Pierre Akendengué

Pierre Akendengue is one of the most outstanding African artists -- a musician, poet, philosopher, and visionary. His influence on African music is immense; in this sense, he is easily comparable to Francis Bebey or Youssou N'Dour. In his native Gabon, he is considered to be a musical genius, in the francophone world, he is at least reasonably well-known, but outside this diaspora his work has remained almost unnoticed and many of his recordings are not easily available -- most of them one has to hunt down. This is a shame, as -- like Bebey and N'Dour -- he was already active ...