Rashidah Ismaili ɔ, xolomilomi ɖɔtɔ wɛ n'î bo ka lɛ nyi nuwlantɔ Aflika kpo Amelika gbeji tɔn kpan.
E ji i ɖo Kutɔnu ɖo 1941. E nɔ nyi Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr bo nyi Bénɛvi. Ehɔnmɛ din ɔ Harlem ɖo New York sin toxo mɛ wɛ ɖe, ɖo xwe 1950 tɔn lɛ mɛ ɔ wɛ é ko yi ci dɔn. Ɖo xwe 1960 tɔn lɛ mɛ ɔ, Ismaili nyi gbɛvi gbɛta «Black Arts Movement» ɖo New York. É nɔ ɖɔxo do yɛwunkɔnnyi atɛ ji wu bo lɛ kplɔn mɛ nu xwe gban jɛji.
Rashidah Ismaili ɔ, nɔ tɔn ɔ Danxomɛvi jiji wɛ bɔ tɔ tɔn ka nyi Kano nu ɖ'Awɔnlin. É nyi azɔmɛxwe e e nɔ kplɔn koran xixa ɖee bɔ daagbo tɔn ɖo e, bo ka lɛ yi azɔmɛxwe katolika tɔn. Hwenu e nɔ tɔn ku gudo ɔ, e sɛɛ do yovo Flanse to mɛ. É nɔ dɔn nu xwe ayizɛn (6). Ee e ɖo xwe afɔtɔn (15) é ɔ e da awɔnlin nu ɖokpo. Awɔnlin nu nɛ ɔ New York wɛ é ɖo wema kplɔn ɖe wɛ bɔ Rashidah Ismaili gbɔ bo yi dɔn ɖo 1956 wayi 1957. É ko lɛn ɖɔ mi na nyi hansinɔ ɖaxo bo yi kplɔn hanjijizɔ ɖo New York College of Musik bo yi kunnuɖewema licence tɔn. É lɛ kplɔn nu ɖevo ɖevo lɛ bo yi kunnuɖewema Master tɔn ɖo nunɔmɛ gbɛtɔn ɖo togunmɛ sin akpaxwe ɖo New School for Social Research bo lɛ ɖo kunnuɖewema Doctorat tɔn ɖo Université d'État de New York. É wa gbɛ asu bo nɔ e ɖoɖo kpodo vi sunnu tɔn kpo kaka bo kplɔn nu yi fo.