Patience Dabany

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Patience Marie Josephine Kama Dabany (born January 22, 1944 in Brazzaville ), born as Marie Joséphine Kama , also known under the name Josephine Bongo , is a Gabonese singer.

Life

Dabany is a Bateke , a member of an ethnic minority in Gabon, and was married for almost thirty years to Omar Bongo Onbimba , who was President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009 . After her divorce, she made a successful career as a musician. She is the mother of the incumbent President of Gabon, Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Janis Otsiemi: Femmes de pouvoir du Gabon. MPE, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-7483-5611-3 , pp. 27ff.
  2. ^ Patience Dabany. ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leopardmannen.no archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Leopard Man's African Music Guide.
personal data
SURNAME Dabany, Patience
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dabany, Patience Marie Josephine Kama (full name); Kama, Marie Joséphine (maiden name); Bongo, Josephine (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gabonese singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Brazzaville