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Makossa is a type of music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 which is most popular in urban areas in Cameroon
Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary state of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south....
. It is similar to soukous
Soukous

Soukous is a musical genre that originated in the two neighbouring countries of Belgian Congo and French Congo during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa....
, except it includes strong bass rhythm and a prominent horn
Horn (instrument)

The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. It is descended from the natural horn and is informally known as the French horn....
 section. It originated from a type of Duala
Duala people

The Duala are an ethnic group of Cameroon. They primarily inhabit the littoral region to the coast and form a portion of the Sawa, or Cameroonian coastal peoples....
 dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
 called kossa, with significant influences from jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, ambasse bey
Ambasse bey

Ambasse bey or ambas-i-bay is a style of folk music music of Cameroon and dance in Cameroon from Cameroon. The music is based on commonly available instruments, especially guitar, with percussion provided by sticks and bottles....
, Latin music, highlife
Highlife

Highlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana in the 1800s and spread to Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other West African countries by 1920. It is very popular in Liberia and all of English-speaking West Africa, although little has been produced in other countries due to economic challenges brought on by war and instability....
 and rumba. While the makossa style began in the 1950's, the first recordings were not seen until a decade later. Artists such as Eboa Lotin, Misse Ngoh and especially Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango

Manu Dibango is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk and traditional Cameroonian music....
 popularized the style outside of Cameroon in the later 1960s.






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Makossa is a type of music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 which is most popular in urban areas in Cameroon
Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary state of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south....
. It is similar to soukous
Soukous

Soukous is a musical genre that originated in the two neighbouring countries of Belgian Congo and French Congo during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa....
, except it includes strong bass rhythm and a prominent horn
Horn (instrument)

The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. It is descended from the natural horn and is informally known as the French horn....
 section. It originated from a type of Duala
Duala people

The Duala are an ethnic group of Cameroon. They primarily inhabit the littoral region to the coast and form a portion of the Sawa, or Cameroonian coastal peoples....
 dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
 called kossa, with significant influences from jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, ambasse bey
Ambasse bey

Ambasse bey or ambas-i-bay is a style of folk music music of Cameroon and dance in Cameroon from Cameroon. The music is based on commonly available instruments, especially guitar, with percussion provided by sticks and bottles....
, Latin music, highlife
Highlife

Highlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana in the 1800s and spread to Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other West African countries by 1920. It is very popular in Liberia and all of English-speaking West Africa, although little has been produced in other countries due to economic challenges brought on by war and instability....
 and rumba. While the makossa style began in the 1950's, the first recordings were not seen until a decade later. Artists such as Eboa Lotin, Misse Ngoh and especially Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango

Manu Dibango is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk and traditional Cameroonian music....
 popularized the style outside of Cameroon in the later 1960s. Makassi is a lighter style of makossa. Sam Fan Thomas
Sam Fan Thomas

Sam Fan Thomas is a Cameroonian musician associated with Makossa. He began in the late 1960s and had his first hit with Rikiatou. His African Typic Collection would be an international hit in 1984 and is perhaps his best known album....
 developed and popularised this variation in the mid-1980s and made makossa potentially more marketable.

The two musicians largely credited with modernising makossa are Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango

Manu Dibango is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk and traditional Cameroonian music....
 and Emmanuel Nelle Eyoum. Eyoum start using the term 'kossa, kossa' in his songs with his group "Los Calvinos". But it was Emmanuel 'Manu' Dibango which popularised it to the world with his song "Soul Makossa
Soul Makossa

"Soul Makossa" is a 1972 in music Single by Cameroonian makossa saxophonist Manu Dibango. It is often cited as one of the first disco records....
" which came out in the early '70s with the famous chant 'mamako, mamasa, maka makossa', which was later used by singers such us Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....
 in "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin" is a 1983 in music Single released from Michael Jackson's multi-platinum selling 1982 in music album Thriller ....
", Eminem
Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III , known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter-ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor....
 in "Doe Rae Me", Back To Basics
Back to Basics

Back to Basics may refer to:*Back to Basics , an initiative that aimed to relaunch the UK government of John Major in 1993*Back to basics Musical Albums:...
 in "Mamakossa", the Bloodhound Gang
Bloodhound Gang

The Bloodhound Gang is an American alternative rock rock band from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Their songs typically have humorous and off-beat, often satire lyrics....
 in "Mama Say
Mama Say

"Mama Say" is the debut single of the Bloodhound Gang. It was originally released as a single off of the band's 1994 EP, Dingleberry Haze, but is usually associated with the 1995 album Use Your Fingers....
", Rihanna
Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty , known as Rihanna , is a Barbados singer, fashion model, and former beauty queen. She also serves as the cultural ambassador for Barbados....
 in "Don't Stop The Music
Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)

"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Barbados pop music singer Rihanna from her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. It was the third single from the album in most of Europe, the second single in Germany and Spain and the fourth single in the rest of the world....
", Chico Science
Chico Science

Chico Science was a Brazilian singer and composer and one of the founders of the Mangue Beat cultural movement. He died in a car accident in 1997 in Recife, Pernambuco, at the age of 30....
 in "Samba Makossa" and El Chojin in "Algo más que música" (something more than music), etc.

Makossa artists

  • Eboa Lotin
  • Richard Bona
    Richard Bona

    Richard Bona is a jazz musician and bassist, was born in October 28, 1967 in the town of Minta, in eastern Cameroon.Bona was born into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a young age....
  • Ekambi Brillant
  • Marthe Zambo
  • Guy Lobe
  • Jacky Kingue
  • Chico Science
    Chico Science

    Chico Science was a Brazilian singer and composer and one of the founders of the Mangue Beat cultural movement. He died in a car accident in 1997 in Recife, Pernambuco, at the age of 30....
  • Misse Ngoh
  • Manu Dibango
    Manu Dibango

    Manu Dibango is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk and traditional Cameroonian music....
  • Moni Bile
    Moni Bilé

    Mono Bil? is a Cameroonian makossa musician. He was the best-selling makossa performer of the 1980s, and his album Amour & Esp?rance was an international hit that extended the worldwide popularity of the genre....
  • Lapiro de M'Banga
  • Bebe Manga
    Bebe Manga

    Elizabeth Bessem Manga aka B?b? Manga is a Cameroonian Music of Cameroon whose best-known song is "Ami O".Bebe Manga started her career in 1975, singing in a night club in Abidjan, called "Son de Guitare" ....
  • Sam Fan Thomas
    Sam Fan Thomas

    Sam Fan Thomas is a Cameroonian musician associated with Makossa. He began in the late 1960s and had his first hit with Rikiatou. His African Typic Collection would be an international hit in 1984 and is perhaps his best known album....
  • Zangalewa
  • Koto Bass
  • Ndedi Dibango
  • Yerima Afo Akom
  • John Minang
  • Sergeo Polo
  • Ben Decca
  • Petit-Pays
    Petit-Pays

    Petit-Pays is a Cameroonian musician. He was born Adolphe Claude Moundi in Douala Cameroon. He is also knows as OMEGA, Rabi Rabi, Turbo and famously Avocat defenseur des femmes ....
  • Dina Bell
  • Toto Guillaume
  • Douleur
  • Marcel Bwanga


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