Cercle Kapsiki, an initiative started in 1998 by five artists Blaise Bang, Salifou Lindou, Jules Wokam, Hervé Yamguen, and Hervé Youmbi , would interrogate the place and role of art in the urban space.
This new group introduced a strong associative dynamic: inspired by Fr.
The great master Lobè Lobè Rameau who died in 1988 , a painter and musician famed for his guitar playing, would be one of several artists to contribute to the emergence of a musical genre from the Sawa coastal area — the Makossa style, which went on to become internationally popular in the 1950s.
Alongside him were people like Martin Jombè I, Edimo Lazare, Massoma Jean, Seppou Jacques, Eyidi Ngimè, Mbongolo Paul, Ngimè Joseph and Berville Bernard.