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Lotin was born in the city of Douala, in Cameroon. [3] His father was Adolph Lotin Same , a Baptist pastor, who died when Eboa was 3. When he was a young child, his leg was paralyzed due to atrophy resulting from a quinine injection. [4] In 1962, Lotin recorded his first single "Mulema Mwam, Elimba Dikalo".
Before "makossa" as a word existed, the genre of music known as makossa today emerged in the late 20th century. [1] It was based on the currents of musical influence in the city where it was born. The term makossa was founded by Nelle Eyoum. [9] He did this when casually shouting out "kossa kossa" to children who would dance in reaction.
Later in the 1960s, modern makossa developed and became the most popular genre in Cameroon. Makossa is a type of funky dance music, best known outside Africa for Manu Dibango, whose 1972 single "Soul Makossa" was an international hit. Outside of Africa, Dibango and makossa were only briefly popular, but the genre has produced several pan ...
"Soul Makossa" is a song by Cameroonian saxophonist and songwriter Manu Dibango, released as a single in 1972. It is the most sampled African song in history. [1] The song was originally recorded as the B-side for "Hymne de la 8e Coupe d'Afrique des Nations", a song celebrating the Cameroon national football team's accession to the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament ...
In the mid-1960s, Eboa Lotin performed a style of ambasse bey on harmonica and guitar that was the earliest form of makossa, a style that quickly came to overshadow its predecessor and become Cameroon's most popular form of indigenous music. [4] Ambasse bey was revived to an extent by Cameroonian singer Sallé John. [5]
Sam Fan Thomas (born Samuel Thomas Ndonfeng, April 1952, Bafoussam, Cameroon) [1] is a Cameroonian musician associated with Makossa. He began in the late 1960s and had his first hit with "Rikiatou". His "African Typic Collection" was an international hit in 1984 and is perhaps his best known work. [2]
Petit-Pays (born Adolphe Claude Moundi in Douala, Cameroon on 5 June 1967 [1]) is a Cameroonian musician.. Petit-Pays has over 35 albums to his credit and is the Cameroonian musician with the highest number of songs ever.
Moni Bilé (born August 1957) is a Cameroonian makossa musician. [1] He was the best-selling makossa performer of the 1980s, [ 2 ] and his album Amour & Espérance was an international hit that extended the worldwide popularity of the genre.