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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.
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]
The ethnicities of Cameroon include an estimated 250 distinct ethnic groups in five regional-cultural divisions. An estimated 38% of the population are Western highlanders–Semi-Bantu or grassfielders including the Bamileke, Bamum, and many smaller Tikar groups in the northwest. 12% are coastal tropical forest peoples, including the Bassa, Duala, and many smaller groups in the southwest.
This is a list of musicians and musical groups from Cameroon ... (or Golden Sounds), makossa group This page was last edited on 31 January 2025, at 11:27 (UTC). Text ...
doual'art, Douala; Galerie MAM, Douala.Marème Malong Meslin Samb founded Galerie Mam in 1995. In 2005, Malong established a partnership with MTN Foundation. The gallery has three main programme-areas: exhibits contemporary artists in Douala and in international art platforms such as Dak’art, organizes workshops for children and encourages emerging artists through residency programmes in ...
The Cameroon Press Photo Archive (CPPA-B) is a photographic archive located in Buea, the regional capital of the South West Region of Cameroon. It holds around 120,000 negatives and 14,000 proof sheets (templates on which up to 16 contact prints were mounted for the purpose of reference) in total, granting a unique view of Anglophone Cameroon's ...
The earliest known civilization to have left clear traces of their presence in the territory of modern Cameroon is known as the Sao civilisation. [6] Known for their elaborate terracotta and bronze artwork and round, walled settlements in the Lake Chad Basin, little else is known with any certainty due to the lack of historical records.
Francis Bebey was born in Douala, Cameroon, on July 15, 1929. [1] Bebey attended college in Douala , where he studied mathematics, before studying broadcasting at the University of Paris . He moved to the United States and continued to study broadcasting at New York University . [ 2 ]