Valerie Ekoume

Afropop-Rock - Cameroon

From a musician family, Valérie EKOUME is a French Cameroonian singer based in France. She grew up listening to various musical styles from Congolese rumba, pop music artists (as Michael Jackson), to Cameroonian Music. Her life took a different turn when in 2004, she started actively working with Manu DIBANGO in the Soul Makossa Gang and the Maraboutik big band, one of the most incredible experience of her life. In 2005, she joint the American School Of Modern Music, in Paris specialized in musician training where she stayed for 5 years . With her three studio albums DJAALÉ (2015) and KWIN NA KINGUE (Top 10 RFI of the World/Africa 2017 albums), MONÈ (2022) and the live album (2021), the critically acclaimed project « La Danse de l’Elephant Tour » has already brought the singer to headline world-renowned stages and festivals. And with many partnerships such as James BKS, Flavia COELHO, Délia FISCHER …the singer belongs to this new multicultural generation and is influenced by it.