This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Patience Dabany" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(June 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Patience Dabany
From left to right: Josephine Bongo, Queen Juliana, Omar Bongo, Prince Bernhard in 1973
First Lady of Gabon
In role 27 November 1967 – 1987
President
Omar Bongo
Preceded by
Pauline M'ba
Succeeded by
Edith Lucie Bongo
Personal details
Born
Marie Joséphine Kama
(1941-01-22) 22 January 1941 (age 83) Brazzaville, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa
Nationality
Gabonese
Spouse
Omar Bongo (1959–1987; divorce)
Patience Marie Josephine Kama Dabany (born 22 January 1941; member of the Order of Gabriela Silang), also known by the names Marie Joséphine Kama and Josephine Bongo, is a Gabonese singer and musician. Dabany served as the First Lady of Gabon from 1967 to 1987. For 28 years, she was married to Omar Bongo Ondimba, who was President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009. After their divorce, she successfully pursued a career in music. She is the mother of the former President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba.
Patience Marie Josephine Kama Dabany (born 22 January 1941; member of the Order of Gabriela Silang), also known by the names Marie Joséphine Kama and Josephine...
after which she went on to launch a music career under a new name, PatienceDabany. They had a son, Alain Bernard Bongo, and a daughter, Albertine Amissa...
Gabon's music includes several folk styles and pop. Gabonese pop artist PatienceDabany, who now lives in the US, produces albums recorded in Los Angeles with...
role August 4, 1989 – March 14, 2009 President Omar Bongo Preceded by PatienceDabany (as Omar Bongo's first wife) Succeeded by Sylvia Ajma Valentin Personal...
Albert-Bernard Bongo (later Omar Bongo Ondimba) and Josephine Kama (later PatienceDabany). His mother was 18 years old at the time of his birth. He was conceived...
clarinetist Emmanuel Dongala (born 1941) a Congolese chemist and novelist. PatienceDabany (born 1941) singer, musician and First Lady of Gabon, 1967 to 1987...
musicians See: List of Egyptian musicians Abraham Afewerki Oliver N'Goma PatienceDabany Annie-Flore Batchiellilys Sona Maya Jobarteh Foday Musa Suso Sona Tata...
Hiro, Toofan, Locko, Didier Awadi, Salif Keita, Angélique Kidjo, and PatienceDabany. On 4 January 2021, UMG appoints its key Executive in Africa. Sipho...
the upper Ogowe region. Omar Bongo (1935–2009), President of Gabon PatienceDabany, First Lady of Gabon (1967–1987) Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon...
well as pop stars like PatienceDabany and Annie-Flore Batchiellilys, a Gabonese singer and renowned live performer. Dabany's albums, though recorded...
of Gabon Pauline M'ba 12 February 1961 27 November 1967 Léon M'ba PatienceDabany 27 November 1967 1987 (Divorced) Omar Bongo Position vacant 1987 August...
1977 he made the second venture Ayouma co-produced with Ndong and PatienceDabany. With the success at film making, Mensah got involved in production...
University Press. p. 46. ISBN 0-253-21898-5. David E. Gardinier (2012). "Dabany, Patience". In Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates Jr (eds.). Dictionary...