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Le succ\u00e8s est fulgurant, et l\u2019on ne sait pas exactement combien de millions d\u2019exemplaires ont \u00e9t\u00e9 vendus de la chanson la plus populaire d\u2019Afrique. Plus de dix, c\u2019est certain. Mbarga, nig\u00e9rian par sa m\u00e8re et camerounais par son p\u00e8re, a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 avec son <strong>Rocafil Jazz<\/strong>, un style propre, bas\u00e9 sur le highlife, tout en incorporant une guitare influenc\u00e9e par la musique congolaise. Le r\u00e9sultat est un groove ultra contagieux, qui conquiert l\u2019Afrique \u00e0 grande vitesse. Sweet Mother est le premier album de Prince Nico Mbarga, qui restera plusieurs ann\u00e9es chez Rogers All Stars et produira un \u00e0 deux albums par an qui, cependant, n\u2019atteindront jamais le succ\u00e8s du premier. Mbarga est disparu pr\u00e9matur\u00e9ment en 1997 dans un tragique accident de la route. 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