My name is Sally Nyolo, former singer in the a capella band Zap Mama. This is my 4th album, named 'Zaione' and mixed in the roots of the rhythm bikutsi from Cameroon.
I made the rhythm travel around the world in a new kind of sound, like violin (traditional or classical) in the song...
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My name is Sally Nyolo, former singer in the a capella band Zap Mama. This is my 4th album, named 'Zaione' and mixed in the roots of the rhythm bikutsi from Cameroon.
I made the rhythm travel around the world in a new kind of sound, like violin (traditional or classical) in the song "Ngalibeng", or harmonica, or even krarr from Ethiopia.
Sally Nyolo comes from the South of Cameroon. She was born in the Eton Land, in the small village of Eyen-Meyong, near the town of Tala, in the Lékié Region. She left her homeland at the age of 13 to settle in Paris where she has lived since.
Sally joined the group Zap Mama in 1993 and went on to produce several solo recordings.
Sally returned to the studio in 2002 and her fourth album, 'Zaione' (named after the son she had had the previous year), was released in October of that year. Broadening her musical horizons, Sally mixed traditional bikutsi with other musical styles on �Zaione� and the album includes duos with a number of French singers including Nina Moratto, Muriel Moreno and Jean-Jacques Milteau.
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