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Nyanka Bell

b. Touba, Côte d’Ivoire. Like her fellow Ivoirean vocalist Alpha Blondy, Bell appeared overseas for a lot of her motivation. While Blondy considered Jamaican reggae, Bell discovered a stylistic house in the quicker and even more effervescent rhythms from the Francophone Caribbean. Her 1984 debut record, Amio, embraced funk, disco …

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