Douglas Mbida

Born: 28 February 1952 (Ekom, Cameroon) Songwriter, performer, guitarist, pianist, director. - 1971: plays in the group Experience Four. Leaving for western Cameroon, he created a semi-professional group with friends The Duks of Bafoussam. - 1974: leaves Bafoussam for Douala where he works fairly quickly with Cameroonian stars. - 1975: integrates the EB training of Ekambi Brillant - 1977: in France with Jacob Des Varieux, Jimmy Mvondo Mvele and Jean Tamegnon, they form the group Ozila. - 1978: with Jimmy Mvondo Mvele, Jacob Des Varieux, Amougou Hubert, Christophe Zadire and Ahanda Jean-Marie, he created the group Zulu Gang. - 1979: disc production begins and meets the Decimus brothers and join the Kassav'. - 1983: he joined the group of Pierre Akendengue. - 1984: leaves Akendengue and records his first big hit in Cameroon. - 1985: he forms the group Mango Nuts. After 2 shows in Paris, the group dissolves. Return to the group Kassav' . - 1995: after years of collaboration, he leaves the Kassav', returns to the recording studios and now intends to manage his solo career. He became interested in the production of audiovisual programs and created an African television channel COLORVISION with his friends. Create an audiovisual program production company X-IT and join the 3A TELESUD team. Become an administrator of the Cameroon Music Corporation (the new copyright company of Cameroon) and join the AFRICA 24 team.