Tosin Jegede

{{Short description|Nigerian singer}}

Tosin Jegede is a Nigerian singer. She was a child singing sensation in the 1980s. After releasing her first album in 1985: Children Arise at age five, she released two more albums: Leaders of Africa and Children of Africa in 1989 and 1992 respectively.{{cite journal | url =http://encomium.ng/old-skool-child-celebrity-tosin-jegede-explains-pet-project-one-book-one-child-music-can-wait-for-now/|title =Old Skool child celebrity Tosin Jegede explains pet project, One Book, One Child 'Music can wait for now'|publisher = Encomium}}

She left the country to further her education and earned a degree in Business Decision and Analysis from the University of Bristol and worked briefly in the UK as a Pension Adviser. She returned to Nigeria in 2008.{{cite news | newspaper=The Guardian|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/i-left-the-country-to-escape-from-being-kidnapped/|title =I left the country to escape from being kidnapped ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2012|author = Benjamin Njoku}}{{cite news | url =https://thenet.ng/tosin-jegede-finally-released-from-25-year-music-contract-with-polygram-records/|publisher = Nigerian Entertainment Today|title = Tosin Jegede finally released from 25 year music contract with Polygram Records}}{{cite journal | title = Thisweek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEsuAQAAIAAJ&q=C|page=45|year=1988}}{{cite book | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=BjF3BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA223|title =Nollywood Stars: Media and Migration in West Africa and the Diaspora:New Directions in National Cinemas|author=Noah A. Tsika|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2015|isbn= 978-0-253-0158-08}}{{cite news | url =http://leadership.ng/entertainment/460210/why-child-singers-never-succeed-in-nigerian-music-industry|title =Why Child Singers Never Succeed In Nigerian Music Industry|author=Abisola Akawode|publisher = Leadership News}}

Tosin's mother died in 2012. She started a pet project: One Book One Child which focuses on the future of the Nigerian child.