Bella Bellow

Bella Bellow (1 January 1945 – 10 December 1973) 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 Georgette Adjoavi Bellow in Tsévié, Togo, to a Togolese father of Nigerian descent and a Ghanaian-origin mother.[1] 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.[2]

She performed at the Paris Olympia and recorded with Manu Dibango. Angélique Kidjo[1] and Afia Mala[3] have been influenced by Bella Bellow.

References
  1. "Bella Bellow". discogs.
  2. Jr, Professor Henry Louis Gates; Akyeampong, Professor Emmanuel; Niven, Mr Steven J. (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. ISBN 9780195382075.
  3. Afia Mala – Biography Archived 14 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine


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