Dabany, Patience
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Variants
- Bongo, Josephine
- Kama, Joséphine
- Kama, Marie Joséphine
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1937-01-22
Birth Place
- Akiené (Congo)
Associated Locale
- Gabon
Associated Locale
- United States
Associated Language
- French
Occupation
First ladies
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Sources
- found: Patience Dabany, 1994:container notes (Patience Dabany; composer, vocalist, percussionist)
- found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Dabany, Patience; Marie-Joséphine Kama Bongo, Marie-Joséphine Kama, known informally as Marie-Jo; first lady of Gabon, political figure, government official (foreign), pop singer; born 22 January 1937 in Akiené, Congo; first lady of Gabon; received her entire schooling in the French language; married to the poet Dieudonné Pascal Ndouna-Okogo and later divorced him; married Omar Bongo (President of Gabon) (1959); Madame Bongo was never able to bear a child but contributed to improve health care for women and children; her plays on social themes were filmed-Ayouma (1977) and Obali (1978); went to live in Los Angeles (1982-1986); returned to Gabon and divorced the president; adopted the name Patience Dabany and became a pop singer; some of the most popular albums since the mid-1990s were Chen Ton Disque Est Rage, Associé, and Oboniyya, which she made during a tour with James Brown)
- found: Obali, 2010. b title frame (Oeuvre de Madame Josephine Bongo née Kama).
- notfound: Guinness ency. of pop. music, 1995.
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Change Notes
- 1997-01-24: new
- 2016-09-02: revised
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