Miatta Fahnbulleh

Miatta Fahnbulleh is a Liberian singer and social activist. As of May 2017, she was the interim coordinator of Concerned Citizens to Protect the Constitution.

Early life Born and raised in Monrovia, Liberia, and Mary Brownell, a women's advocate and one-time Liberia's Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal and Child Health. She is the elder sister to Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh, Jr., a former Foreign Minister and National Security Adviser. British Labour Co-op MP Miatta Fahnbulleh is her niece and namesake.

Fahnbulleh graduated from high school in Sierra Leone, where her father was ambassador from Liberia. She wanted to be a singer, but social obstacles in her home country against women performing in public venues led her to seek opportunities elsewhere. She attended junior college in Kenya, returning to Liberia after dropping out.

Career While in the United States, Fahnbulleh studied at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She toured Europe and West Africa and worked with Hugh Masekela, touring the United States with him in 1976. and in 2005 she founded the school Obaa's Girls Educational Outreach (OGEO), which "offers more than 180 scholarships to girls whom she hopes will become Liberia’s next generation of leaders." She made a bid for the Liberian senate in 2014. As of May 2017, she was the interim coordinator of Concerned Citizens to Protect the Constitution.

Selected discography In Kokolioko (1979) Miatta (1979) Just 4-U (1989) The Message Of The Revolution (1981)