Bella Bellow

Bella Bellow
Born in January 1st, 1945From Tsévié, Togo

Bella Bellow Biography

Georgette Adjoavi Bellow (Tsévié, Togo, 1 January 1945 – 10 December 1973) better known as Bella Bellow was a Togolese singer, who created an international career and recorded several albums. She died at the age of 28 in a car accident in Togo. She was born in Tsévié, Togo, to a Togolese father of Nigerian descent and a Ghanaian-origin mother.

Bellow's first international performance was in 1966, when she represented Togo at the First World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal. Her first album, named Rockya, came out in 1969. In the album , she was accompanied by Camerounian band made up of Manu Dibango, on saxophone, keyboards and arrangement, Jeannot Madingué on bass, Slim Pezin on the guitar and Ben's on drums She performed at the Paris Olympia and recorded with Manu Dibango.

Angélique Kidjo and Afia Mala have been influenced by Bella Bellow. Source: Article "Bella Bellow" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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