It began as a form of music chanted at wakes to comfort mourners -- now it is part of Cameroon's cultural mainstream, and a powerful form of expression for its frustrated youth. Mbole (pronounced ...

Extracted from: International journal of African historical studies (Boston) 27 (3) 1994, pages 589-617. An examination of the opposition of the Mbole to colonial administration and economy dominated ...

Mbole spread to weddings and baptisms and other ceremonies, progressively becoming more sophisticated as instruments such as keyboards and the big West African drum, the djembe, were brought in.