Moni Bilé Explained

Moni Bilé
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Origin:	Cameroon
Genre:	Makossa
Occupation:	Musician

Moni Bilé (born August 1957) is a Cameroonian makossa musician.^[1] He was the best-selling makossa performer of the 1980s,^[2] and his album Amour & Espérance was an international hit that extended the worldwide popularity of the genre.^[3]

Sources

• Hudgens, Jim, and Richard Trillo (1999). West Africa: The Rough Guide. Third ed. London: Rough Guides Ltd.
• West, Ben (2004). Cameroon: The Bradt Travel Guide. Guilford, Connecticut: The Globe Pequot Press Inc.

Notes and References

1. Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-939-0. 245.
2. Hudgens and Trillo, p. 1183
3. West, p. 19