Anouman Brou Félix
{{Short description|Ivorian musician (1935–2021)}}
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| birth_date = 5 February 1935
| birth_place = Adzopé, French West Africa
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| death_place = Abidjan, Ivory Coast
| nationality = Ivorian
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Anouman Brou Félix (5 February 1935 – 3 October 2021) was an Ivorian guitarist, bassist, and percussionist.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 January 2012|title=Ancienne gloire de la musique ivoirienne: Anoman Brou Felix se meurt|trans-title= |url=https://news.abidjan.net/articles/421695/ancienne-gloire-de-la-musique-ivoirienne-anoman-brou-felix-se-meurt|language=French|work=Abidjan.net|location= |access-date=4 October 2021}} He was one of the pioneers of Attie music and created the dance Wamy in the 1970s.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=8 August 2013|title=Prix d’Excellence 2013 : Anoma Brou Félix et Bamba Bakary faits Commandeurs de l’ordre du mérite…|trans-title= |url=https://news.abidjan.net/articles/467515/prix-dexcellence-2013-anoma-brou-felix-et-bamba-bakary-faits-commandeurs-de-lordre-du-merite|language=French|work=Abidjan.net|location= |access-date=4 October 2021}}
Biography
Born in Adzopé in 1935, Félix's parents died in 1946. He left for Abidjan where he discovered dressmaking before learning guitar. In the 1960s, he founded the group Ivoiry Band and started the dance Wamy while in France.{{cite news |last=Seck|first=Nago|date=14 September 2012|title=Anoman Brouh Félix|trans-title= |url=http://www.afrisson.com/Anoman-Brou-Felix-160.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121012727/http://www.afrisson.com/Anoman-Brou-Felix-160.html|archivedate=21 January 2020|language=French|work=Afrisson|location= |access-date=4 October 2021}}
Anouman Brou Félix died in Abidjan on 3 October 2021 at the age of 86.{{cite news|last=Sylvain|first=Blackson Dodo|date=4 October 2021|title=Culture : Deuil, Anoman Brouh Félix, pionnier de la musique Akyé est décédé|trans-title=|url=https://www.akody.com/cote-divoire/news/culture-deuil-anoman-brouh-felix-pionnier-de-la-musique-akye-est-decede-329532|language=French|work=Akody.com|location=|access-date=4 October 2021|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004085411/https://www.akody.com/cote-divoire/news/culture-deuil-anoman-brouh-felix-pionnier-de-la-musique-akye-est-decede-329532|url-status=dead}}
Discography
- Mon yé saka (1965)
- Houi layai (1966)
- Mon cœur l'OCAM (1966)
- Côte d'Ivoire / Anana force kié (1972)
- Danse Wamy (1977)
- Le passé et le présent (1984)
- African Pearls Vol. 5 : Côte d’Ivoire - West African Crossroads (2009)
- Concert Live vol.3 (Les géants de la musique ivoirienne) (2009)
Distinctions
- Commander of the Order of Ivory Merit (2013){{cite news |last=Krassault|first=Robert|date=10 August 2013|title=53ème anniversaire de l’indépendance de la Côte d’Ivoire : Dagri Diabaté à Ouattara: "Les chantiers de la réconciliation nous interpellent"|trans-title= |url=https://news.abidjan.net/articles/467598/53eme-anniversaire-de-lindependance-de-la-cote-divoire-dagri-diabate-a-ouattara-les-chantiers-de-la-reconciliation-nous-interpellent|language=French|work=Abidjan.net|location= |access-date=4 October 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{Discogs artist|Anoman Brouh Felix}}
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