Bantowbol
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Bantowbol or bantubol is a style of music
from Cameroon
. The genre is derived from Cameroonian folk music. The name bantowbol is partially derived from bal, a term for accordion
playing. The principal musicians of bantowbol are Gibraltar Drakus and Nkondo Si Tony.
Music of Cameroon
The best-known Music of the Cameroon is makossa, a popular style that has gained fans across Africa, and its related dance craze bikutsi.The pirogue sailors of Douala are known for a kind of singing called ngoso, which has evolved into a kind of modern music accompanied by zanza, balafon and...
from Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
. The genre is derived from Cameroonian folk music. The name bantowbol is partially derived from bal, a term for accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
playing. The principal musicians of bantowbol are Gibraltar Drakus and Nkondo Si Tony.