Marie Clotilde "Toto" Bissainthe (1934, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti - June 4, 1994, … Read Full Bio ↴Marie Clotilde "Toto" Bissainthe (1934, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti - June 4, 1994, Haiti) was a Haïtian actress and singer known for her innovative blend of traditional Vodou and rural themes and music with contemporary lyricism and arrangements. Born in Cap-Haïtien in 1934, she left Haïti at an early age to pursue her studies abroad. Her career started in theatre with the company Griots, of which she was a founding member in 1956. Griots was at the vanguard of négritude-inspired cultural institutions in France, and was the first African theatre company in Paris.
With a groundbreaking performance in 1973 at La vieille grille in Paris, Toto Bissainthe established herself as singer-songwriter-composer, stunning the audience with her soul-stirring renditions of original compositions that paid homage to the lives, struggles, miseries and spirituality of working class and rural Haïtians.
An artist in exile, Toto Bissainthe will be unable to return to the Haïti that so inspired her until the departure of Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1986. However, the multiple disappointments of the unending democratic transition and political infighting would forever embitter the outspoken artist, who had long dreamed of a return to help rebuild her motherland. Saddened by Haïti's social and political degradation, Toto Bissainthe's health would enter a downward spiral ending with her passing from liver damage on June 4th, 1994.
With a groundbreaking performance in 1973 at La vieille grille in Paris, Toto Bissainthe established herself as singer-songwriter-composer, stunning the audience with her soul-stirring renditions of original compositions that paid homage to the lives, struggles, miseries and spirituality of working class and rural Haïtians.
An artist in exile, Toto Bissainthe will be unable to return to the Haïti that so inspired her until the departure of Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1986. However, the multiple disappointments of the unending democratic transition and political infighting would forever embitter the outspoken artist, who had long dreamed of a return to help rebuild her motherland. Saddened by Haïti's social and political degradation, Toto Bissainthe's health would enter a downward spiral ending with her passing from liver damage on June 4th, 1994.
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Alcibiades Abreu
Je suis dominicain....et j'aime trop fort cette femme merveilleuse....même sans la connaître pronfondement....sa voix pénétre dans mon esprit et coeur.
Christelle Farouil
Respecr
viana alcindor
Thank you on behalf of my people🇭🇹 and her memory 😊
*Reversal Queen*
I keep seen you comment on all her song. C est bein she was very well respected in haiti.elle a chante la plupart Des musics during folklore haiten so now we can still have them. When i was little I used to listen to her tape at home and dance on them. Beautifully.
Alcibiades Abreu
@Synce Nemorin d'ou es-tu, mon ami(e)? j habite a la capitale Santo Domingo, et toi?
Synce Nemorin
Alcibiades Abreu bizarre mais c bien
Emmanuel R. Kelly
Je suis tomber sous la charme de la voix de cette jeune femme, et de sont groupe musicals. la seule chose que je pourrais dire "C'est vraiment tres bien, il n ' y a rien a repprocher".
Gabriel
i love the music i wish i could understand more . saludos haiti from a dominican brother ayibobo . gracia a la misericordia
Representación Cultural Haití en Mexico
Bravo Toto!!!!
Lys Ruysdanaelle
Toto b tes chansons sont inoubliables.