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Contents. Sandi Russell. Sandi Russell (January 16, 1946 – June 23, 2017) was an American jazz singer and writer who later settled in England. Her book Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present was influential in efforts to bring women into the African American literary canon.
Harlem-born and classically trained, Sandi Russell is now living in Britain, where she has established herself as one of the most brilliant and versatile jazz singers of her generation.
Harlem-born and classically trained, Sandi Russell was an international jazz singer, writer and educator. Of Native American, African American, and European descent, she lived half her life in the United States and half in the United Kingdom where, as an author and performer, she became a leading. interpreter of African American culture.
Sandi Russell's talent goes beyond being an accomplished jazz singer. Her book Render Me My Song : African American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present (Pandora Press 1991, updated 2002) is the basis of an acclaimed one-woman show.
Sandi was a jazz vocal instructor at Durham University, Durham, England, and an Honorary Fellow of St. Chad's College, Durham. Sandi departed this life on June 23, 2017. She leaves, to celebrate her life, family members in Virginia and New York, and a host of friends in the U.S. and the U.K.
Sandra Rinaldo, née Brycks (born 16 January 1950) [1] [2] [3] is a Canadian television journalist and anchor for CTV News. She is the daughter of survivors of the Holocaust and is of the Jewish faith. [4] [5] Youth and education.
Contents. Sandi Toksvig. Sandra Birgitte Toksvig OBE ( / ˈtɒksvɪɡ /; Danish: [ˈsænti ˈtsʰʌksˌviˀ]; born 3 May 1958) [1] is a Danish-British writer, comedian and broadcaster on British radio, stage and television. She is also a political activist, having co-founded the Women's Equality Party in 2015.
