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Izora
Izora may be, *Izora language, Nigeria *Izora Armstead Izora Margaret Rhodes-Armstead (July 6, 1942 – September 16, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter. Known for her distinctive alto voice, Armstead first achieved fame as one half of the successful act Two Tons O' Fun who sang backup vocals ..., singer * Izora Fair, Confederate spy {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izora Armstead
Izora Margaret Rhodes-Armstead (July 6, 1942 – September 16, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter. Known for her distinctive alto voice, Armstead first achieved fame as one half of the successful act Two Tons O' Fun who sang backup vocals for American disco singer Sylvester. After gaining their own record deal, they released three consecutive commercially successful songs which all peaked at number 2 in the dance charts. The duo was renamed The Weather Girls in 1982 after they released the top-selling single " It's Raining Men", which brought the duo to mainstream pop attention. As a duo, The Weather Girls released five albums and were heavily featured on Sylvester's albums. After The Weather Girls disbanded in 1988, Armstead released a single, "Don't Let Love Slip Away" (1991). In 1991, she reformed The Weather Girls with her daughter Dynelle Rhodes, who had been one of the duo's background singers. Over the course of a decade, they released three albums: ''Double Tons of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izora Language
Zora (''Izora''), or Cokoba (''Cokobanci'') in Hausa, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Demographics According to Blench (2016),Blench, Roger. 2016Weeping over the disappearance of Nigeria’s minority languages: how to get more reliable information and what to do about it/ref> Zora (also called Chokobo) is spoken by 19 speakers, in some two hours drive from Jos Jos is a city in the north central region of Nigeria. The city has a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006 census. Popularly called "J-Town", it is the administrative capital and largest city of Plateau State. During British .... The speakers are all over 60 years and rarely talk to one another, since they are spread across 10 settlements. The morphology and phonology have been highly eroded as well. References Sources *Blench, RogerZora: a highly endangered East Kainji language of Northern Nigeria Languages of Nigeria Endangered Niger–Congo languages East Kainji languages {{Kainji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |