Secousse’s new album Merci Yaya Bongo is a compilation of the massive female choirs and dancers groups, president Omar Bongo created in the ’80s to praise his regime. 2LP gatefold cover with insert on limited edition!
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MERCI YAYA BONGO - Les Groupes d’Animation Féminins du Gabon 1982-1989
Secousse’s new album Merci Yaya Bongo is a compilation of the massive female choirs and dancers groups, president Omar Bongo created in the ’80s to praise his regime. 2LP gatefold cover with insert on limited edition!
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Listen to: MERCI YAYA BONGO - Les Groupes d’Animation Féminins du Gabon 1982-1989
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Gabon, 1980’s.
President Omar Bongo has been in power since 1967. Together with his wife, the infamous singer Patience Dabany, he invents one of the ultimate political propaganda machine: ‘animation groups’, massive female choirs and dancers, up to 60 women deep, singing the praise of his regime over some of the best soukous rhythms ever, broadcasted live on TV.
Between 1982 and 1989, mainly thanks to the flourishing oil economy, a record-label is created, a state-of-the-art recording studio is set up, and the best Gabonese and Congolese musicians are recruited. Dozens of vinyls are pressed and sold with huge success all over the country.
The Bongo family has reigned continuously over Gabon until the August 2023 coup d’état.
