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News Cameroon » Music: Singing Our Unsung Heroes: (Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music

News channel or source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1kgdfc5

Published on: Wednesday 14 April 2021

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News Cameroon » Music: Cameroon Music Makers Edged Aside by Nigerians

News channel or source: https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_cameroon-music-makers-edged-aside-nigerians/6178780.html

Published on: Sunday 03 November 2019

Musicians in Cameroon are having a hard time making sales and getting airplay — blaming the popularity of Nigerian music. They say night clubs and media are promoting Nigerian songs over the local ...

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'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 Mourns 'Queen Mother' of Bikutsi Music

News channel or source: https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-mourns-queen-mother-of-bikutsi-music/3349903.html

Published on: Tuesday 31 May 2016

Cameroonians are gathering to mourn at the home of Anne-Marie Nzie, the 84-year-old artist known as the "golden voice of Cameroon." Nzie died May 24. Fans have been flocking to her home in a Yaounde ...

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: Alexis Tcheutchoua emerges as rising force in Cameroon’s music industry

News channel or source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/08/alexis-tcheutchoua-emerges-as-rising-force-in-cameroons-music-industry/

Published on: Thursday 13 August 2026

A new name is generating significant attention in Cameroon’s entertainment industry: Alexis Désiré Tcheutchoua, the serial entrepreneur and founder of MEWAA Music. Tcheutchoua is making a strong ...

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