Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 (CD) John Foy and co-edited by author

and co-edited by author

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Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 (CD) John Foy and co-edited by authorCD edition with a 44 page booklet. The Pop Makossa adventure started in 2009, when Analog Africa founder Samy Ben Redjeb first travelled to Cameroon to make an initial assessment of the countrys musical situation. He returned with enough tracks for an explosive compilation highlighting the period when funk and disco sounds began to infiltrate the Makossa style popular throughout Cameroon. So why has it taken almost eight years from that first visit to