Editing Nitanju Bolade Casel

{{short description|American singer (Born 1953)}}
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'''Nitanju Bolade Casel''' (Born: Clarice Adele Johnson. December 6, 1953) is an American singer born in [[Buffalo, New York]], Who has been a member of the [[African American]] [[a cappella]] ensemble [[Sweet Honey in the Rock]] since November 17, 1985. <ref name="Bessman">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Nitanju+Bolade+Casel+%22&pg=PA12|title=Sweet Honey in the Rock celebrates 30th year with ''Women Gather''|last=Bessman|first=Jim|date=15 February 2003|magazine=Billboard|page=12|accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref> Prior to joining, Casel spent four years studying performance and cultural organization in Dakar, Senegal. While in Africa, she and Marie Louise Guinier co-founded ADEA (Artistes des Echanges Africaines), an organization that seeks to use the arts to facilitate the exchange of ideas and services between Pan African people.

Casel has contributed a number of original musical compositions and contemporary arrangements of traditional African songs to ''Sweet Honey in the Rocks'' repertoire. Her compositions are also included in a children's textbook, ''World of Music'', and ''The Box'', a pilot TV show from [[Robert De Niro]]'s Tribeca Production Company.

Casel appeared in the 1998 film, ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]'', starring [[Oprah Winfrey]] and [[Danny Glover]]. She was also a guest artist in the [[Smithsonian Institution]] production of ''Duke Ellington's Great Ladies of Song''.

Casel is a co-director of First World Productions, a cultural and educational performance arts organization.

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