Culture report

Francis Bebeya introduces African music to the whole world. In 2001, the African pioneer in world music died prematurely. During his 40-year career, the Cameroonian singer and guitarist traveled 80 countries to promote a hybrid style between traditional music without age and Bush's electronics. Twenty years after his death, the release of the famous Diabiyé, a cult album, sung in English, Douala and French. Texts with lessons and humanism. .

As daily marks the sixtieth anniversary of African independence, RFI brings again the musical environment of the time. On 28 November 1960, Mauritania left the French Neighborhood. On the radio, a track glorifies this historic second: Yaa Mauritani mbareck listighlal ("Could God bless Mauritania's independence" in French).…