Adé Liz

Adé Liz
Background information
BornZagné, Ivory Coast
OriginParis, France
OccupationSinger
Years active1985-Present

Adé Liz is an Ivorian singer, based in France. Born in western Ivory Coast to a traditional singer mother, she relocated to Paris in 1982, where she won the César for Best Ivorian song in 1987 with Kéhi. In 1990, the Jeunes Journalistes Blacks à Paris "JJBP" awarded her the Prix de la Révélation award. In 1991, her album release Deka made a name for herself in the Afro-Caribbean community in Panama.

In 2008 she released a compilation album of her best hits and a new song entitled Nahi. The following year she received the award for Best Ivorian artist in France.