Shina Peters set to work with son, Clarence Peters

The deal has not been perfected, nonetheless, inside sources are insisting and thumping their chests that when the new album of Afro Juju music creator, Sir Shina Peters, is released, some, if not all the accompanying videos, will be shot by his hitherto estranged son and ace music videos director, Clarence Peters. Clarence is the by-product of a whirlwind romance between SSP and actress, Clarion Chukwurah, in the early 80s.

Reports suggest that both were young and starry-eyed and obviously not ready for the challenges of marriage then. SSP went on to conquer more fields, siring many kids along the way while Clarion also tried her hands on a couple of relationships. Clarence grew up without a biological father-figure in his life but time has a way of healing all wounds. It has healed Clarence’s obviously.

Indications that father and son would, one day, work together had been palpable considering that they are in the same line of business, especially when you also consider that they are of the Yoruba stock, which holds strongly that a productive, successful child would always be his father’s, notwithstanding whether the father had abandoned the child for donkey years. The also-ran, on the other hand, is the mother’s.

Months back, SSP was quoted as saying, “I am proud of my son and his company. His achievement gives me every reason to state here and now that he is my best gift to showbiz in Nigeria and the best gift showbiz has given to me. Just watch out, very soon, you will hear of Shina Peters and his son, Clarence, doing something unique and great together. Very soon.” Since his return to Nigeria after training as a cinematographer in South Africa a few years ago, Clarence has evolved into one of the most sought after directors with a catalogue of awards-winning music videos. He is the CEO of Capital Hill records.

Clarence’s ascent to the top of his career came at a time when his father had hit a rough patch in his career, which saw his rating plummet. Since the late 90s, SSP’s trajectory had lost traction. Now, he is back on the drawing board. He is back to working with his age-long producer, Laolu Akins, who worked with him on his first set of successful albums from Ace, Shinamania to Dancing Time and Experience. They are reportedly experimenting with a new variant of Juju titled Afro Juju Jungle. Clarence is the top choice for videos.

SSP stresses, “There is no way Clarence won’t be part of the project. Though my son is too expensive for people, that is not a problem. If I don’t use Clarence, who else am I going to use?”