Princesse Bombangui Batanga du sud ouest du Cameroun, Micheline descend d’une famille de musicien traditionnel. Etouffée par la réalité africaine qui trouve que “chanter c’est être perdu”, elle garde son art en elle mais écrit presque tous les jours une chanson.
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We finally had the pleasure of hosting good friend and local Cameroonian artist Micheline Ewang last week on the program. We’ve played several tracks from Micheline’s album “Dissongo” before, but it was really great to hear first-hand how this excellent record came together. We talked about the multi-continental recording process and Micheline’s personal motivation to maintain total creative and financial control throughout. We also learned the back story of how she wound up recording her song “Street Dancer” with legendary Cameroonian music composer Henri Dikongue.
Today’s feature spotlight is a woman who caught my eye the moment I saw her picture and who is also my Woman Crush for Woman Crush Wednesday (#WCW) because I just love her head wraps. Oh and did I mention that she sings too? Read on to know more about this diva.