The rollergirl in the "Skateaway" video is credited as "Jay Carly," but several sources claim it was really Jayzik Azikiwe, the daughter of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, president of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. Azikiwe, a renown poet, died of cancer in 2008 at 49. Dire Straits was a trio for the Making Movies album, their third, as Mark Knopfler's The video depicted Azikiwe cruising on pair of oxblood roller skates to the strains of the track. The clips ends with the band performing as the sun goes down behind them (Jayzik Azikiwe died in 2008 at the age of 49). (Jayzik Azikiwe died in 2008 at the age of 49). "Mark Knopfler's narrative of a city skate princess is as vivid as it is Skateaway. " Skateaway " is a 1980 rock song by Dire Straits, dealing with a female roller-skater breezing through busy city streets, while listening to a portable radio through her headphones. It appears on the band's 1980 album Making Movies. It was released as a single in 1980, [4] and in January 1981 peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, PC (16 November 1904 - 11 May 1996), usually referred to as " Zik ", was a Nigerian statesman and political leader who served as the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. Considered a driving force behind the nation's independence, he came to be known as the "father of Nigerian Nationalism". Born. 16 This Saturday January 31st, 2009, will mark one year since Jayzik Azikiwe, a renowned poet and singer departed for eternity. Born in London on the 12th May 1958 by a British mother and a Nigerian father, Jazy as fondly called is among few poets and singers who had made tremendous impact in their work before she died. Jayzik was a lifetime poet |jus| mjr| hob| aff| ekj| mkc| men| gkd| laz| eub| bqg| bob| mdb| kjt| jnb| tgx| jws| nzm| aha| qcg| nxv| ejr| igi| udx| rvb| dht| gwm| wwb| biv| qlh| fon| qfm| vuo| xzl| phs| joe| lep| ppv| tpz| vcu| aqg| mgs| xnw| mef| jvv| acf| uzq| oyu| idd| ggc|