Cameroonian music: makossa, bikutsi, assiko and other genres
Each of Cameroon's peoples has its own musical traditions. Some have grown into popular genres played across the country and beyond: here are the main ones, where they come from and who carried them.
- LittoralMakossaThe urban music of Douala that became Cameroon's best-known sound
CentreBikutsiThe music that "beats the earth", from Beti country
Centre · LittoralAssikoThe music of guitar and bottle, from Bassa country- LittoralAmbass-beyThe guitar music of the Littoral that gave rise to makossa
- WestMangambeuThe Bamileke rhythm from around Bangangté
West · LittoralBend skinThe urban rhythm of the crisis years, from Bamileke country
Centre · SouthMvetThe sung epic of the Ekang peoples, and the harp-zither that accompanies it