Carol Theresa East (born 15 January 1959, Kingston,

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), known by her stage name of Sister Carol, is a Jamaican-born American

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. She has used many other stage names, including Black Cinderella (also the name of her record label) and Mother Culture.

Biography

Originally from the Denham Town district of West Kingston, she was 14 when her family emigrated to

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, New York.Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2012)
Black Cinderella
, '' Jamaica Observer'', 17 October 2012.Campbell, Howard (2018)
Sister Carol: Roots Warrior
, '' Jamaica Observer'', 28 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018 Her father Howard East was a Senior Engineer with Radio Jamaica and contributed to recording sessions as Studio One. She became involved in the Jamaican music scene herself. She earned a degree in education from the City College of New York in 1981, the same year she gave birth to her first child. Around that time she met Brigadier Jerry, a Jamaican DJ, who encouraged her to try DJ chatting in Jamaican dancehall style, rather than singing. After winning competitions in New York and Jamaica, she toured with The Meditations. Her first album, ''Liberation for Africa'', was released in 1983, as a limited edition on the Jamaican ''SG'' label. The 1984 album ''Black Cinderella''Black Cinderella
at the Roots Archives, roots-archives.com; Retrieved 6 June 2017. established her. She formed her own

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, also called Black Cinderella. ''Jah Disciple'' followed in 1989. East has appeared in the Jonathan Demme

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'' Something Wild'' (1986), ''

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'' (1988), and ''

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'' (2008). Demme featured East's songs in ''

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'' (2015).

Personal life

In the 2000s she returned to Jamaica, living in St. Ann. Her daughter Nakeeba Amaniyea is a deejay.

Discography

*''Liberation For Africa'' (1983), Serious Gold *''Black Cinderella'' (1984), Jah Life *''Jah Disciple'' (1989), RAS *''Mother Culture'' (1991), RAS *''Call Mi Sister Carol'' (1994), Heartbeat *''Lyrically Potent'' (1996), Heartbeat *''Potent Dub'' (1997), Heartbeat *''Isis - The Original Rasta Womb-man'' (1999),

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*''Direct Hit!'' (2001), Catapult *''Empressive'' (2003), M10 *''1Derful Words'' (2006), Black Cinderella *''Togetherness'' (2012) - Sister Carol & Friends *''Live No Evil'' (2014), Black Cinderella

References

External links

*
Sister Carol profile
music.yahoo.com; Retrieved 6 June 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sister Carol 1959 births Living people Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican dancehall musicians Jamaican songwriters 20th-century Jamaican women singers Jamaican emigrants to the United States City College of New York alumni Jamaican reggae singers Easy Star Records artists 21st-century Jamaican women singers