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Sam Fan Thomas – Makassi Again – Vinyl Record
Makassi Again is an album by Sam Fan Thomas, a Cameroonian musician known for his contributions to Makossa music. The album likely represents a return to the Makossa music style for which Thomas is known.
Makossa is a popular music genre from Cameroon, characterized by its upbeat rhythms, catchy melodies, and danceable grooves. Sam Fan Thomas is considered one of the pioneers of Makossa music, and his work has had a significant influence on the genre’s development.
Thomas got his musical break as a guitarist in the Cameroonian band Tigres Noires in the early ’70s but left the outfit in 1976 to pursue a solo career. He recorded a remarkable hit with “Afric Typic Collection,” a dance number that incorporates a variety of West and Central African rhythms.
Makossa is a type of music which is most popular in urban areas in Cameroon. It is similar to soukous, except it includes strong bass rhythm and a prominent horn section. It originated from a type of Duala dance called kossa, with significant influences from jazz, ambasse bey, Latin music, highlife and rhumba. While the makossa style began in the 1950’s, the first recordings were not seen until a decade later.
Artists such as Eboa Lotin, Misse Ngoh and especially Manu Dibango popularized the style outside of Cameroon in the later 1960s. Makassi is a lighter style of makossa. Sam Fan Thomas developed and popularised this variation in the mid-1980s and made makossa potentially more marketable.
Makassi Again features a collection of songs that showcase Thomas’s talent as a singer, songwriter, and performer. The album may include new compositions as well as reimagined versions of classic Makossa tracks, demonstrating Thomas’s enduring passion for the genre.
Sam Fan Thomas – Makassi Again would likely appeal to fans of Makossa music and African popular music in general. The album represents a continuation of Thomas’s musical legacy and a celebration of the vibrant and infectious rhythms of Makossa.
Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic seal
Celluloid 1990
Track Listing
Mohe
Mo (Child)
Wini
Zimo (To Nelson Mandela)
Makassi Again (To Fela, Defneder of African Truth)
Bell a Hé
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