About Francis Bebey
Francis Bebey was a Cameroonian musicologist, writer, composer, and broadcaster. Bebey released his first album in 1969 and would go on to release over 20 albums on Ozileka, between 1975 and 1997. He was also the first African musician to use electric keyboards and programmable drum machines which he set alongside traditional African instruments. He also had a major role in popularizing the ndehu, a one-note bamboo flute created by the Central African pygmies. His first novel, Le Fils d'Agatha Moudio (Agatha Moudio's Son), was published in 1967 and awarded the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 1968; it remains his best-known work.
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