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diversity. Guitarist Zanzibar added foam rubber to the bridge of his guitar, which made the instrument sound more like a balafon than before, and was more aggressive and innovative than previous musicians. Les TĂȘtes BrulĂ©es emerged as a reaction against pop-makossa, which was seen as abandoning its roots in favor of mainstream success. The band's image was part of its success, and they became known for their shaved heads and multi-colored body painting, done to represent traditional Beti scarification, as well as torn T-shirts that implied a common folkness in contrast to the well-styled pop-makossa performers of the period. They also wore backpacks on stage, a reference to Beti women's traditional method of carrying babies while they danced bikutsi.
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symbol for Cameroonian identity in the face of colonialism. Balafon orchestras, consisting of 3-5 balafons and various percussion instruments (including the balafon, which is both a harmonic and percussive instrument) became common in the bars. Some of these orchestras, such as Richard Band de Zoetele, became quite popular in spite of scorn from the European elite.
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In 1993, the Pedalé movement was born as a reaction to the Cameroonian economic slump. Youthful artists like Gibraltar Drakuss, Zele le Bombardier, Eboue Chaleur, Pasto, Roger Bekono, Mbarga Soukous, and Saint-Desiré Atango was a return to the aggressive, earthy sound of bikutsi roots. Meanwhile,
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Jean-Marie Ahanda became the most influential bikutsi performer of the late 1980s, and he revolutionized the genre in 1987 after forming Les TĂȘtes BrulĂ©es, whose success changed the Cameroonian music industry. The band played an extremely popular form of bikutsi that allowed for greater depth and
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The urbanization of Cameroon has had a major influence on the country's music. Migration to the city of Yaoundé, for example, was a major cause for the popularization of bikutsi music. During the 1950s, bars sprang up across the city to accommodate the influx of new inhabitants and soon became a
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is used during these ceremonies by Beti storytellers, who are viewed as using the mvet as an instrument of God to educate the people. The Ekang phase is intensely musical and usually lasts all night. There are poetic recitations accompanied by clapping and dancing, with interludes for improvised
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Messi's style was immediately popular, and his hits, like "Mengalla Maurice" and "Bekono Nga N'Konda," became radio favorites throughout the country beginning in the early 1960s. Further innovations followed, as Messi replaced the handclaps and sanza with a synthesizer and the foot-stamping 6/8
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Balafon orchestras had remained popular throughout the 1950s in Yaoundé's bar scene, but the audience demanded modernity, and the popular style at the time was unable to cope. Messi Martin was a Cameroonian guitarist who had been inspired to learn the instrument by listening to
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These female choruses are an integral part of bikutsi, and their intense dancing and screams are characteristic of the genre. Another type of ceremony is the mevungu, when women dance all night to abstain from sex during those hours for a period of nine days. The
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and 1994 in the United States. A new wave of bikutsi artists arose in the early 1990s, including Les Martiens (formed by Les TĂȘtes BrulĂ©es bassist Atebass) and the sexually themed roots-singer Katino Ateba ("Ascenseur: le secret de l'homme") and
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The 1980s also saw rapid development of Cameroon's media which saw a flourishing of both makossa and bikutsi. In 1980, L'Equipe Nationale de Makossa was formed, joining the biggest makossa stars of the period together, including,
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singer Sissi Dipoko ("Bikut-si Hit") as well as a resurgence of old performers like Sala Bekono. Bikutsi's international renown continued to grow, and the song "Proof" from
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In 1984, a new wave of bikutsi artists emerged, including Sala Bekono formerly of Los Camaroes, Atebass, a bassist, and Zanzibar, a guitarist who would eventually help form
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Nkolo, Jean-Victor and Graeme Ewens. "Music of a Small Continent". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.),
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surpass previous artists in international popularity though their reaction at home was mixed. Many listeners did not like their mellow, almost
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In the 1990s, both makossa and bikutsi declined in popularity as a new wave of genres entered mainstream audiences. These included
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Les TĂȘtes BrulĂ©es remained the country's most well known musical export, especially after accompanying the Cameroonian
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It took only a few weeks for Les TĂȘtes BrulĂ©es to knock makossa off the Cameroonian charts, and the band even toured
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The earliest recorded popular music from Cameroon comes from the 1930s, when the most popular styles were imported
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was perhaps the most important of the early innovators. The next bikutsi performer of legendary stature was
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are known for a kind of singing called "Ngoso" which has evolved into a kind of modern music accompanied by
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ritual is much-feared by Beti boys as it involves a series of tests to mark a boy's passage into manhood.
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album, introducing many North American listeners to the wide range of instrumentation and genres.
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music, which has been popularized and become a rival for the more urban and accessible makossa of
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in five regional-cultural divisions. An estimated 38% of the population are Western highlanders–
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By the 1970s, bikutsi performers like Maurice Elanga, Les Veterans, and Mbarga Soukous, added
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includes diverse traditional and modern musical genres. The best-known contemporary genre is
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network that did much to help popularize Cameroonian popular music across the country.
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and the first major Cameroonian hit, "N'Gon Abo," set the stage for the development of
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expanded the lyrical format of the genre to include socio-political issues. Tours of
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developed and became the most popular genre in Cameroon. Makossa is a type of
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flutes. The celebrations are directed by members of the Bali royal family.
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celebrations in Bali, Cameroon, around 1908. Four men play on holy
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The middle of the 20th century saw the popularization of a native
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also contributed guitar arrangements and performance to Simon's
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World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East
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also brought bikutsi to new audiences, especially in
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French National Library. Accessed November 25, 2010.
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in the mid-1980s), and an urban street music called
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Index

Music of Cameroon
Makossa
Bikutsi
Mvet
Assiko
Nganja
Bend-skin
Bantowbol
Ambasse bey
Bend-skin
List of musical instruments
Tsamassi
Mangambeu
Music of Africa
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Culture of Cameroon

History
People
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