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    My name is Gallus Fotabong. I hail from Lebialem division, located in the South West Province of Cameroon. Cameroon is located

 

between  Central and West Africa. As a little boy, I constantly heard my mother singing as she went along with her daily duties. Before I

 

realized, I was doing exactly the same thing as my mother. In the late seventies, I was lucky to be exposed to the songs and lyrics of Bob

 

Marley, Peter Tosh, U-roy, and Eric Donaldson. Listening to these reggae icons inspired me so much. The feeling was so magical. As a

 

young boy growing up, reggae music to me was as important as food is to humanity. I had my four battery radio player in my small room, and

 

no day went by without me listening to reggae music.

 

By age 15, I wrote my first reggae song called “Suffering people,” after drawing my inspiration from the  apartheid regime in South Africa that

 

was specialized in the killing and enslavement of innocent black people in that country. I continued to write reggae songs and in the early

 

90s, I discovered another world class reggae musician from South Africa called Lucky Dube. His style, message, and melody just drove me

 

crazy. In July of 1990, I was privileged to attend a music seminar in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. During this seminar, I had

 

the opportunity to meet with the best Cameroonian musicians. When I was in the high school, I took part in a music competition organized by

 

Foley Dirane, a very popular journalist in Cameroon, and was one of the winners. A year later, I had the honor to be on stage with late Etub

 

Eyang, the best rock and roll star Cameroon ever had. This show meant a lot to me because it was my first major concert, where I had the

 

opportunity to stage with the stars I watched on TV. During the concert, the audience was chanting my name, requesting that I come back on

 

stage after I had performed my first song. The feeling was so good to see that my dream was coming true before my own eyes. In 1994, I

 

had my first experience in the recording studio, where I recorded four songs, which were never published.

 

  In 2002, I came to the United States, and waited till 2005 before recording two songs at Bristol Recording studio in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Just like the previous recording, the two songs were never published. In 2009, I started another recording session with Oak Groove recording

 

studio in Malden, Massachusetts, but unfortunately I was not really satisfied with the way things were going. Within the same period, I met

 

another engineer based in Germany. We did two songs which I was happy with but the problem was that he had to go back to Germany, and

 

I was not ready to do business in that manner, so we went our separate ways. In 2010, I met with Mr. Felix Mwangi, owner of 12 th note

 

production. He is an amazing producer who knows exactly what he is doing. After working with him for a couple of years, we were able to put

 

together a team of musicians like Wayne Jones, the guitarist, Matt Williams, the drummer, Nichelle Mungo, a back-up singer (Voice professor

 

at Berkeley School of Music), Catherine Atwongyerie, another back-up singer (professional gospel musician), and a couple of others to come

 

up with the album “Stop this Fighting.” The album is distributed by cd baby. You can go to www.cdbaby.com and buy your own copy.

 

 

 

Thank you so much.

This CD reflects on the current affairs that the world is facing and gives a message of hope for the under privileged people in the society.

 

Genre: Reggae: Roots Reggae

Release Date: 2016