Kengmo,
Meka Association, Mbekoum Company, are just a few of the Cameroon
dance
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that that can be found in our comprehensive Directory of Cameroon Dance
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Traditional Cameroon Dance
The Beti are best-known for bikutsi music, which has been popularized and
become a rival for the more urban and accessible makossa of Douala. Bikutsi
is characterized by an intense 6/8 rhythm, and is played at all sorts of
Beti gatherings, including parties, funerals and weddings. The word bikutsi
can be loosely translated as beating the ground continuously.
There are poetic recitations accompanied by clapping and dancing, with
interludes for improvised and sometimes obscene performances on the balafon
(a type of xylophone). These interludes signal the shift to the bikutsi
phase, which is much less strictly structured than Ekang.
During bikutsi, women dance and sing along with the balafon, and lyrics
focus on real-life problems, as well as sexual fantasies. These female
choruses are an integral part of bikutsi, and their intense dancing and
screams are characteristic of the genre. Another type of ceremony is the
mevungu, when women dance all night in order to abstain from sex during
those hours for a period of nine days. The so ritual is much-feared by Beti
boys, as it involves a series of tests to mark a boy's passage into manhood.
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Kengmo is
the founding director of Baobab International; a community based
non-profit organization in Cameroon, Central Africa. Baobab
International aims to promote traditional arts and culture,
sustainable development, health, education, and protection of
the environment. As an internationally renowned performing
artist, educator, and motivator, Kengmo has used music, dance,
stories and songs in performances and workshops to bring the
history, wisdom and philosophy of the Cameroonian elders to
millions of people worldwide.
Traditional African dance, music and stories are performed as
they are lived—as part of everyday life on the African farm,
from clearing and plowing the earth to harvesting the crops. The
thorough integration of dance and music into African life is
demonstrated as the audience learns about the lifestyles of
African peoples and how it relates to our lives here. Audience
participation. One performer.
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Dance Schools in
Cameroon, Dancewear Suppliers, Dancing Organizations
Njiasse Njoya Aboubakar
BP 5890 CM- Yaounde Cameroon
Tel. (237)231.7323;(237)935.4776;(237)961.5225
Dance Organizer, folk dance festivals; folk art museum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simon fou Acha
P.O. Box 867 CM-Akwa Douala Cameroon
Tel. (237)796.7718;Fax. (237)342.7070
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawrence Etta Agbor
BO Box 867 CM- Akwa Douala Cameroon
Tel. (237)796.7718;Fax. (237)342.7070;
Dancer
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Njoya Aroune
BP 5890 CM-Yaounde Cameroon
Dance Organizer, cultural events
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agbor Aloysius Besong
PO Box 4125 Akwa CM- Douala Cameroon
Tel. (342)363.877.591.87; Fax(342)363.834.287.19
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marie Ebangha Etchutanyor
PO Box 4125 Akwa CM- Douala Cameroon
Tel. (342)363.877.591.87; Fax.(342)363.834.287.19
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judith Itoe-Wase
B.O. Box 867 CM- Akwa Douala Cameroon
Tel. (237)796.7718;Fax. (237)342.7070
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Akoachere Agbor Jephthah
PO Box 4125 Akwa CM- Douala Cameroon
Tel. (342)363.877.591.87;Fax(342)363.834.287.19
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florence Ketcheng
PO Box 867 CM- Akwa Douala Cameroon
Tel. (237)796.77.18;Fax. (237)342.70.70;
Dancer
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bimela Oliver Nsah
PCHS Bamenda P.O. Box 214 Mankon CM- New layout Cameroon
Tel. (237)500.82.72 www.yongenterprise.com
Juju Dance Sukinang Dance Group of P.C.H.S Bamenda PCHS bamenda Cameroon
Association
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meka Association
CM-7061 Yaounde Cameroon
tel/fax: 00237 956 73 04 www.assomeka.org
I am the manager of a dance organization based in Cameroon in central
Africa. The name of the structure is Meka Association
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gustave Ngassa Happi
Boulevard des Nations Unies, B.P. 1831 CM-Douala Cameroon
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Akoachere Agbor Jephthat
BP 4125 Akwa CM-Douala Cameroon
Tel. 342 3638, 775 9187; Fax 342 3638, 342 8719
Dance Organization
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Kallaq
P.O. Box 3692, Bonanjo CM- Douala Cameroon
Tel. 00237 343 9578; 775 8955, Fax 00237 342 7070
Dance Center
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonas Kemajou Syapze
B.P. 12 675 CM 12 675 Yaound Cameroon 237 231 43 53;237 760 23 83;Fax: +237
222 22 83
Organisation et coordination des danses sportives et assimilees au Cameroun
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean Michel Moukan-Fonkam
BP : 513 centre culturel FrancaisYaounde CM- Cameroon
00237.766.8451 / 00237 619 86 38
Creation choreographique, Formation
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marie Germaine Nszie
B.P 7061 CM-Yaounde Cameroon
(237)956.73.04 / 997.87.74 / 706.74.51;Fax (237)222.43.43
Dance Association Meka- Festival Abok i Ngoma
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grace Ekall
336, Gloucester Road UK-BS7 8TJ Bristol U.K.
Tel. +44 01179442111, FAX +44 01179442111 www.zigoudam.com
Choreographer Grace Ekall formed ZigouDam dance Company in 1995. Her
background naturally embraces traditional dance from her native Cameroon but
unusually she pursued Contemporary dance training
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameroon National Commission for UNESCO
(Commission Nationale pour l'UNESCO)
B.P. 16536; Ministere de l''Education Nationale CM-Yaounde Cameroon
Tel. (237)22.49.96; Fax (237)22.49.96
National organization
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Create
Mus'Art Gallery building, Bamfem Quarters,
POB 21 Kumbo, NWP Cameroon
237 753 69 70
www.createinfo.net.ms
The Collective Resources for the Arts and Talents Enrichment (CREATE) is a
civil society initiative aimed at promoting the arts and artists in
Cameroon.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marie Ebangha-Etchutanyor
BP 4125 Akwa CM-Douala Cameroon
Tel. 342 3638, 775 9187; Fax 342 3638, 342 8719
Organizatiom
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Enow
PO Box 4125 Akwa CM-4125 Douala Cameroon
Tel. 00237 775 89 55
Samba School, Brazilian dance and music ensemble, amateur dancers
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Ngassa Jones
B.P 4175, rue Koloko CM-Douala Cameroon
Tel. (237)40 36 21; Fax (237)40 90 34
Folk Dance, Cameroum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathalie Larquet
FR- .. Cameroon www.nathalie-larquet.com
Dance Company, choreographer, contemporary dance.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ebale Zam Martin
BP 2431 CM-Yaounde Cameroon
Tel. (237) 20 93 77; Fax (237) 23 14 60/20 79 20
Choreographer
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean Masse
FR- .. Cameroon www.cie-epiphane.com
Dancer, choreographer, contemporary dance.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ambroise Me’bia
BP 8163 CM-Yaounde Cameroon
Tel. (237) 22 13 13; Fax (237) 23 30 22
Organisation
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elise Meka Mballa
BP 2431 CM-Yaounde Cameroon
Tel. (237) 20 93 77; Fax 237) 23 14 60/20 79 20
Dancer
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel N''For
BP 8163 CM-Yaounde Cameroon
Tel. 237/2 22 13 13 (M'Bia)Fax 237/2 23 30 22
Institute
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ngwa Denis Ndonwi
Ghape Office, PO Box 680, Rendez-vous Junc. CM-Bamenda Cameroon
(237).336.3889
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mbekoum Company
www.cie-mbekoum.com
Dancer, choreographer, contemporary dance. Cameroon.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kengmo
1423 Cartecay Drive, Atlanta, GA 30319 USA
Phone: 917 257 9807 or 404 846 9196
E-mail: kengmo@kengmo.com www.kengmo.com
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Kengmo,
Meka Association, Mbekoum Company, are just a few of the Cameroon
dance
companies, Cameroon
dance schools, dancing organizations and dance wear suppliers
that that can be found in our comprehensive Directory of Cameroon
Dance
Companies.
