koza13

Thanks for getting this thread started! To follow up with the great suggestions above, how about some love for Cameroon? Please add to these, as there are just a few to get started here and I’m not an expert at all, just some of my favorites below; please add if you love some Zouk, Soukous, Makossa, Ndombolo, Bikutsi…will follow up with some Central African favorites later.
Cameroon:
Henri Dikongue
Sally Nyolo is great too:
Grace Decca is a longtime favorite, but hard to find some of her music online for some reason:
Manu Dibango as many know Soul Makosa
Of course, Petit Pays-a little 'Sans Visa':
K-Tino (not so risque):

I tried to post links to some videos/music, but MusicBanter won't allow me to do this until I've posted 15 times...sorry, but the names are there for you to look up! I'm sure I'm missing a lot here, any others anyone can share?

johne

^^^Here are some links for the Cameroon artists that koza13 mentions:

Henri Dikongue:
Henri Dikongué – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm

Sally Nyolo:
Sally Nyolo – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm

Grace Decca:
YouTube - video Cameroun - (Grace Decca-oyo iyo)

Manu Dibango (Soul Makosa):
Manu Dibango – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm

YouTube - Manu Dibango 'Lion of Africa'

Petit Pays (some full tracks and videos):
Petit Pays – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm

K-Tino:
YouTube - video - Cameroun (k-tino - viagra)

Nice listens, koza. Nice to have some women artists on here. Also, Manu Dibango's "Lion of Africa" seems to be a good example of Afro beat and jazz fusion--I see he did some things with Fela Kuti. Petit Pays--WOW--sexy, sensuous! Thanks, koza.

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