Traditional/world/folk/jazz fusion outfit, the incomparable ABAKUYA is also the voice of a
sacred and endangered music. Inspired by Cameroonian oral tradition and created by
renowned musician and Bulu storyteller FRANCOIS ESSINDI, in collaboration with
consummate Australian musician and composer JIMI SOFO, ABAKUYA’s music is the
result of a search for the healing elements of polyphonic traditional music from central
Africa, specifically the Ekang and le Bal (pronounced Bol) with their fascinating rhythms
and histories.