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Leona Gabriel (1891-1971) was a Martinican biguine singer, born in Rivière-Pilote, Martinique. Daughter of a white creole she grew up in Martinique, going to secretarial school in Cayenne, Guyana at age 14, going on to work as a secretary for the Lesseps company during the building of the Panama Canal. After returning for a period to Martinique she moved to Paris in 1920. In France she began sin...read more