{"aliases":[],"awards":[],"biography_summary":"Bella Bellow (born Georgette Nafiatou Adjoavi Bellow; 1 January 194510 December 1973), was a Togolese singer-songwriter. Born in Ts\u00e9vi\u00e9, she died in a road accident in Lilikop\u00e9, a village between Ts\u00e9vi\u00e9 and , at the age of 28. From childhood, her talent for music and her voice were noticed at home and at school, where she performed at festivities. Her musical career began at the French Cultural Centre in Lom\u00e9 before she was invited to perform at the Dahomey independence celebrations in 1965. The following year, her participation in the first World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar, representing Togo, brought her to international attention. In 1968, her former teacher Paul Ahyi introduced her to Togolese singer G\u00e9rard Akueson, who became her producer. He put her in contact with Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango, with whom she built her repertoire and recorded her first and only album, Rockia, released in 1969. Dibango also accompanied her in her early stage appearances and during the promotion of her album in France. She performed on international stages, including the Olympia in Paris and the Maracan\u00e3 stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Always dressed in wax print fabric, she sang mainly in her mother tongue, Mina (or Gen). With her husky voice, she helped spread Togolese and African music in the early 1970s. Returning to Togo in December 1973, she died the day after her arrival in a road accident at the age of 28.","birth_date":"1945-01-01","birth_place":"Ts\u00e9vi\u00e9","birth_place_coordinates":{"latitude":6.433333,"longitude":1.216667},"birth_place_wikidata_id":"Q2060202","birth_place_wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2060202","canonical_name":"Bella Bellow","canonical_url":"https://fr.instaget.online/people/377e1680592ba7f7c126662b","citizenships":["Togo"],"death_date":"1973-12-10","description":"auteure, compositrice et interpr\u00e8te togolaise","external_ids":{"isni":{"id":"0000000001067355","url":"https://isni.org/isni/0000000001067355"},"loc":{"id":"no2019067843","url":"https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019067843.html"},"viaf":{"id":"54337849","url":"https://viaf.org/viaf/54337849/"}},"full_name":"Bella Bellow","height_cm":null,"names":{"aliases":[],"birth":[{"language":"fr","source_property":"P1477","value":"Georgette Adjoavi Nafiatou Bellow"}],"native":[],"official":[]},"native_name":null,"notable_works":[],"occupations":["singer","songwriter"],"official_websites":[],"photo":null,"profile_url":"https://fr.instaget.online/people/377e1680592ba7f7c126662b","provenance":{"catalog":"wikidata_wikipedia","fetched_at":"2026-08-29T07:24:44Z","social_archives_included":false,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q425135"},"public_hash":"377e1680592ba7f7c126662b","schema_version":"1.1","socials":{},"tags":[{"key":"category:entertainment","label":"Entertainment","type":"category"},{"key":"occupation:singer","label":"singer","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:songwriter","label":"songwriter","type":"occupation"},{"key":"country:ts\u00e9vi\u00e9","label":"Ts\u00e9vi\u00e9","type":"country"},{"key":"citizenship:togo","label":"Togo","type":"citizenship"}],"wikidata_id":"Q425135","wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q425135","wikipedia_url":"https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Bellow"}