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Música de Cameroon

Congolese rumba and soukous, Bikutsi and Makossa from Cameroon, Aka and Baka polyphonic singing, likembe thumb pianos.

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Raíces y tradiciones

Traditional music

The ethnicities of Cameroon include an estimated 250 distinct ethnic groups in five regional-cultural divisions. An estimated 38% of the population are Western highlanders–Semi-Bantu or grassfielders including the Bamileke, Bamum, and many smaller Tikar groups in the northwest. 12% are coastal tropical forest peoples, including the Bassa, Duala, and many smaller groups in the southwest. The southern tropical forest peoples (18%) include the Beti-Pahuin and their sub-groups the Bulu and Fang, the Maka and Njem, as well as, the Baka pygmies. In the semi-arid northern regions (the Sahel) and central highlands the Fulani (French: Peul or Peuhl; Fula: Fulɓe) form an estimated 14% of Cameroonians, while the Kirdi (unbelievers) are a general category, comprising 18% of the population, of various mainly Chadic and Adamawa speakers.

Modern popular music

The earliest recorded popular music from Cameroon comes from the 1930s, when the most popular styles were imported pop music and French-style chanson. In Douala, the most developed city in Cameroon, accordions and ambasse bey music were common, with performers like Lobe Lobe, Ebanda Manfred, and Nelle Eyoum finding a local audience. Ekambi Brillant and the first major Cameroonian hit, "N'Gon Abo," set the stage for the development of makossa. Post-independence in 1960, a local variant on palm wine music called assiko, was popular especially Jean Bikoko and Dikoume Bernard. 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 symbol for Cameroonian identity in the face of colonialism.

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Estudios en acceso abierto sobre la música de Cameroon. Todos se pueden leer gratis.

  1. MUSICAL ACTIVISM IN THE STRUGGLE TO END THE ANGLOPHONE SECESSIONIST CRISIS IN CAMEROON

    Musah 2021 European Journal of Social Sciences Studies

  2. How Bamiléké Music-Makers Create Culture in Cameroon

    Schrag 2005 Americanae (AECID Library)

  3. ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN ANGLOPHONE CAMEROON POPULAR SONGS

    M & NJAMNSI 2024 International Journal of Education and Social Science Research

  4. THE IGBO IDENTITY AND ITS INTERPRETATION IN WEST CAMEROON, 1970-1997

    Nwoke & Emejulu 2021 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

  5. Toghu as Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Enterprise: Material Traditions, Identity, and National Integration in Cameroon

    Abianji-Menang 2026 Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal

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