Sally Nyolo

Former Zap Mama singer Sally Nyolo comes from the South of Cameroon. She was born in the Eton Land, in the small village of Eyen-Meyong, near the town of Tala, in the Lékié Region. She left her homeland at the age of 13 to settle in Paris where she has lived since.

Sally joined the world fusion group Zap Mama in 1993 and went on to produce several solo recordings. Sally returned to the studio in 2002 and her fourth album, Zaione (named after the son she had had the previous year), was released in October of that year. Broadening her musical horizons, Sally mixed traditional bikutsi pop with other musical styles on Zaioneâ and the album includes duos with a number of French singers including Nina Moratto, Muriel Moreno and Jean-Jacques Milteau.