Makossa Makossa

Makossa - Definition

Music of Cameroon: Subjects
Makossa Bikutsi
Mvet Assiko
Nganja Bend-skin
New rumba Bantowbol
Timeline and Samples
Francophone Africa
Algeria - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Central African Rep. - Comoros - Congo-Brazzaville - Congo-Kinsasha - Côte d'Ivoire - Djibouti - Madagascar - Mali - Mauritius - Morocco - Rwanda - Senegal - Seychelles - Togo - Tunisia


Makossa is a type of music which is most popular in urban areas in Cameroon. It is similar to soukous, except in its strong bass rhythm and prominent horn section. It originated from a type of Doula dance called kossa, with significant influences from jazz, ambasse bey, Latin music, highlife and rhumba. The early 1960s saw the first makossa recordings, though it began in the early 1950s. Eboa Latin, Misse Ngoh and especially Manu Dibango popularized the style outside of Cameroon in the later 1960s.


Example Usage of Makossa

Fercholord: Mas de Manu Dibango. Soul Makossa versión Estudio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWK_Josc0Og
Fercholord: @rosampadilla El corito del SOUL Makossa fue utilizado por Michael Jackson en su canción Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Fercholord: @rosampadilla Un músico africano interprete del saxofón creador del Makossa, uno de los influyentes de la música Disco.
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