François Missé Ngoh

He was born on July 17, 1949 in Bonjo, Moungo department in the Littoral Province of Cameroon. Fatherless at nine months, his mother had to fight hard to raise the little man and his siblings. After primary school, he continued training in accounting and shorthand typing in Yaoundé. During these years, he learned to play the guitar on his own. In 1967, the young François Misse Ngoh began his life with odd jobs and the first guitar sounds. In 1970, he joined "Los Calvinos", the group founded by NelleEyoum and some former members of the group Uvocot Jazz dissolved a few before. In 1972, he released his first "45 tours" under the direction of Jico, a Nigerian producer based in Douala. The title was successful which propelled François Misse Ngoh like informal leader of the group. The group will also be renamed "François Misse Ngoh and Los Calvinos. »For the pleasure of music lovers at Mont Cameroun Bar in Douala. We then found Manfred Nyamsi (Bass), Esso Job (Guitar Solo), Edward Ebongué (Drums), Freddy KoméNgosso (Vocals) and Gustave Ebelle (Rythm Guitar). Under the direction of François Misse Ngoh these virtuosos entertained customers until dawn with their spicy Makossa rhythms. In 1975, François Misse Ngoh signed a contract with Sonafric studios in France, for the recording of his first album, "Ngon’aSuza" (Suza's daughter). His first national success. "Charlotte Amélie" followed in 1979, her second success, which sold 22,000 copies. He will leave the group "Los Calvinos" shortly after, for a solo career. Nicknamed "The Quiet Man of Makossa", François Misse Ngoh is a guitarist, singer, songwriter and organist. He has signed forty albums, the most famous of which are "Munja Moto" in 1983, "Mussango" in 1985, "Feu Rouge" in 1990, "We only live once" in 2004 and "Operation Epervier" in 2009. And above all “Alpha et Omega” and “Charlotte Amélie. "François Misse Ngoh received the title" Cameroonian artist of the century "as part of the celebration in Cameroon of the festivities of the year 2000.-