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Also known as Ayo., Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin, Joy Ogunmakin

German singer

Person · Open Library

Born
1932
Works
29

Top works

  • Mother Tongue Education
  • A short Yoruba grammar
  • New Englishes
  • Lexical matching in Yoruba poetry
  • Language and Exclusion

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Germany
Active from
1980-09-14
n2reggaesoulsoul and reggae

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
105,255
Total plays
1,006,885

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soulfemale vocalistsreggaejazzblues

Ayọ (born as Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin, 14 September 1980) is a Nigerian-German singer-songwriter and actress. She uses the Yoruba translation Ayọ or Ayo. of her first name Joy. Her debut album Joyful, which was first released in 2006, reached Double-Platinum status in France, Platinum in Germany and Poland, Gold status in Switzerland and Italy and Greece. The album was released in the United States on 20 November 2007 by Interscope Records. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ay%E1%BB%8D">Read

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Reported speech in Yoruba

    · cited 12x

  2. Minority languages and literacy

    · 1984 · cited 3x

  3. A Recurring Decimal

    · 2019 · cited 3x

  4. Word Play in Yoruba Poetry

    · 1970 · cited 2x

  5. African Language Education: A Sociolinguistic Perspective

    · 2017

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.ayomusic.com
Image
Ayo 02 - Trianon - live in Paris 2011.jpg
Number of children
3
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Commons category
Ayọ
date of birth
1980-09-14
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Ayọ
name in native language
Ayọ
start of work period
2001-00-00
P10632
Ayọ
social media followers
97200
Sources (3)

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