Josée Helihanta Ramahavalisoa, better known by her stage name Poopy, is a
Malagasy pop singer who began singing in 1983.
Lonely Planet
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History Early years
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declared Poopy a "national treasure". She has been active in educating young mothers about
breastfeeding
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their infants as a "nutrition ambassador" for
UNICEF
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.
See also
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Music of Madagascar
The highly diverse and distinctive music of Madagascar has been shaped by the musical traditions of Southeast Asia, Africa, Oceania, Arabia, England, France and the United States over time as indigenous people, immigrants, and colonists have ma ...
References
20th-century Malagasy women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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