Ayọ
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Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin (born September 14, 1980) is a German singer-songwriter living in Paris. She uses the pseudonym Ayọ or Ayo. (with a dot below or behind –without it, it would mean onion), which means joyful in Yoruba. She was born near Cologne, Germany to a Nigerian father and a Gypsy mother from Romania.
Her first album Joyful was published in 2006. On her myspace page, her musical style is categorized as Soul / Folk / Reggae.
Her son Nile was born in late 2005.