Eko Roosevelt, born Eko Louis Roosevelt, is a Cameroonian musician, pianist, and
singer who serves as the Batanga chief of Lobé village. After receiving musical
training at the Dakar School of Arts, the Paris Normal School of Music, and the
Gentilly Conservatory of Music during the 1970s, Roosevelt released the debut
record, Nalandi, in 1975. Between 1976 and 1981, Roosevelt established the
record label Eko Music, publishing nine studio albums including Kilimanjaro My
Home (1977), Funky Disco Music (1979), and Eko (1980). Roosevelt became director
of the National Orchestra of Cam...