The 'crazy dance' music referred to as makossa spent numerous years as the most well known style of music in Cameroon.
Makossa is a sort of Cameroonian popular music that is based on Congolese rumba, crazy electric low pitch guitar, and a metal segment. The expression "makossa" comes from the Douala word for "dance." It has appreciated well established ubiquity on the dance floors of Cameroon, West Africa, France, and the French West Indies. By and large, makossa music is acted in French, Duala, and Cameroonian Pidgin.
The sound of makossa turned out to be all the more commonly known to American crowds through the 1972 hit "Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango. There are additionally prominent references to makossa music in "Want to Be Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson and "Waka (This Time for Africa)" by Shakira.
Albeit the world has changed, many individuals from Cameroon actually pays attention to Makossa Music, particularly those from Douala, a famous city of the country.
Many individuals will generally contrast Makossa with the Highlife Music of the Igbo nation in Nigeria, or the Ghana Highlife Music. Also the Igbo Christian songs.
