Music of Cameroon in 1970s
In the 1960s, the recent makossa was established and it became the most famous genre in Cameroon. Makossa is a kind of funky dance music w...
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In
the 1960s, the recent makossa was established and it became the most famous genre
in Cameroon. Makossa is a kind of funky dance music which is best known outside
Africa for Manu Dibango. In 1972 single soul Makossa was a global hit, outside
of Africa Dibango and makossa were only briefly famous but the genre has produced
many pan African superstars through the 70s, 80s and 90s, following the Dibango,
a wave of musicians electrified makossa in an attempt to making it more
accessible outside the country. Another pop composer in 1970s Cameroon was
Andre Marie Tala, a blind composer who had a pair of hits with Sikati and
Potaksima.
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By
the 1970s the bikutsi performers such as Maurice Elanga, Les Veterans and
Mbarga Soukous also added brass musical instruments and found the problem over
the pornographic lyrics. The Mana Ohandja also brought bikutsi to recent
audiences especially in Europe, while the following years, however, saw the Less
Tetes Brulees surpass past artists in international fame, though their response
at home was combined.
