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Mme Marie Selika Williams

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Alternate Names:

Madam Selika
Marie Smith
Maria Selika Williams

Gender: Female

Life Dates: ca. 1849 - 19 May 1937

Types:

American, African
American (US)
Performer, singer

Note: Pioneer opera singer. most probably known by her stage name, married Sampson Williams, who went by Signor Velosko. European tours; performed with Sissieretta Jones. "Queen of Stoccato." Performed for all-black audiences.

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Biographies (3 Total)

Madam Marie Selika Author: Monroe Alphus Majors . Collection Title: Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities. 1893
Madam Selika Author: Lawson Andrew Scruggs . Collection Title: Women of Distinction: Remarkable in Works and Invincible in Character. 1893
Maria Selika Williams Author: Sylvia G. L. Dannett . Collection Title: Profiles of Negro Womanhood. 1964