Cella Stella

"Cella Stella is an iconic singer from Benin. Her music was at the crossroads of highlife, the Makossa and various Beninese rhythms. In 1973, noticed by the Black of conductor Santiago, she joined the training, which plays music with highlife accents, soukous and R & B. In 1974 she recorded Jale the album composed by the Cameroonian poet musician Eboa Lotin. When Miriam Makeba arrived in Cotonou on the occasion of a show, the young singer took her chance and joins her on stage. The two artists became friends will offer a joint tour several months in Liberia and Togo. Cella sings her own lyrics in Douala offering a Beninese folklore cocktail (which tchinkounmey) of soukous, highlife and Makossa. Its title "Official Mari" won her great popularity in Liberia. Ekambi Brilliant his return to Monrovia in 1979, Cella met Cameroonian artist who presents Ekambi Brilliant Pezin Slim, a former musician Claude François. Produced by this denrier the 45s Bema Besse (anything goes), the second title "Tonyco" (my friends) is sung in Mina immediately successful. After signing a contract with Jengou Records Ekambi Brilant who writes all her songs in Douala, she released her first album in 1980 with Makossa accents which earned her a great success in Cameroon, where she gave a series of concerts. Then in 1986, the album Mumi we njo (men are crazy). The following year saw her participation in Louisiana Festival with the Guyanese Sylviane Cedia and French Francis Cabrel. Based in France, she is pursuing a career filled with concerts in Europe and on the continent. Tradi-emotion In the disc Tradi Emotions released in 2000, she says her homecoming of Beninese music talking about love and longing in songs like "Honey Gbomayi, Monjuba," Makambo is nostalgia "," Ngo Mbo'a. "the artist is surrounded for the occasion of artists including Guy Nsangué Etienne Mbappé Christmas Assolo, Willy N'for, Charles and Barbara Ewandje Akabla. The most popular titles of the artists are "Latane oa na mba", "Mambo na mambo", "Ndolo nyo", "Sokem", "Nyoue", "Moussawedi", "Gbe o Gbele "" Ebola Ndutu "," Official Mari "," Ndol has diye "," Na long mea "," Wellissane ". http://musicinafrica.net/directory/cella-stella?language=en