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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. [11] 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 ...
"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 ...
Ebanda Manfred was born in Bali, Douala, Cameroon to Mr. Dooh Ebanda and Naéémy Matheo. After obtaining the CPCE in 1952 at Public School of Bonapriso, he continued his studies in Ebolowa and the Technical College of Douala, where he obtained the CAP in 1957.
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.
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".