DJEPOLA
BIOGRAPHY
From his real name Honoré Noumabeu, Djepola is an author, composer, singer and instrumentalist of Bamileke origin. Present in the African musical landscape for twenty years, he promotes modern music rooted in ancestral culture. a few years ago, and one foot in Cameroon, Djepola is following in the footsteps of his elders Tamwo Isidore, Sam Fantomas. Over time, Djepola resists the wave of current musical currents and traces his own path, creating a musical current combining the Meuteuh, the Danji, the Bendskin, the Dimassa and the Lessa. Avec_cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_Samali Soukous, his fifth opus released under the Productions Miss Meuré label, Djepola is back in force, featuring Samali, a traditional Bamileke rhythm from Cameroon and Soukous, a rhythm from the Congo. The Rumba, the Meuteuh, the Bendskin and the Lessa are mixed there, a dance of the great traditional ceremonies of West Cameroon. He talks about daily life, love between men and humor, quite simply. -136bad5cf58d_ndjè, which means the voice, the spokesperson and the suffix Poala which means the children of the village.
SAMALI SOUKOUS
Samali Soukous Djepola's new EP released on September 18 under the Productions Miss Meuré label, is a 6-track album whose themes revolve around difficulty_cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_des Africans contemporains à contemporaries while appropriating their ancestral values faithful to the western colonial traditions.
The songs are about family life, relationship with the divine, rites of passage and festivities, translated into music that advocates love, generosity, sharing and forgiveness._cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_ The great challenge of our time is the cultural mixture, the interbreeding of civilizations and in this now universal challenge, Africa does not escape the deal, on the contrary the African is the being most exposed to this interbreeding , so much does it affect his beliefs and this relationship to the spiritual which is the DNA of his culture.
This is why with Samali Soukous, Djepola is contributing to this challenge by offering Africans a return to their roots in order to embrace modernity without however forgetting their ancestral cultures and beliefs which are also part of their identify. Moreover in African societies, life is songs and dances. Traditional music accompanies traditional dances at the heart of festivals, ceremonies and public events or daily activities. Music therefore remains the best way to convey this type of message.
SAMALI SOUKOUS: TEASER
DJEPOLA: GOOD IS GOOD
