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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.
Music organizations based in Cameroon (1 C) Cameroonian musicians (8 C, 17 P) S. Cameroonian songs (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Music of Cameroon"
Trace Africa, Africa’s number one music channel, is dedicated to playing and showcasing music of Africa’s top artists and genres including Afro-pop, coupé-décalé, Kwaito house, Afro-trap, makossa, and ndombolo through radio and live concert events. Trace Africa is a smaller section of the larger Trace brand, a company dedicated to ...
This is a list of musicians and musical groups from Cameroon This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Muzikol Music Awards (commonly known as the MUMA) is a music awards program developed by a technology company in Cameroon called ABEBOH and run by its Music product called Muzikol. The Main objective of Muzikol Music awards is to reward and celebrate outstanding performances in the African and Cameroonian Music Industries. [ 1 ]
Non-commercial African-American radio stations promoted African music as part of their cultural and political missions in the 1960s and 1970s. African music also found eager audiences at Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and appealed particularly to activists in the civil rights and Black Power movements. [26]
The genre was noted to be "seducing the post-black-white-beur generation, in the name of an increasingly strong discourse on diversity". [94] Concurrently, the twalatsa dance, loosely derived from ndombolo, began infiltrating the music industries of several Southern African nations. [95]
18 March - It is announced that Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango has tested positive for coronavirus. [1]21 March - The Tenor Foundation for Culture launches an initiative, in collaboration with the Moroccan Philharmonic Orchestra (OPM), the International School of Music and Dance (EIDM), and the Mazaya Sociocultural Program, to stream live concerts to viewers in Morocco.