Zangalewa
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"Zangaléwa" is a 1986 song by Cameroonian makossa group Golden Sounds, who later changed its name to "Zangalewa", just as the song itself, thanks to its success. The band's members were Jean Paul Zé Bella, Victor Dooh Belley, Emile Kojidie, and .
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"Zangaléwa" is a 1986 song by Cameroonian makossa group Golden Sounds, who later changed its name to "Zangalewa", just as the song itself, thanks to its success. The band's members were Jean Paul Zé Bella, Victor Dooh Belley, Emile Kojidie, and .
== Background == "Zangalewa" is the title track of a 1986 album by Golden Sounds. The band consisted of Jean Paul Zé Bella, Victor Dooh Belley, and Emile Kojidie, who were members of the Presidential Guard of Cameroon, along with . According to Zé Bella, the lead singer, the chorus came "from Cameroonian sharpshooters who had created a slang for better communication among them during the Second World War", and the band initially recreated the fast pace of military communication in their first arrangements of the song.
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