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bbc.co.uk; Retrieved 15 September 2007 She was born in the United Kingdom, to

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n parents, but spent much of her childhood in

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, Nigeria. She worked with the band

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, notably appearing as a dancer in the

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for " Back To Life" (1989). Her debut single, "What a See (

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Mix)" was released in 1998, and her debut album ''A.L.A.'' (Africans Living Abroad) came out on the Documented

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in 2006. A music video was shot for the single "Crossover" and posted on YouTube. In 2002, she also collaborated with

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on the

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's tribute album to Nigerian musician

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, appearing on a track titled "Zombie (Part One)." The album, Red Hot and Riot, was released to highly favorable reviews across the board, and all proceeds of the album were donated to AIDS charities. Her album "See Me" was crowdfunded and co-produced by Kwame Yeboah in his Mixstation studio in Accra, Ghana and Jeremy Mage in Brooklyn, US.

Albums

*2006 ''A.L.A.''

References

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