Editing Neneh Cherry (section)

==Early life==

Cherry was born in [[Stockholm]], Sweden, the daughter of '''Monika "Moki" Karlsson''' (1943–2009), a Swedish painter and textile artist, and '''Ahmadu Jah''' (1936–2018), a musician born in [[Sierra Leone]], West Africa, the son of a tribal chief, who had moved to Stockholm to study engineering. Her parents separated shortly after her birth.

Her mother later married the American jazz trumpeter '''[[Don Cherry (jazz musician)|Don Cherry]]''', who became Neneh's stepfather and whose surname she took. Through Don Cherry, she has a stepsister, violinist Jan Cherry, and a stepbrother, jazz musician David Ornette Cherry. Her half-brother from her mother's marriage to Don Cherry is singer '''[[Eagle-Eye Cherry]]'''. Through her biological father, she is the half-sister of Swedish singer '''[[Titiyo]]''' and record producer Cherno Jah.

In 1970, her parents Moki and Don Cherry converted an old Swedish schoolhouse in rural [[Tågarp]], [[Landskrona]], into a family home and artistic commune.