Tsamassi is a
musical style
Musical is the adjective of music.
Musical may also refer to:
* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the na ...
of the
Bamileke
The Bamileke are a Central African people who inhabit the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
Languages
The Bamileke languages belong to the Grassfields branch of the Niger-Congo language family, which is sometimes labeled as a " Bantuoid lan ...
of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
. It was popularised by
André-Marie Tala André-Marie or André Marie is a French compound given name. Notable people with the name include:
* André Marie, French Radical politician.
* André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860), a French zoologist
* André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin (1783- ...
.
[DeLancey and DeLancey 184.]
Notes
References
* DeLancey, Mark W., and Mark Dike DeLancey (2000): ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon'' (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
Cameroonian styles of music
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