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Ayi (given Name)
Ayi is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ayi Jihu (born 1984), Chinese singer *Ayi Kwei Armah Ayi Kwei Armah (born 28 October 1939) is a Ghanaian writer best known for his novels including ''The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born'' (1968), '' Two Thousand Seasons'' (1973) and '' The Healers'' (1978). He is also an essayist, as well as having ... (born 1939), Ghanaian writer * Ayi Sutarno (21st century), Indonesian tennis player * Vissinto Ayi d'Almeida (21st century), Beninese diplomat {{given name Unisex given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayi Jihu
Ayi Jihu (; born 1984) is a Chinese singer of Yi ethnicity, signed to British company Shlepp Records. Early life Ayi Jihu grew up in Leibo County in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan. Dance was one of her early hobbies. Her parents were farmers. Her father died when she was just five or six, leaving Ayi to help her mother with farm chores, mainly raising ducks and chickens. She was exposed to traditional Yi ethnic music and dance from an early age, and found inspiration in the example of Qubi Awu, also an ethnic Yi from Sichuan, whose talents earned her a performance on China Central Television. In 1994, Jihu's aunt brought her over to London. Her mother, who goes by the English name Cindy, also moved to the UK and remarried to a man named Samuel. She studied in The Leys School for Year 9 in the academic year of 1998-1999 in North B House. In her new country, she came into contact with a variety of musical styles in concerts and clubs she attended with her frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayi Kwei Armah
Ayi Kwei Armah (born 28 October 1939) is a Ghanaian writer best known for his novels including '' The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born'' (1968), ''Two Thousand Seasons'' (1973) and '' The Healers'' (1978). He is also an essayist, as well as having written poetry, short stories, and books for children. Early life and education Ayi Kwei Armah was born in the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana to Fante-speaking parents, descending on his father's side from a royal family in the Ga nation. From 1953 to 1958 Armah attended the Prince of Wales's College (now known as Achimota School), and won a scholarship to study in the United States, where he was between 1959 and 1963. Siga Fatima Jagne and Pushpa Naidu Parekh (eds), "Ayi Kwei Armah (1939–)", in ''Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook'', Routledge, 1998, p. 45. He attended Groton School in Groton, MA, and then Harvard University, where he received a degree in sociology. He then moved to Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayi Sutarno
Ayi Sutarno is a former Indonesian tennis player. Sometimes she has been known as Aji Sutarno or Ayi Soetarno. At the 1978 Asian Games The 8th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was de ... in Bangkok, Ayi Sutarno won the bronze medal in the Mixed Doubles with partner Hadiman. External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutarno, Ayi Indonesian female tennis players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in tennis SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1978 Asian Games Competitors at the 1977 SEA Games 20th-century Indonesian sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vissinto Ayi D'Almeida
Vissinto Ayi d'Almeida is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Benin to the Russian Federation. See also * Embassy of Benin in Moscow The Embassy of Benin in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of Benin in the Russian Federation. It is located at 7 Uspensky Lane (russian: Успенский переулок, 7) in the Tverskoy District of Moscow. See also * Benin–Russia rela ... References Beninese diplomats Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ambassadors of Benin to Russia {{Benin-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |