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Dabany, Patience

LC control no.no 97004905
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingDabany, Patience
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Variant(s)Kama Bongo, Marie-Joséphine
Bongo, Marie-Joséphine Kama
Kama, Marie-Joséphine
Bongo, Joséphine
Kama, Joséphine
Dabany (Musician)
See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Kounabéli (Musical group)
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Associated countryGabon
LocatedLos Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date1937-01-22
Place of birthAkiéni (Gabon)
Field of activitySinging Percussion instruments--Performance Composition (Music) Playwriting
Profession or occupationSingers Percussionists Composers Playwrights
Found inPatience Dabany, 1994: container notes (Patience Dabany; composer, vocalist, percussionist)
Dictionary of African Biography via Oxford African American Studies Center database, accessed Dec. 21, 2014 (Patience Dabany; b. Jan. 22, 1937 in Akiené, Congo; born Marie-Joséphine Kama Bongo; also known as Marie-Joséphine Kama and informally as Marie-Jo; first lady of Gabon, pop singer, playwright; advocated for women and children's healthcare; lived in Los Angeles, Calif. (1982-1986); returned to Gabon and divorced the president; adopted the name Patience Dabany)
Obali [VR] 2010: title frame (Oeuvre de Madame Josephine Bongo née Kama).
Dabany, Patience. Article 106 [SR] 1995?: container (Dabany; artistic direction)
Not found inGuinness ency. of pop. music, 1995.
Associated languagefre