Razaf, Andy

Andy Razaf Talented African-American lyricist Andreamenetania Paul Razafinkeriefo, Washington, D.C., December 16, 1895; North Hollywood, California, February 3, 1973. Razaf wrote with the best African-American composers: Fats Waller , Eubie Blake, and James P. Johnson. Razaf s father, the nephew of the queen of Madagascar, died before his son’s birth; Razaf s mother was the daughter of John Lewis Waller , an African-American who was the first ambassador to Madagascar. Razaf was born in…