Gabon News News Gabon » Music: When the (pop) music stopped in Gabon
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Published on: Sunday 03 September 2023
There is a deep love for music that runs through the Bongo family but it is their fascination with western pop music, and a willingness to use the immense resources of their oil-rich nation to bring ...
News Gabon » Music: Gabon artists dream of taking music born in prison to global stage
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Published on: Tuesday 11 June 2024
In a bar in Gabon's capital Libreville, revellers get up and dance as soon as the DJ plays N'Tcham -- a local rhythmic genre born out of the city's prisons. Among young Gabonese, N'Tcham has dethroned ...