak to block me the moment they hear I still live with my mother.. They do not understand that I take care of her because she has been my whole world since my father left us.

Mamaa my heart is heavy, I am now 55 and I have no wife, no child, no family of my own sometimes I wonder if I will ever hear a child call me father or if I will leave this world the same way I entered it alone.

Mamaa tell me, is it too late for me to ever find love or should I accept that this is the life I was meant to live?

This is how I am stepping into the week calm, confident with my roots right on my chest. The lion says it all...strength...
29/09/2025

This is how I am stepping into the week calm, confident with my roots right on my chest. The lion says it all...strength, pride and identity in one symbol and that same spirit must have spoken louder than I imagined because the first two persons I met this morning asked for their own tees right away and paid on the spot...It just reminded me that this Reggae Market Co. Brand is more than just clothing it carries a feeling and truly it feels even better than it looks.

For now it is available in Small and Large only so if it speaks to you claim yours through the link on the page and wear your roots with pride.

You may not have all the answers and you may not even see the full road ahead but there is a hand greater than yours tha...
29/09/2025

You may not have all the answers and you may not even see the full road ahead but there is a hand greater than yours that already knows every bend and every turn. So walk steady with faith as your compass this week… breathe and let the MostHigh direct your steps.

Surely, He has never failed and He will never ever fail.

So this rainy cold Sunday evening I thought to just sit with myself and play some songs I have not touched in a long tim...
28/09/2025

So this rainy cold Sunday evening I thought to just sit with myself and play some songs I have not touched in a long time. The very first one that came to mind is a song I actually avoid as much as I can....Hold on let me explain, you know how there are some songs you love but you hardly ever play because of the weight they carry? Yes that song for me is Bob Marley’s I Know.

There are Bob Marley songs that fill stadiums, songs everybody sings by heart and then there are songs like I Know... songs that people pay little attention to.

If you have never listened to this song I urge you to but when you do close your eyes and take in the lyrics. Your eyes will fail you so bad no matter how strong you think you are....Bob first recorded it in 1975 but in 1981 when he knew his time on this Earth was drawing to an end he called in the Barrett brothers....He wanted the song brought back, he wanted the world to hear exactly what he was going through and one month later he was gone.

That fact alone makes this song almost unbearable and every time I listen , it just feels like trespassing into the last chapter of a man’s spirit and tonight with the rain falling and the wind cold it sinks even deeper.

Honestly I do not even like to play it often because I Know feels like Bob Marley laying bare the weight of disappointment, mortality and truth. This song reminds me that life is harsher than we imagine, heavier than we admit and yet through it all Bob left us with a confession turned into prophecy.

I Know is not for noise.... It is for truth and truth always hurts!

Here is one of mine at the last One Love Fest 2025… just look at the fit, see the beauty, see the composure....Ah, I can...
28/09/2025

Here is one of mine at the last One Love Fest 2025… just look at the fit, see the beauty, see the composure....Ah, I cannot even hide my pride. 💛💚❤️

This picture of Sistah Rose makes me giddy… this is real tribe, real love, no pretense, just culture standing tall.

I love my Reggae Sunday School… till the trumpets of Revelation sound!

I am personally inviting you to join me tonight inside the Pharmacy from 7PM on Smailz Radio 98.7FM we will be serving s...
27/09/2025

I am personally inviting you to join me tonight inside the Pharmacy from 7PM on Smailz Radio 98.7FM we will be serving sweet Reggae, the kind that makes you smile, nod your head and forget the stress of the week.

Distance is not a problem at all because we stream worldwide....check the comment section for the link and join in.

Believe me, it is always sweeter when you are part of it.

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I am a nurse. I work long hours at the hospital sometimes day and night just to keep my family comfortable. My husband u...
26/09/2025

I am a nurse. I work long hours at the hospital sometimes day and night just to keep my family comfortable. My husband used to complain that I was always tired but I told him it was all for us.

Two months ago I found out my husband is in a relationship with one of my former patients. A woman I personally cared for when she was admitted in my ward. I bathed her, I changed her clothes, I held her hand when she was in pain. I never knew that after she got better she would come back into my life as my rival.

Mamaa what broke me the most was not just the affair but the fact that my husband has been using my night shifts as his excuse to go and see her. While I was working to keep us alive he was building another life behind my back.

Now I lie awake at night staring at the ceiling wondering if all my sacrifices were in vain. I gave my strength, my body, my time, my years and in return he gave me betrayal. Mamaa should I keep this marriage for the sake of appearances or should I stop sponsoring his expensive lifestyle and finally walk away?

For me, in no particular order, these three songs always rise to the top. Peter Tosh – I Am That I Am. Nasio Fontaine – ...
25/09/2025

For me, in no particular order, these three songs always rise to the top. Peter Tosh – I Am That I Am. Nasio Fontaine – Truth Will Reveal. Bob Marley – Lick Samba.

Each one hits me in a place I cannot fully explain, like the first time all over again.

So tell me, what are your own top three Reggae songs of all time? I want to see where your spirit leans.

24/09/2025

From the very beginning my mother never wanted me. I am the only girl yet she treated me like a stranger in my fathers house when I was young she made sure I always went to school late. It was not even that my brothers were brilliant they always came out with very poor positions in class but they were never beaten, they were never punished, infact my parents never even talked about it but for me, I went to school late and I was hardly ever given time to do my homework. I was always beaten, I was always punished for it. She made me stay behind to do all the house chores before I would trek to school while my brothers enjoyed the school bus and left me behind.

I managed to get into secondary school, they put me in a boarding house but I never lived like someone whose parents could afford provisions. One time I had to steal food so I could eat in the hostel and I was disgraced publicly for it when I eventually finished secondary school mu mother convinced my father that I had no sense and that it would be useless to send me further, she told him I would never become anything and somehow my father listened.

So I struggled on my own, I found a way and I sent myself to university by the grace of God I excelled in my field and I built a life for myself Ironically the same brothers she thought would become the pride of the family are now dependent on me. I am the one paying rent, paying school fees, paying hospital bills carrying responsibilities that were never mine to bear.

One of the most shocking thing is that this woman I call mother has never once opened her mouth to say thank you to me no matter what I do for her big or small Instead she spends her time turning my brothers against me. She tells them I think I am better than everyone she makes them see me as the problem even though I am the one keeping the family afloat.

Now for the first time I have an opportunity to relocate abroad, a chance to finally rest and live for myself but Mamaa I do not know if I should inform them or just go quietly and cut off every chain. I am mentally drained. I feel like if I do not break away now I will die in silence.

Mamaa tell me, should I carry them along even if it drains me more or should I leave without a word and finally live my life?

Inimitably Mamaa | Reggae Pharmacy on Radio | Convener of Reggae Sunday School | Humanitarian | Author | Artiste PR | Creative Writer | Broadcast Journalist | Selektress | Reggae Griot

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