Today, this music, although drowned in cultural mix-ups, still retains its original sound which is easily recognizable from the first notes of the introduction. The mythical group known as Les Têtes ...

Cameroon's music pedigree 01:02 History Cameroon 05/03/2023 Back in the 1980s, Cameroonian music, especially Makossa and Bikutsi was renowned worldwide. But the popularity of Cameroonian music has ...

Cameroonians are gathering to mourn at the home of Anne-Marie Nzie, the 84-year-old artist known as the "golden voice of Cameroon." Nzie died May 24. Fans have been flocking to her home in a Yaounde ...

The production "Bikutsi 3000" of Blick Bassy was created in Cameroon in 2022 in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Kamerun and the Institut Français du Cameroun, with support from the ...

The artist presented his new album entitled "Le Temps" in a press conference in Yaounde on February 18, 2020. The new album of Richard Amougou entitled "Le Temps" was presented to the public on ...

'Pop Makossa' stars Eko on stage in 1978 at Douala's Cinéma Le Wouri The Cameroon-born Dibango had been making records under his own name since 1961 and “Soul Makossa” was his breakout track. So much ...

Yaoundé (AFP) – It began as a form of music chanted at wakes to comfort mourners -- now it is part of Cameroon's cultural mainstream, and a powerful form of expression for its frustrated youth. Mbole ...

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