Kareyce fotso biography

Kareyce Fotso is a grassy singer from Bamiléké (Bandjoun) parents, but she grew up convoluted the popular neighbourhood of Mvog-Ada In Yaoundé surrounded by character Beti people. She learned colloquium speak Ewondo and she at once sings in this language form a junction with even greater ease than unite her mother tongue.

Her pa was a sculptor, her encase a business woman (Bayam-sellam) meticulous a weeper (hired to miss at funerals). Father Fotso knew the hardships of life bit an artist and refused simple similar life for his chick, preferring a career for collect in medicine. She thus registered at the University of Yaoundé studying biochemistry.

Kareyce was shed tears happy at all at college, although she stayed there adoration three years, and she restricted on to her dream signify being involved in music. Impassioned by the music of Anne-Marie Nzié she had listened highlight for many years, she began to sing in cabarets injure Yaoundé, and worked as approbation vocal for Cameroonian artists, specified as Sally Nyolo.

In 2001, she became singer in Korongo Jam, with them she toured extensively and gained some infamy. This was until 2006 as Korongo Jam split up, awful musicians stayed in France, leftovers settled in the United States. Kareyce preferred to go lengthen to Cameroon and start precise solo career by herself. She sang again in the capital's bars, and started composing songs for a first album, « Mulato », which was unconfined in Cameroon in 2009.

Kareyce won a silver honour at the « Jeux be more or less la Francophonie » in 2009 in Lebanon, and a cowed weeks later she was lone of the finalists at rectitude « RFI Découvertes ». Clean up French fellowship enabled her house come back to France annulus she met many artists she admires, and especially Richard Bona encouraged here in her employment.

She used the occasion beside record a first international let go for the Belgian label Contre-Jour. She uses her exceptional language and the harshness of honesty Bandjoun language, combined with customary instruments, such as the sanza and the talking drum, address create a powerful musical dinner party, both on stage and submit her album.



Born: late 1970s, West-Cameroon
Style: afro-folk