Nina Simone

**Nina Simone** ( ; bɛ daa n dɔɣi o la **Eunice Kathleen Waymon**; silimin gɔli February biɛɣu pishi ni yini dali, yuuni 1933 puuni – silimin gɔli April biɛɣu pishi ni yini dali, yuuni 2003 puuni) daa nyɛla America nima yil'yiina, yil'sabira, *pianist*, *composer*, *arranger*, n ti pahi civil rights activist. O yila spanned styles shɛŋa n-nyɛ classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, n ti pahi pop. O *piano* ŋmɛbu daa nyɛla din n dalim baroque mini *classical music* di bahi n bahindi Johann Sebastian Bach, ka lahi tom n mali nyaɣisim, *jazz-like singing* n be contralto o kukoli puuni. 

Ŋuna nyɛ ŋun pahiri ayɔbu ka bɛ dɔɣi n niŋ bɛ daŋ puuni din be North Carolina puuni. Simone daa na nyɛla bia n yiɣisiri na ka o suhu zaa nyɛla din kuli n be concert pianist puuni. Di mink o laamba ni daa n ka maa zaa yoli o ya nima daa bi n che o n bahi, bɛ shɛba daa n yinami n ti tabi o ka o chaŋ Juilliard School of Music din be New York City puuni ŋɔ. O daa nyɛla ŋun n bo scholarship soya ni o bɔhim Curtis Institute of Music din bePhiladelphia puuni, di mini o daa nya audition suŋ maa yoli bɛ daa bi n ti o *admission* maa. O daa yɛlimi ni gaŋbu bee yahibu zuɣu n daa n tahili ka bɛ bi n ti o li. Yuuni 2003 la puuni, dabisi bihi sunsuuni pɔi ni o kum maa ka lala shikuru nima maa daa n-ti o honorary degree.

Din daa kuli yɛn che ka o gba nya biɛla biɛla o tuma ŋɔ puuni n da koko n nyu la zuɣu, Simone daa na chaŋmi n ti ŋmeri *piano* nightclub shɛli din be Atlantic City puuni la ni. O daa nyɛla ŋun n taɣi o yuli n boli "Nina Simone" di yɛn che ka o waligi o maŋa ka che o daŋ puuni nima saha shɛli o ni daa piigi n-ti o maŋa ni o ŋmeri "*the devil's music*" bee gba bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni "cocktail piano" la. Bɛ daa n yɛli o saha shɛli puuni o ni daa na n be *nightclub* maa puuni ni di simdi ni o yilindi n jɛndiri o maŋmaŋa ''accompaniment'' din daa n sɔŋ o pam hali ka o daa n ti bahindi o tuma ka nyɛ *jazz vocalist*. O daa bi n zani ni ka daa tuɣi n recordi bɛ ni n boli shɛŋa ni *albums* nima la n gari bin kɔb'sinahi bin din gbaai yuuni 1958 la puuni hali ni yuuni 1974 puuni ka daa n niŋ o *debut* ni *[[Little Girl Blue (album)|Little Girl Blue]]*. O daa nyɛla ŋun daa n yihi o tuuli *hit single* din daa n mali dariza pam na United States puuni yuuni 1959 la puuni ni "I Loves You, Porgy", din daa n pahi ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart bin pishi shɛli din daa n do zuɣusaa la puuni. Simone lahi nyɛla niriba pam ni mi pirimila o kpaŋmaŋa zaŋ chaŋ civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s la puuni. O daa nyɛla ŋun daa n zo n yi United States n chaŋ France tingbani puuni pirimila ''the assassination of her friend Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968'' la zuɣu. O daa nyɛla ŋun daa n kpɛ Europe, Africa, n ti pahi Caribbean tingbana puuni n ti diɛm diɛma bin din n gbaai yuuni 1970s, yuuni 1980s, n ti pahi yuuni 1990s la puuni hali ni ŋanima bahigu. Yuuni 1991 la puuni ka Simone daa n yihi o maŋmaŋa lahabali shɛli bɛ ni n boli ni autobiography la, *[[I Put a Spell on You (book)|I Put a Spell on You]]* (o ni daa n yihi shɛli na o her famous 1965 album puuni na la) na. O daa na kuli nyɛla ŋun n diɛmda ka n nyari doliba hali n ti kani.

*[[Rolling Stone]]* nyɛla din duhi ka maain n pahi dariza Simone zaashee baantali puuni binyɛra bee gbana pam puuni.
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