Singer, songwriter, composer and actress. Co-Founder of la Compagnie Griots, 1956. Griots was at the vanguard of négritude-inspired cultural institutions in France. First African theatre company in Paris. Groundbreaking performance at La vieille grille in Paris – 1973. Stunned the audience with her soul-stirring renditions of original compositions that paid homage to the lives of working class and rural Haïtians.
