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<p>Manu Dibango – New Bell (Hard Pulsation)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-new-bell-hard-pulsation-1972/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-new-bell-hard-pulsation-1972/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango</span><span class="invisible">-new-bell-hard-pulsation-1972/</span></a></p><p>New Bell (Hard Pulsation) was released as a single in 1972 (B-side: Hibiscus), as the B-Side of an unofficial release of Soul Makossa in the US, and is of course part of the tracklist on the original Soul Makossa album.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Matadi – Dance My Love</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/matadi-dance-my-love/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/matadi-dance-my-love/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/matadi-dance</span><span class="invisible">-my-love/</span></a></p><p>Matadi était un groupe de musiciens “mercenaires” africains basés à Paris et réunis pour un album unique afro-disco-funk en 1978 avec le célèbre bassiste et arrangeur camerounais Haladji Touré.</p><p>5 titres de cet album ont été utilisés pour la BOF du film et comédie musicale “Dance my love” (Danse mon amour) réalisé par Alphonse Beni, sorti […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/ost/" rel="tag">#OST</a> <a href="/tags/funk/" rel="tag">#Funk</a></p>

<p>Manu Dibango – Electric Africa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-electric-africa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-electric-africa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango</span><span class="invisible">-electric-africa/</span></a></p><p>Released in 1985, Electric Africa is an album with Herbie Hancock, Wally Badarou &amp; Mory Kante, produced by Bill Laswell. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/herbiehancock/" rel="tag">#HerbieHancock</a></p>

<p>Franck Biyong – Liyomba Church</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/franck-biyong-liyomba-church/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/franck-biyong-liyomba-church/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/franck-biyon</span><span class="invisible">g-liyomba-church/</span></a></p><p>Franck Biyong‘s “Liyomba Church” (2016) is Afro-Jazzy-Pop-Electro-Rock from Cameroon…</p><p>The track opens with high-energy screeches and thumps that won’t let you go. It’s a fervent and unabashed call to dance, an astonishing afro/pop crossover aiming for the clubs.</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Bafang – Elektrik Makossa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bafang-elektrik-makossa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bafang-elektrik-makossa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bafang-elekt</span><span class="invisible">rik-makossa/</span></a></p><p>Une batterie, une guitare, quelques effets, deux voix, nul besoin pour Bafang d’autre chose pour ambiancer les foules !<br>2 titres entre Makossa et AfroRock, extraits de leur premier album “Elektrik Makossa” paru en 2020.</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Manu Dibango – Je Veux Etre Noir</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-etre-noir-nino-ferrer/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-etre-noir-nino-ferrer/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango</span><span class="invisible">-etre-noir-nino-ferrer/</span></a></p><p>An instrumental cover of the late Nino Ferrer’s song “Je veux être noir” by Manu Dibango.</p><p>In the 70s, Manu Dibango became one of the musicians working with Nino Ferrer, playing organ, piano and sax. Ferrer’s original song is an homage to Black American music, Soul and Rhythm and Blues, as well as clearly committed […]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a></p>

<p>Francis Bebey – Un petit ivoirien</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebey-petit-ivoirien/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebey-petit-ivoirien/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebe</span><span class="invisible">y-petit-ivoirien/</span></a></p><p>“On les aime bien” is a fun song (in French) on white tourists in Africa… from Bebey‘s album “Un petit Ivoirien” in 1979. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/francisbebey/" rel="tag">#FrancisBebey</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Soul Makossa 2.0 Feat. Wayne Beckford</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-soul-makossa-2-wayne-beckford/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-soul-makossa-2-wayne-beckford/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango</span><span class="invisible">-soul-makossa-2-wayne-beckford/</span></a></p><p>Soul Makossa is a song released as a single in 1972 by Cameroonian saxophonist and songwriter Manu Dibango. It was originally recorded as a B-side.</p><p>The song is probably best known for the chanted vocal refrain, which was adapted and used in songs by many prominent artists such as Michael Jackson in “Wanna Be Startin’ […]</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a></p>

<p>Tokoto Ashanty – L’homme de chèvre</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tokoto-ashanty-homme-chevre/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tokoto-ashanty-homme-chevre/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tokoto-ashan</span><span class="invisible">ty-homme-chevre/</span></a></p><p>Tokoto Ashanty (or Ashanti, aka l’homme de chèvre [the goat’s husband]) was a Cameroonian artist reknown for his WakaWaka music style, a “funny version of Makossa”.</p><p>Author and composer since the 1970s, he later decided to rehabilitate telling tales and went back to his roots as a griot. He wrote, produced and presented initiatory and […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a></p>

<p>Scène musicale Africaine 80s à Paris</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/explosion-scene-musicale-africaine-80s-paris/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/explosion-scene-musicale-africaine-80s-paris/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/explosion-sc</span><span class="invisible">ene-musicale-africaine-80s-paris/</span></a></p><p>Ce billet fait suite à un article de septembre 2018 sur l’explosion de la scène musicale africaine dans les années 80 à Paris, en particulier grâce au soutien de la diaspora, que j’avais lu en son temps… Si j’étais déjà “branché” musiques du continent, j’avais quitté Paris à cette époque et n’ai donc pas pu […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/côtedivoire/" rel="tag">#CôteDIvoire</a></p>

<p>OB Jazz – Ca va se savoir</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ob-jazz-ca-va-se-savoir/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ob-jazz-ca-va-se-savoir/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ob-jazz-ca-v</span><span class="invisible">a-se-savoir/</span></a></p><p>OB Jazz berçait tout le Cameroun avec une histoire terrible de porc-épic et d’infidélité dans les sissongos, sous le titre “ça va se savoir” sur l’album du même nom, paru en 2008.</p><p>Obam Jazz “le Génie” est un chanteur camerounais originaire du sud du pays.</p><p><a href="/tags/bikutsi/" rel="tag">#Bikutsi</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a></p>

<p>Marcel Tjahé – SOS Mon Coeur</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/marcel-tjahe-sos-mon-coeur/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/marcel-tjahe-sos-mon-coeur/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/marcel-tjahe</span><span class="invisible">-sos-mon-coeur/</span></a></p><p>Marcel Tjahé is one of the emblematic figures of Makossa, a musical genre that emerged in Cameroon in the 1980s. His career, marked by collaborations with seasoned musicians, played a role in the emergence and popularization of Makossa, with albums such as “Roue de secours” in 1982 and “Misso ma julietta” in 1983. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Bikutsi style</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bikutsi-style/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bikutsi-style/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bikutsi-styl</span><span class="invisible">e/</span></a></p><p>Bikutsi style avec Atebass &amp; Les Martiens (et non pas Les Têtes Brûlées).<br>Guitariste de renom, Atebass, bassiste ex-membre des Têtes Brûlées, avait créé le groupe “Atebass et les Martiens”, mais le groupe n’a pas survécu aux critiques sur sa musique jugée trop commerciale.</p><p>Le style musical Bikutsi, d’origine traditionnelle, a été popularisé dans les […]</p><p><a href="/tags/bikutsi/" rel="tag">#Bikutsi</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a></p>

<p>Les Têtes Brûlées</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/zanzibar-atebass-tetes-brulees/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/zanzibar-atebass-tetes-brulees/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/zanzibar-ate</span><span class="invisible">bass-tetes-brulees/</span></a></p><p>Les Têtes brûlées était un groupe camerounais connu pour son Bikutsi, rythme traditionnel, qu’ils font évoluer en l’électrifiant, s’attirant des critiques. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/bikutsi/" rel="tag">#Bikutsi</a></p>

<p>Jay Lou Ava – Soir au village</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu</span><span class="invisible">-dibango-soir-village/</span></a></p><p>A cover of Manu Dibango’s “Soir au village”, from Ava’s album “Ebotan” in 2005.Guitarist Jay Lou Ava, born Israël Jean-Louis Ava in Cameroon, is often described by members of the French media as “the Wes Montgomery of Africa.” His signature music is a fusion of jazz and African music, drawing from both contemporary and traditional […]</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Bebe Manga – AmiO</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bebe-manga-amio/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bebe-manga-amio/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bebe-manga-a</span><span class="invisible">mio/</span></a></p><p>Bebe Manga rose to stardom and international fame in 1980 when she covered Ebanda Manfred‘s 1962 radio hit, “Amie” (meaning “friend” in French). Bebe Manga’s version known as “Amio” earned her the prestigious “Maracas d’or” award from SACEM, and a firm place in history as one of Cameroon‘s greatest voices […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>