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The music of the Cameroon includes diverse traditional and modern musical genres. The best-known contemporary genre is makossa , a popular style that has gained fans across Africa , and its related dance craze bikutsi .
Played in southeastern Cameroon by the Kwasio and Basaa peoples. Clapperless bells from Bamenda; Struck bars: played in southwestern Cameroon by the Basaa, Kwasio, and other ethnic groups, and also by the Mbum of northern Cameroon. A long piece of bamboo or log (pilon in Mbum) is struck by multiple people using a pairs of sticks.
Ambasse bey or ambas-i-bay is a style of folk music and dance from Cameroon. The music is based on commonly available instruments, especially guitar, with percussion provided by sticks and bottles. [1] The music is faster-paced than assiko. John Hall described its rhythm as the one of a moving broom.
Prior to the independence of Cameroon that would lead to makossa's creation, there was the classical music of the Bamoun Kingdom. [25] The Bamileke and the Bamoun are two ethnic groups that are related. [26] Mangambeu is a traditional music genre that is related to bolobo in terms of rhythm. [27]
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"
A musician plays traditional African music during the closing ceremony of French RECAMP-concept (reinforcement of African peacekeeping capacities) in Douala, November 23, 2006. Religious holidays in Cameroon include: Christian: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Pentecost, Ascension Thursday and Palm Sunday
Pages in category "Cameroonian styles of music" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ambasse bey;
Pygmy music refers to the sub-Saharan African music traditions of the Central African foragers (or "Pygmies"), predominantly in the Congo, the Central African Republic and Cameroon. Pygmy groups include the Bayaka , the Mbuti , and the Batwa .