• Makossa is a music genre originating in Douala, Kamerun in the late 19th century. Like much other music of Sub-Saharan Africa, it uses strong electric...
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  • "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...
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    while his mother was a Duala. He was best known for his 1972 single "Soul Makossa". The song has been referred to as the most sampled African song in addition...
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    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...
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  • jaiva, afrobeat, afrofusion, mbalax, Congolese rumba, soukous, ndombolo, makossa, kizomba, taarab and others. African music also uses a large variety of...
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    XETRA-FM (redirect from Reggae Makossa)
    Medina was later replaced by Matt Stone. Until 2008, 91X aired Reggae Makossa, a program featuring reggae and roots music that is now heard on XHUAN-FM...
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    economic capital. She is the younger sister of Ben Decca, a well-known Makossa singer, and she worked alongside him and other musicians like Jean Jacques...
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    genres. He mixes native Cameroonian makossa with soukous, zouk, and salsa, leading to the portmanteau label of Makossa Love for some of his music. He launched...
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  • "Zangaléwa" is a 1986 song by Cameroonian makossa group Golden Sounds, later known as "Zangalewa" after the success of the song. The band's members were...
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  • blending of African and Western traditions. His style merged Cameroonian makossa with classical guitar, jazz, pop, and electronics, and was considered by...
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    seaport. Cameroon is well known for its native music styles, particularly Makossa, Njang and Bikutsi, and its successful national football team. It is a...
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  • Golden Sounds, later known as Zangaléwa, was a makossa group from Cameroon, formed in 1984 by active members of Cameroon's presidential guard: Jean Paul...
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  • was a Cameroonian musical artist who created music based on the style of Makossa, native to his home country. Lotin was born in the city of Douala, in Cameroon...
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  • 1870s, Gold Coast, British West Africa (modern-day Ghana) Derivative forms Makossa Afrobeat Hiplife Fusion genres Raglife Regional scenes Igbo Highlife, Ijaw...
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  • adopted the name Lafayette Afro Rock Band. The band's next two albums, Soul Makossa and Malik, included the songs "Hihache" and "Darkest Light" which would...
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  • Isicathamiya Jit Jùjú Kadongo Kamu Kizomba Kuduro Kwaito Kwela Lingala Makossa Maloya Ma'luf Marabi Marrabenta Mbalax Mbaqanga Mbube Morna Music of Egypt...
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  • Kristo Numpuby Sally Nyolo Petit Pays Luxe Lobe Lady Ponce Reniss Sabrina Salatiel Sam Fan Thomas Vagabon Zangalewa (or Golden Sounds), makossa group...
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  • "Waka Waka (Esto es África)"), the song samples the original Cameroonian makossa song "Zamina mina (Zangaléwa)" by Golden Sounds and the lyrics encourage...
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    jaiva, afrobeat, afrofusion, mbalax, Congolese rumba, soukous, ndombolo, makossa, kizomba, taarab and others. African music also uses a large variety of...
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    Imported rock and hip hop from the US and UK are in Gabon, as are rumba, makossa and soukous. Some folk instruments include the obala, the ngombi, the balafon...
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    a million Internet users by 2022. Pan-African styles like soukous and makossa are popular, as are reggaeton, Latin trap, reggae and rock and roll. In...
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  • lyric in Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango's 1972 disco song "Soul Makossa". Makossa is a Cameroonian music genre and dance. Dibango sued Jackson and,...
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    football player Wilglory Tanjong, entrepreneur and author Sam Fan Thomas, Makossa musician Frank Tsadjout Chris Tucker, actor and comedian Jessica Williams...
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  • certain parts of the body: mainly the waist, and the dance is usually harmonised with local popular folk songs. Belly dance Makossa Mapouka "رقص المعلاية"....
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    1972, where it reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 that same year "Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango was first released in France in 1972; it was picked up...
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    Mbalax in Senegal and Gambia, Highlife in Ghana, Zoblazo in Ivory Coast, Makossa in Cameroon, Soukous in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kizomba in Angola...
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    rock and hip hop from the US and UK are popular in Gabon, as are rumba, makossa and soukous.[citation needed] The national anthem of Gabon is "La Concorde"...
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  • Moni Bilé (born August 1957) is a Cameroonian makossa musician. He was the best-selling makossa performer of the 1980s, and his album Amour & Espérance...
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  • Ramsay, 95, American jazz saxophonist Félix Sabal Lecco, 64–65, Cameroonian makossa and rock drummer Makoto Shinohara, 92, Japanese classical composer Brit...
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  • Chico Neves - samplers on "Rios, Pontes & Overdrives", "A Cidade", "Samba Makossa", "Antene-se" and "Côco Dub (Afrociberdelia)" Liminha - shouting on "Lixo...
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