France, Feb. 28 -- Having left Cameroon for France at the age of 12,Minali-Bella describes the EP as "a return to her African roots". Okali, she explains, means "pay attention to others".
"It's the name that I used up until I was adopted, and it's coming back to life today."
Minali-Bella provides vocals in English, French, and the Cameroonian dialect Eton, while Sorin takes care of the beats, in a musical style that mixes African music, trip hop and dub.
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Minali-Bella's native tongue, Eton, is associated with the Beti ethnic group. Growing up with her French adopted family, she says she progressively forgot how to speak it, but that it came back to her once s...