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Cameroonian makossa artist (–)

Ekambi Louis Brillant (18 June – 12 December ) was a Cameroonian makossa artist and singer.

Biography

Brillant was born on 18 June , in Dibombari, a village near Douala, to Ekambi Brillant, a merchant and cultural promoter.

He spent much of his childhood with his maternal grandparents in Djébalè (a suburb of Douala); it was there that his passion for music was born, listening to the pirogues singing on their way back from the sea.^[1][2]

In , he passed the entrance exam and was accepted at the Lycée Général-Leclerc in Yaoundé.

It was there, under the guidance of Mr. Zane Daniel - a French music teacher - that he learned how to play guitar.

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