RICHARD BONA

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Born in 1967 in the village of Minta in East Cameroon, Bona grew up in a home filled with music. He began to perform in public at the age of five, singing in the village church with his mother and four sisters. His earliest instruments were wooden flutes and hand percussion. Eventually he constructed his own 12-string acoustic guitar. After moving to the bigger city of Douala, Richard began playing gigs at the age of 11 on a rented electric guitar. A major turning point in his life happened in 1980 when a Frenchman came to his town and established a jazz club in a local hotel. The club owner heard about the young local prodigy and hired him to assemble a band. "I didn't know anything about jazz," Richard says, "but the gig paid really well, so I took it." The hotel provided the instruments, so Richard would spend read more...
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RICHARD BONA Scene From My Life album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Scene From My Life
Fusion 1999
RICHARD BONA Reverence album cover 3.83 | 3 ratings
Reverence
African Fusion 2001
RICHARD BONA Munia: The Tale album cover 2.75 | 2 ratings
Munia: The Tale
African Fusion 2003
RICHARD BONA Tiki album cover 2.50 | 2 ratings
Tiki
African Fusion 2005
RICHARD BONA The Ten Shades of Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ten Shades of Blues
World Fusion 2009
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Bonafied
African Fusion 2013
RICHARD BONA Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano : Heritage album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano : Heritage
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2016

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RICHARD BONA Kaze Ga Kureta Melody album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kaze Ga Kureta Melody
World Fusion 2000

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RICHARD BONA Bona Makes You Sweat - Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bona Makes You Sweat - Live
African Fusion 2008

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World Fusion 2005

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