Cameroon: Okali, a Musical Love Story Between France and Cameroon

Musical duo Okali – Cameroonian singer Gaëlle Minali-Bella and French multi-instrumentalist Florent Sorin – released their debut EP this month, the result of years of experimentation in blending the sounds of their two countries, as they told RFI.

Having left Cameroon for France at the age of 12, Minali-Bella describes the EP as “a return to her African roots”. Okali, she explains, means “pay attention to others”.

“It’s the name that I used up until I was adopted, and it’s coming back to life…