Exhibit
Cameroon
Cameroon’s music runs from traditional drum lineages to modern dance forms such as makossa and bikutsi. Archive artists Manu Dibango (Saxophonist, 'Soul Makossa' creator, Afro-jazz pioneer) and Richard Bona (Bassist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, jazz fusion pioneer) show how Cameroonian heritage feeds jazz, makossa, and global fusion.
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Cameroon’s music runs from traditional drum lineages to modern dance forms such as makossa and bikutsi. Archive artists Manu Dibango (Saxophonist, 'Soul Makossa' creator, Afro-jazz pioneer) and Richard Bona (Bassist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, jazz fusion pioneer) show how Cameroonian heritage feeds jazz, makossa, and global fusion.
Historical context
Cameroon’s music runs from traditional drum lineages to modern dance forms such as makossa and bikutsi. Archive artists Manu Dibango (Saxophonist, 'Soul Makossa' creator, Afro-jazz pioneer) and Richard Bona (Bassist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, jazz fusion pioneer) show how Cameroonian heritage feeds jazz, makossa, and global fusion. Leading documented genres in this exhibit include Makossa, Bikutsi, Traditional, Contemporary.
Specimen note
Makossa is a popular dance music genre that originated in Cameroon in the 1950s.
Genres
- Makossa
- Bikutsi
- Traditional
- Contemporary
Highlight instruments
- Makossa
- Bikutsi
- Traditional Drums
- Modern Instruments