Minomoh

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Paris 20, France

World • Traditional African

November 09, 2008

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Essindi, is an actor, dancer, storyteller and musician.

Minomoh is the continuation of Abakuya Music Project.

- Essindi was born in Cameroon. 
Due to his ability of playing the percussions, he became very quickly famous in his own country. His playing attracted attention thanks to the energy he mixes with the delicate phrasing of his touch. Thus, he became the recourse that cannot be ignored for the new wave of local artists and singers in Cameroon, who wished to reuse the Tam-tam call, the Mvet, the Snail shell. That had been banned from the popular Cameroonian music.

- Essindi demonstrated soon in France the artistic gifts he had already proved in his native country.  Brought up listening to old music and culture , today in Paris he refines the art of Traditional Harp from central Africa,   the Ngomo in Cameroon as well as his playing the Mvet, another endangered string instrument, as well as Ngomo or Ngombi .
 
- The musical project Abakuya was born with the meeting of two musicians, Jimi Sofo (Australia) and François Essindi (Cameroon), and toock place in 2006 thanks to an exchange travel organized by the Akiba Association in Cameroon

Band/artist history

The musical project Abakuya was born with the meeting of two musicians, Jimi Sofo (Australia) and François Essindi (Cameroon), and toock place in 2006 thanks to an exchange travel organized by the Akiba Association in Cameroon. Other musicians came in turn and decided to travel together: thus, Abakuya is a journey.
- Now, we are working the next project who is calling Minomoh...

Have you performed in front of an audience?

Yes, we play live, in France, Cameroon, Portugal, Germany... We like it and it is our job. We live about it. The really special moment is the meetting of Musicians, of our different traditions...

Your musical influences

Traditional, Fusion...

What equipment do you use?

Harpes, Basse guitar, Traditional pygmees flutes, Tam tam d'appel (Nkul)

Anything else?

We are loocking for Booking, Festivals, work shops and concerts around the world.

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