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News Cameroon » Music: Cameroon’s music industry pledges support for AFRIMA 2019

News channel or source: https://thenationonlineng.net/cameroons-music-industry-pledges-support-for-afrima-2019/

Published on: Friday 05 July 2019

The music and entertainment industry of Cameroon has pledged its support and commitment to the African Union Commission, AU, and the 2019 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in the actualization of the ...

News Cameroon » Music: Cameroon: Makosa, the sound of the city

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/621/music-makosa-sound-of-the-city/

Published on: Tuesday 12 June 2018

On a Saturday night at the Stade Omnisports in the Douala neighbourhood of Bepanda, concert-goers bristle as they wait for their artist. Four men walk arduously onto the hall’s stage, carrying an ...

News Cameroon » Music: Cameroon: Modern Studio, a Dream

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/200606210312.html

Published on: Tuesday 20 June 2006

Over 70 per cent of Cameroonian music is produced in ordinary studios. Dukes and courtiers perceived music from a more interesting angle. To them, music was the true balm of hurt minds and an opium to ...

News Cameroon » Music: Cameroon's 'Funeral Music' Gives Voice To Frustrated Youth

News channel or source: https://www.barrons.com/news/cameroon-s-funeral-music-gives-voice-to-frustrated-youth-01673596208

Published on: Thursday 12 January 2023

It began as a form of music chanted at wakes to comfort mourners -- now it is part of Cameroon's cultural mainstream, and a powerful form of expression for its frustrated youth. The Barron's news ...

News Cameroon » Music: Cameroon: Fight Music Piracy

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/200506280488.html

Published on: Tuesday 28 June 2005

Members of the Cameroon Music Corporation (CMC) on stage. During a meeting chaired by the Director of the Cameroon Music Corporation (CMC), Sam Mbende, recently, at the CMC Provincial headquarters in ...

News Cameroon » Music: Melody as remedy: How music festival is easing conflict pains in Cameroon

News channel or source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/africa/article/2001535069/melody-as-remedy-how-music-festival-is-easing-conflict-pains-in-cameroon

Published on: Tuesday 25 November 2025

At the foot of Mount Cameroon, where gunfire and flames sometimes drown out daily life, lilting songs filled the air, above instrumental melodies and backing singers' quiet harmonies at the Cameroon ...