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FOJEBA

About Me

Fojeba is a Toronto based Singer Songwriter born in Cameroon.He's main Music style Makossa is a very popular rythm in Central Africa brought to International attention by Manu Dibango who inspired musicians such as Michael Jackson when he wrote ''Wanna be startin' somethin' ''.Makossa has been applied to Jazz in an amazing way by a legend of African music :Richard Bona.''La paix pour tous'' has been recorded with real traditional african instruments such as calabash shake,Bongo.... To get a full version of this song go to www.bluetracks.ca and search for FOJEBA ************************************************************ *** Voici la liste de quelques évènements importants pendant lesquels FOJEBA s'est produit ces dernieres années: *African Festival of Delft Soccer Stadium (The Netherlands) 2001. * Bana y 'Afrika Festival of Toronto ,Nathan Philip Square 2003. *Afrofest , Toronto, Queen's Park 2004. *Lula lounge (Live music club),Toronto ,African Guitar summit,Mai 2005 *African music, art and food,at Kitchener City Hall ,June 2005 *Toronto street festival,Dundas square, 2005. *Festivété(Francophonie)Toronto,Ontario Place, 2005. *Rencontres en chansons Toronto ,Tranzac ,fevrier 2006 *Festival Banayafrica d'hivers à Tranzac,24 /02/2006 *Lancement de la radio choq fm 105.1 Lula lounge,03/06,Toronto *Gala de l'académie de la banque de Montréal ,26/06/06 *Assemblée de la Francophonie de l'Ontario,Hotel Hilton,9/06/06,Mississauga *Canada Day,Queen's Park,1/07/06,Toronto *Festivités Boréal,Collège Boréal,18/08/06,Toronto *Festival Banayafrika ,Dundas aquare,Toronto,27/08/06 *Conférence ministérielle sur la Francophonie Canadienne,Chateau Laurier,Ottawa *Célébration de l'histoire des Noirs,Gladstone Hotel,9/02/07 =========================================== A La Queue Leu Leu - WORLD: African
Irresitible afropop songs with catchy tunes, sweet melodies and words in french,bamilék&eacut
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Fired up! Ready to go!
President Barack Obama speechesmixed up with upbeat african - west indies guitars and rythm.com
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Divided we fall!United we stand!
Reaction to political crisis in Canada.
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Member Since: 04/07/2006
Band Website: www.cdbaby.com/cd/fojeba and www.bluetracks.ca
Band Members: A La Queue Leu Leu - WORLD: African
Irresitible afropop songs with catchy tunes, sweet melodies and words in french,bamilék&eacut
Details
Fired up! Ready to go!
President Barack Obama speechesmixed up with upbeat african - west indies guitars and rythm.com
Details
Divided we fall!United we stand!
Reaction to political crisis in Canada.
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Influences: KASSAV,Grover Washington,...
Sounds Like: http://www.wat.tv/video/714518/depuis-nuit-temps.html
Record Label: PRODUCTION MUSICALE FOJEBA
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Souvenirs de mon enfance

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=6x9CR34zeVY memories of my childhood African music ,Toronto
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT

*Tout le monde est invité*

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2xCoCAtbr8k Tout le monde est invité
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 04:09:00 GMT

Au coeur de l'Afrique*

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcy7H1r9jVw
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:01:00 GMT

My song for Obama

Barack Obama is certainly the most inspiring candidate of the US Presidential election 2008. Over 30 new  songs are posted on youtube to support his campaign.One of them is mine. Posted...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:28:00 GMT

my song for Obama

Barack Obama is certainly the most inspiring candidate of the US Presidential election 2008. Over 30 new  songs are posted on youtube to support his campaign.One of them is mine. Posted...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:16:00 GMT