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Ayọ in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin
Place of Birth: Frechen, Germany
Date of Birth: 14 September, 1980
Ethnicity: * father – Yoruba Nigerian * mother – Romani
Ayọ is a Nigerian and German singer, songwriter, and actress.
She was born in Frechen, near Cologne, Germany, to a Yoruba Nigerian father from the Ondo State, and a Romani mother who was born in Romania. She considers herself an “AfroGyspy.”
She has three children, including two with her former husband, German/Sierra Leone singer Patrice Bart-Williams.
Source: http://www.deutschlandfunk.de (in German)