Paulina Oduro is a Ghanaian highlife musician, actress, talent show
judge and stage performer.Paulina Oduro was born in Sekondi-Takoradi
in the Western Region of Ghana. When she was seven years old she moved
to Japan for two years with her father, a diplomat, and mother, and
took lessons in playing classical piano until the age of nine. She
travelled to London with her parents when she was 10, and took part in
many school plays, acting and dancing. She became a qualified nurse a
decade later, but at 21 years old left this profession to pursue the
performing arts and started singing professionally.Oduro's singing
career became commercial in the 1980s when she was introduced to soca
music and reggae by musicians and bands she played with, including
David Rudder and Arrow. She was part of the Casanova reggae band in
1982 which released the single "Loving You This Way" within a period
of six months. Oduro went solo in 1999, launching her album Woman
Power.Oduro reportedly moved to settle in Ghana in 2009.
judge and stage performer.Paulina Oduro was born in Sekondi-Takoradi
in the Western Region of Ghana. When she was seven years old she moved
to Japan for two years with her father, a diplomat, and mother, and
took lessons in playing classical piano until the age of nine. She
travelled to London with her parents when she was 10, and took part in
many school plays, acting and dancing. She became a qualified nurse a
decade later, but at 21 years old left this profession to pursue the
performing arts and started singing professionally.Oduro's singing
career became commercial in the 1980s when she was introduced to soca
music and reggae by musicians and bands she played with, including
David Rudder and Arrow. She was part of the Casanova reggae band in
1982 which released the single "Loving You This Way" within a period
of six months. Oduro went solo in 1999, launching her album Woman
Power.Oduro reportedly moved to settle in Ghana in 2009.
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