A 2010 Grammy Award African singer graced a local stage on Thursday night at the Arawak House of Culture.
Dobet Gnahore, a Grammy Award winner for Best Urban/Alternative Performance, told Dominica News Online that through a translator that it was big news when she learned she had won and was happy to have made her country proud.
She performed several tracks from her third album in different African and Caribbean languages.
The show was dubbed “When Africa Meets Dominica” and was organized by Alliance Franciase De La Dominique in collaboration with the Cultural Division as part of DOMFESTA 2010 celebrations .
Director of the Alliance Franciase, Pascal Tomasini described the local show as “one unique concert.”
“She’s also playing percussions. She’s a complete woman. She is really an amazing and tremendous, talented singer … It’s an international level concert. So I am very proud of Alliance Franciase and Cultural Division to have her here,” Tomasini told a DNO reporter.
Dnahore recently performed at the St Lucia Jazz Festival last weekend.
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– Thomas
This girl can really dance sing and perform. They loved her…wish i could see more of her. And her band is great too…
Dobet Gnahore is from Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in West Africa. I have sen her perform, and she is wonderful. But to me there is more talent and delivery of music on Dominica than about anywhere!
Dobet does not speak English, but she speaks French: as you know, much of W. Africa was a French colony, when Europeans took over various parts of Africa as colonies, as if African cultures and ways did not matter (or exist).
Bam LaFarge
Cote D’Ivoire…when in doubt Google
From Africa to Dominica. What a connection!!!!! Welcome to Dominica.
Caribbean languages? Which ones?
Beautiful sister and even looks like a Dominican. That’s just to show us that we are all Africans.
You are very natural and simple. I like that.
Keep up your great talent and skills.
Oh when she is on stage she is not simple…she is Africana…made up and all. They just got her on her day off.
which Caribbean language indeed?….I taker it she speaks French?….the DA News online press release at times are not very well written….please do better!
Out of Africa- to Dominica. What a connection!!!!!
Caribbean Languages? Which ones?
Beautiful African queen. Very simple and natural.
congratulations to her, but it would be very nice to know WHAT PART OF AFRICA she is from! Africa is a CONTINENT and not a COUNTRY….thanks
She is from Cotre D’ Ivoire if i remember aka the Ivory Coast.
wonder which part of africa is she from.. good work