Read a conversation with Officer about the album and release concert. How were you first exposed to Mabel Mercer? When I moved to New York City in the mid-1980s, I was obsessed with theatre and music.

As part of our Spring Meetings 2018 Interview Series, we will be talking with Mabel van Oranje, Founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees, Girls Not Brides, to discuss the importance of supporting ...

Mabel Dorothy Segun is 90. At 90, she was still very vocal. Born in 1930 in Ondo town, Ondo state, she comes from a literary family of Sabongida Ora in Edo State. Her father, Reverend Isaiah ...