Francis Bebey

Francis Bebey was born on 15 July 1929 in Douala. He went to study in Paris, then at New York University, and worked for radio before being hired by Unesco, in Paris, to study and promote the traditional music of Africa. A guitarist, he also played the sanza and recorded many albums; he wrote novels, short narratives, poems, and a book on African music published in 1969. He died in Paris on 28 May 2001.

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• NovelAgatha Moudio's SonLe Fils d'Agatha MoudioFrancis Bebey · 1968Literature