Francis Bebey
Francis Bebey (born July 15, 1929 in Douala , Cameroon ; † May 28, 2001 in Paris ) was a Cameroonian- French musician and writer.
Life
Bebey spent his childhood in Cameroon , Central Africa , but later came to France with his family . Bebey presents his entire artistic output in English, French or Duala . For his novel Le Fils d'Agatha Moudio , written in 1967 , he was awarded the “ Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire ”, an important African literary prize , in 1968 . The German translation appeared in 1969 under the title The Son of Agatha Moudio . For the novel Das Regenkind he received the Saint-Exupéry Prize.
In his musical compositions he brought together African sounds created by lamellophones and the single-tone flute hindewhu with Western instruments such as electric bass and percussion.
With him and the guitarist John Williams and other musicians, the album The Magic Box was created in 2001 with folk African rhythms and musical styles.
Francis Bebey died on May 29, 2001 in Paris at the age of 72. His son Patrick Bebey, born in 1964, composes and plays the piano, lamellophone and hindewhu .
Works
Literature - German translations
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The son of Agatha Moudio . Railway 1969
- First new edition with a new title: Eine Liebe in Duala . Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1987, ISBN 3-87294-354-5 .
- Second new edition with a new title: Eine Liebe in Duala . From the French by Winfried Thiemer ; dtv, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-423-11749-4 .
- All people are black . Hammer 1994, ISBN 3-87294-623-4
- King Albert . Hammer 1994, ISBN 3-87294-158-5
- Come into the world . Hammer 1994, ISBN 3-87294-632-3 (picture book for a children's song, illustrations by Christiane Pieper)
- The alphabet of the sun during the rain . Hammer 1995, ISBN 3-87294-500-9
- The rain child . Hammer 1997, ISBN 3-87294-742-7
- African Music: A People's Art . Cappella Books 1997, ISBN 1-55652-128-6
Discography
- Guitare D'Une Autre Rime (1975)
- La Condition Masculine (1976)
- Fleur Tropicale (1976)
- Je Vous Aime Zaime Zaime (1977)
- Ballades Africaines (1978)
- Un Petit Ivoirien (1979)
- African Spring (1980)
- Bia So Nika (1981)
- Rire Africain (1981)
- Africa Sanza (1982)
- New Track (1982)
- Pygmy Love Song (1982)
- Super Bebey - Vingt Plages Ensoleillees (double LP, 1983)
- African Moonlight (1994)
- Akwaaba: Music For Sanza (1985)
- Heavy Ghetto, Anti Apartheid Makossa (1985)
- Sanza Nocturne (1985)
- Si Les Gaulois Avaient Su! ... (1986)
- Amaya (1987)
- African Woman (1988)
- Baobab (1988)
- La Lune in Un Seau Tout Rouge (1988)
- Paris Dougou (1990)
- Django Preface (1992)
- African Moonlight (1994)
- Amaya No. 2: Lambaréné Schweitzer (1994)
- Mwana O (1995)
- Sourire de Lune (1996)
- Travail Au Noir (1997)
- Dibiye (1998)
- Mbira Dance (2000)
- The magic of the turtle
Web links
- Works by and about Francis Bebey in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Hannes Fricke: Myth guitar: history, interpreters, great hours. Reclam, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-15-020279-1 , p. 200.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bebey, Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cameroonian-French musician and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Douala , Cameroon |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 2001 |
| Place of death | Paris |