Bella Bellow has been played on NTS shows including Whirldfuzzz, with Dasi Ko first played on 30 July 2017.

Bella Bellow was a female singer from Togo. In 1966, at the age of 23, she travelled to Dakar for a music festival qhere she got noticed and went on to record a bunch of successful albums.

Her beautiful ballad style and soulfull voice brought her success both in Africa and in Europe, including performances at the Olympia in Paris and recordings with Manu Dibango.

Unfortunately, Bella died in a car crash in 1973, at the age of 27.

Her music is still popular today and she remains for many the queen of the “chanson togolaise”.