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She joined the National Cultural Troupe as a child and learned the songs of every community in the country — then carried them through exile, singing as a way of keeping a record.
Princess Fatu Gayflor is a Liberian singer and dancer known as the Golden Voice of Liberia, and a member of the Liberian National Cultural Troupe.
Born in Kakata, she entered the troupe as a child and learned songs, dances and rhythms from across the country's ethnic communities, making her a carrier of oral history as much as a performer. Forced into exile by the civil war, she continued to sing and record, turning music into documentation and survival.
Born in Kakata, she entered the troupe as a child and learned songs, dances and rhythms from across the country's ethnic communities, making her a carrier of oral history as much as a performer. Forced into exile by the civil war, she continued to sing and record, turning music into documentation and survival.
- Wikipedia — Fatu Gayflor
- FunTimes Magazine — A look at Princess Fatu Gayflor, Liberia's legendary traditional singer
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