Elone
Summary
Elone is a Fang-associated social song-and-dance field especially identified with Woleu-Ntem and continental Equatorial Guinea. Community celebrations, wider Gabonese public use and professional interpretation connect its regional identity with transnational circulation. [1] [2]
Contemporary and trending
Maixant Mebiame Zomo’s 2007 account identifies Elone as a contemporary transformation omitted by an account focused on older traditions. Later specialist synthesis likewise recognizes it within differentiated Gabonese repertoires. Its visibility belongs to a changing social field rather than an unchanged ancestral survival. [1] [2]
History
Mebiame Zomo places emergence around the post-independence period and foregrounds Sima Eboula’s role in popularization. Changing media, festive participation and migration are part of that history. Earlier Fang dance institutions provide context without making every old or new Fang dance Elone. [1]
Musical characteristics
Song and rhythmic dance participation work together in a social repertoire. Public interpretation and orchestration can vary with the ensemble and occasion. Its classification depends on a named performance field and community practice rather than one instrument shared by many unrelated repertoires. [2] [3]
Geography and communities
Woleu-Ntem and neighboring continental Equatorial Guinea form the center of depth. Libreville and broader Gabonese festive networks extend participation beyond a regional or exclusive ethnic public. The 2007 review also describes Paris, Geneva and Brussels community celebrations; those dated relationships are part of circulation history rather than evidence for identical current depth across Europe. [1]
Artists
Sima Eboula is a named interpreter and popularizer in the scholarly review. Community dancers, singers and organizers help sustain the repertoire through recurring celebrations as well as professional appearances. [1]
Representative performances
| Repertoire | Field use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| popular | regional | Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates. |
| Artist | Performance / song / title | Embedded player URL | Notes | Repertoire kind | Repertoire date | Recording date | Format | Opening | Places | Fit | Evidence | Review note | MuGlobe favorite | Current hit | Authentic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvira Lington | Elvira Lington-Elone 9.Ikokou (Clip Officiel) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/9qrd5-zMJMg | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Elvira Lington. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. I Kokou and Madzing Wa, actual named Elone singer. Papy Basse on2026video is guitar, not automatically another lead voice. Video publication: 2026-06-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[4] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Elvira Lington. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. I Kokou and Madzing Wa, actual named Elone singer. Papy Basse on2026video is guitar, not automatically another lead voice. | false | false | false |
| Ecilone Eyono | ECILONE LA MACHINE la seule et unique dans son genre dans ane zam | https://www.youtube.com/embed/GF1S-HW1Pfs | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Ecilone eyono. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Own Ane Zam rendition and separately named Bitam Ane State, source specifically identifies Elone/Fang context. Video publication: 2026-01-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[5] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Ecilone eyono. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Own Ane Zam rendition and separately named Bitam Ane State, source specifically identifies Elone/Fang context. | false | false | false |
| DEMENTOS; Ndong Mboula | DEMENTOS – ELONE (ft. NDONG MBOULA) [Music Vidéo] | https://www.youtube.com/embed/cmxe-a078GU | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: DEMENTOS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Own source explicitly identifies ELONE collaboration and actual featured singer. Dynastie Studio/Evouna Production are production roles; specific modern adaptation retained. Video publication: 2025-11-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[6] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: DEMENTOS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Own source explicitly identifies ELONE collaboration and actual featured singer. Dynastie Studio/Evouna Production are production roles; specific modern adaptation retained. | false | false | false |
| Elone Johanes-Show | Elone Johanes-Show dans As Vipoce | https://www.youtube.com/embed/XH4Seg7hj3A | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Paths De Pathie. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. As Vipoce, actual named local Elone performer/group; source explicitly Gabon/Libreville, not South African geography inferred from name. Video publication: 2023-10-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[7] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Paths De Pathie. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. As Vipoce, actual named local Elone performer/group; source explicitly Gabon/Libreville, not South African geography inferred from name. | false | false | false |
| Libreville Cocotiers Elone ensemble, personal names uncredited | Elone au quartier Cocotiers - Libreville Gabon | https://www.youtube.com/embed/NwB4iYHw_ik | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: maggho eya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Source explicitly documents local Elone musical neighbourhood performance in Libreville; no invented vocalist. Video publication: 2023-04-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[8] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: maggho eya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Source explicitly documents local Elone musical neighbourhood performance in Libreville; no invented vocalist. | false | false | false |
| Alliance de Bikass | ALLIANCE DE BIKASS AVALEDA'A | https://www.youtube.com/embed/LMrkIteA6hk | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: H Ebozoghomba. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Mabengo/Asoh and Avaleda’a, actual named Elone group and distinct titled works; DJ Matrix/H Ebozoghomba are publishers. Video publication: 2022-11-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[9] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: H Ebozoghomba. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Mabengo/Asoh and Avaleda’a, actual named Elone group and distinct titled works; DJ Matrix/H Ebozoghomba are publishers. | false | false | false |
| Elone Toulouse de Bitam | 04. Elone Toulouse 4 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/4GcWcam7W2A | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Azik Be Fang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Actual Bitam northern Gabon group’s2013album excerpt, not a French-repertoire claim from Toulouse name or a new2022session. Video publication: 2022-07-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[10] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Azik Be Fang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Actual Bitam northern Gabon group’s2013album excerpt, not a French-repertoire claim from Toulouse name or a new2022session. | false | false | false |
| Ecilone Eyono | Ecilone - Bitam Ane State | https://www.youtube.com/embed/moLodcKwjWM | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Africa Tempo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Own Ane Zam rendition and separately named Bitam Ane State, source specifically identifies Elone/Fang context. Video publication: 2022-06-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[11] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Africa Tempo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Own Ane Zam rendition and separately named Bitam Ane State, source specifically identifies Elone/Fang context. | false | false | false |
| Les Elonistes | CLIP LES ELONISTES FINAL 2 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/oltUXGtavXc | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Gabon 24. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Actual named Elone performing collective in Gabon24 musical clip, broadcaster not invented as vocalist. Video publication: 2021-07-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[12] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Gabon 24. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Actual named Elone performing collective in Gabon24 musical clip, broadcaster not invented as vocalist. | false | false | false |
| Collectif des artistes du Nord | Le collectif des artistes du nord dans: élone dah éde bya dzem | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kpo5eexCRS0 | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Élone Dah Éde Bya Dzem, actual named collective; Yolaine Debene credited rights/production, not automatically singer. Video publication: 2021-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[13] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Élone Dah Éde Bya Dzem, actual named collective; Yolaine Debene credited rights/production, not automatically singer. | false | false | false |
| Sima Mboula | Elone Sima Mboula: 40 ans de succès la remontada du G9 - Woleu Ntem | https://www.youtube.com/embed/QHPdn55KYHg | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. O Alighe Nye Etam and separately identified40-year Elone performance. Community publisher explicitly names Woleu-Ntem home and this dance/music form. Not all artist repertoire inferred from regional identity. Video publication: 2021-04-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[14] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. O Alighe Nye Etam and separately identified40-year Elone performance. Community publisher explicitly names Woleu-Ntem home and this dance/music form. Not all artist repertoire inferred from regional identity. | false | false | false |
| Sima Junior; Elvis Ella | Elone: Sima Junior feat Elvis Ella - Bhi toboe nnem nbogo | https://www.youtube.com/embed/lLMeg4zdsjg | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Bhi Toboe Nnem Nbogo, source explicitly identifies specific Elone duet. Video publication: 2021-02-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[15] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Bhi Toboe Nnem Nbogo, source explicitly identifies specific Elone duet. | false | false | false |
| Sima Mboula | ELONE SIMA MBOULA: O ALIGHE NYE ETAM | https://www.youtube.com/embed/_54oTCZM_Eg | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. O Alighe Nye Etam and separately identified40-year Elone performance. Community publisher explicitly names Woleu-Ntem home and this dance/music form. Not all artist repertoire inferred from regional identity. Video publication: 2021-01-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[16] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. O Alighe Nye Etam and separately identified40-year Elone performance. Community publisher explicitly names Woleu-Ntem home and this dance/music form. Not all artist repertoire inferred from regional identity. | false | false | false |
| Guy le Gabon; Elris | Elone: Guy & Elris dans Enying | https://www.youtube.com/embed/G96qZC37Jj0 | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Enying, local primary publisher explicitly identifies actual duet and Elone work; not all album tracks inferred. Video publication: 2020-11-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[17] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Enying, local primary publisher explicitly identifies actual duet and Elone work; not all album tracks inferred. | false | false | false |
| Vibration | Elone | https://www.youtube.com/embed/8kxIzfdinZE | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: VIBRATION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Full distributor Elone from Surprise (Hello!). Composer/producer Georges Kamgoua roles preserved; release1999-04-01 is separate from older session claims. Shorter matching publisher video held as likely same work/master. Distributor release: 1999-04-01; reissue date does not establish original recording. Video publication: 2020-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[18] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: VIBRATION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Full distributor Elone from Surprise (Hello!). Composer/producer Georges Kamgoua roles preserved; release1999-04-01 is separate from older session claims. Shorter matching publisher video held as likely same work/master. Distributor release: 1999-04-01; reissue date does not establish original recording. | false | false | false |
| Elone Tonnerre d’Akok Ouest | ELONE TONNERRE D'AKOK OUEST /// #BEZA BAYEMAYI | https://www.youtube.com/embed/rgEtS07BFs0 | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Wayne Verlin Ebozogo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Beza Bayemayi, specific named Elone ensemble/work, not channel Wayne as singer. Video publication: 2020-08-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[19] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Wayne Verlin Ebozogo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Beza Bayemayi, specific named Elone ensemble/work, not channel Wayne as singer. | false | false | false |
| Tobako d’Akam Essatouk | O bale Ma - Elone Tobako d'Akam Essatouk | https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ePfO2QzXWA | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Luc Ango. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. O Bale Ma and Affane Messong, specific repertoire in primary local Fang/Elone archive; not producer Luc Ango/Adzidzon as singer. Video publication: 2020-08-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[20] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Luc Ango. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. O Bale Ma and Affane Messong, specific repertoire in primary local Fang/Elone archive; not producer Luc Ango/Adzidzon as singer. | false | false | false |
| N’do-Man; Ndong Mboula | ELONE 2.0 - N'do-Man feat Ndong Mboula ( Official Music Video) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/n18cQmjT9ms | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: AfricaDream Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Elone2.0 explicitly named modern collaboration; AfricaDream production distinguished from musicians. Video publication: 2020-08-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[21] | popular | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: AfricaDream Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Elone2.0 explicitly named modern collaboration; AfricaDream production distinguished from musicians. | false | false | false |
| Alliance de Bikass | Elone Alliance de Bikass_ Mabengo ( Asoh asoh soh soh asoh ) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/epztayQhUjw | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: DJ MATRIX 241. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Mabengo/Asoh and Avaleda’a, actual named Elone group and distinct titled works; DJ Matrix/H Ebozoghomba are publishers. Video publication: 2019-10-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[22] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: DJ MATRIX 241. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Mabengo/Asoh and Avaleda’a, actual named Elone group and distinct titled works; DJ Matrix/H Ebozoghomba are publishers. | false | false | false |
| Beau Gar; Elone Ézigang de Mitzic | Elone, wawawa, de Beau gar | https://www.youtube.com/embed/s0qRPqqTJ54 | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Wawawa, source specifically identifies singer and Mitzic Elone collective; relation to MP3 is context, not invented duet credit. Video publication: 2019-01-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[23] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Generation Ekang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Wawawa, source specifically identifies singer and Mitzic Elone collective; relation to MP3 is context, not invented duet credit. | false | false | false |
| Sima Mboula; Sima Junior | SIMA MBOULA ET SIMA JUNIOR _ Alene Essong | https://www.youtube.com/embed/rr-SxD_IHKI | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Assoumou Arnaud. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Alene Essong, source explicitly identifies Woleu-Ntem Elone and actual pair. Video publication: 2016-02-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[24] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Assoumou Arnaud. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Alene Essong, source explicitly identifies Woleu-Ntem Elone and actual pair. | false | false | false |
| Kim du Woleu-Ntem | kim du woleu ntem - bia dzemane elone | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lhw8O0t4FJ8 | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: ZANG OFFICIEL. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Bia Dzemane Elone, source explicitly names Woleu-Ntem practitioner and specific work. Video publication: 2014-12-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[25] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: ZANG OFFICIEL. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Bia Dzemane Elone, source explicitly names Woleu-Ntem practitioner and specific work. | false | false | false |
| Autorité d’Obout Essangui | elone autorite d'aubout essangui. NKORE FONE " bosio" | https://www.youtube.com/embed/NnGF0y991lU | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: bienve micha. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Nkore Fone/Bosio, actual named Elone ensemble. Local performing group credit retained; no speculative personal singer names. Video publication: 2013-01-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[26] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: bienve micha. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Nkore Fone/Bosio, actual named Elone ensemble. Local performing group credit retained; no speculative personal singer names. | false | false | false |
| Elone Detroit de Mekome Effack | ELONE DETROIT de Mekome Effack-Ya bene betsite | https://www.youtube.com/embed/zIuKhIGD_gg | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: MissKamita. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Ya Bene Betsite, specific named local Elone ensemble, not American Detroit city repertoire. Video publication: 2012-07-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[27] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: MissKamita. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Ya Bene Betsite, specific named local Elone ensemble, not American Detroit city repertoire. | false | false | false |
| Zabibo Melouck | Zabibo melouck- elone gabon | https://www.youtube.com/embed/RCQ8yI5hAJA | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Padreck. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Source names Elone Gabon/Grand Nord musical work/performer, publisher Padreck not substituted. Video publication: 2012-01-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[28] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Padreck. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Source names Elone Gabon/Grand Nord musical work/performer, publisher Padreck not substituted. | false | false | false |
| MP3 de Mitzic | elone mp3 de mtz-bekône.wmv | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rso5RLBTDKY | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: newname. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Bekône, actual locally named Elone performer/group in source; do not invent uploader newname as vocalist. Video publication: 2011-05-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[29] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: newname. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Bekône, actual locally named Elone performer/group in source; do not invent uploader newname as vocalist. | false | false | false |
| Victor Ricky Mitogo | VICTORRICKY elon esono oburu guinea ecuatorial | https://www.youtube.com/embed/8S8kUCpOp5g | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: VICTOR RICKY MITOGO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Own-source Esono Oburu rendition explicitly names Equatorial Guinea and specific local Elon repertoire. Actual country queue retained, not all Gabon recordings made globally interchangeable. Video publication: 2010-02-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[30] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Equatorial Guinea | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: VICTOR RICKY MITOGO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Own-source Esono Oburu rendition explicitly names Equatorial Guinea and specific local Elon repertoire. Actual country queue retained, not all Gabon recordings made globally interchangeable. | false | false | false |
| Antenne2 Nouvelle Étoile de Minvoul | Elone Antenne 2 minvoul (Gabon) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/eYWnPiqqHiI | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Minvoul2010. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Source explicitly identifies actual Minvoul Gabon Elone collective; not television station mistaken as artist. Video publication: 2009-12-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[31] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Minvoul2010. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Source explicitly identifies actual Minvoul Gabon Elone collective; not television station mistaken as artist. | false | false | false |
| Peyla J Angue | Culture fang/beti : Peyla J Angue, Elone | https://www.youtube.com/embed/3PQRabRbZ_A | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Adzidzon. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Specific Elone recording explicitly identified by local repertoire archive. Video publication: 2009-09-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[32] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Adzidzon. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. Specific Elone recording explicitly identified by local repertoire archive. | false | false | false |
| Tobako d’Akam Essatouk | Culture fang/beti : Tobako d'Akam Essatouk, Affane messong | https://www.youtube.com/embed/O0f2PtuIPKY | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Adzidzon. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. O Bale Ma and Affane Messong, specific repertoire in primary local Fang/Elone archive; not producer Luc Ango/Adzidzon as singer. Video publication: 2009-09-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[33] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Adzidzon. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. O Bale Ma and Affane Messong, specific repertoire in primary local Fang/Elone archive; not producer Luc Ango/Adzidzon as singer. | false | false | false |
| Elvira Lington | Culture fang/beti : Elvyra Lington, Madzing wa | https://www.youtube.com/embed/KeIcM9KNqTk | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Adzidzon. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. I Kokou and Madzing Wa, actual named Elone singer. Papy Basse on2026video is guitar, not automatically another lead voice. Video publication: 2009-09-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[34] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Gabon | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Elone musical recording. Source: Adzidzon. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Fang Elone repertoire or documented modern Elone adaptation, not all Fang/Bwiti/Bikutsi music. I Kokou and Madzing Wa, actual named Elone singer. Papy Basse on2026video is guitar, not automatically another lead voice. | false | false | false |
Related genres
Mvet Oyeng is an epic institution, and Bwiti music belongs to differentiated ritual communities. Their geographical overlap with Elone does not collapse storytelling, ritual repertoire and festive song/dance into a single Fang genre. [1] [35]
References and further reading
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Maixant Mebiame Zomo, review of Paulin Nguema-Obam, Fang du Gabon: Les tambours de la tradition (2005), Archives de sciences sociales des religions138 (2007),document138-68. Access note: Full indexed Elone paragraph and bibliographic cover read. Full book not read. The review is a situated2007 account, not a2026 activity census.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 La musique traditionnelle au Gabon. Access note: Relevant genre/geographic body read.
- ↑ Isabela de Aranzadi, Instrumentos musicales en Guinea Ecuatorial, Gabón y Camerún, revista PH116 (2025),222–237. Access note: Full public abstract and substantive indexed passages around printed pp.225–230 read. Full16-page article not claimed; no media links followed.
- ↑ Elvira Lington-Elone 9.Ikokou (Clip Officiel).
- ↑ ECILONE LA MACHINE la seule et unique dans son genre dans ane zam .
- ↑ DEMENTOS – ELONE (ft. NDONG MBOULA) [Music Vidéo].
- ↑ Elone Johanes-Show dans As Vipoce.
- ↑ Elone au quartier Cocotiers - Libreville Gabon.
- ↑ ALLIANCE DE BIKASS AVALEDA'A.
- ↑ 04. Elone Toulouse 4.
- ↑ Ecilone - Bitam Ane State.
- ↑ CLIP LES ELONISTES FINAL 2.
- ↑ Le collectif des artistes du nord dans: élone dah éde bya dzem.
- ↑ Elone Sima Mboula: 40 ans de succès la remontada du G9 - Woleu Ntem.
- ↑ Elone: Sima Junior feat Elvis Ella - Bhi toboe nnem nbogo.
- ↑ ELONE SIMA MBOULA: O ALIGHE NYE ETAM.
- ↑ Elone: Guy & Elris dans Enying.
- ↑ Elone.
- ↑ ELONE TONNERRE D'AKOK OUEST /// #BEZA BAYEMAYI.
- ↑ O bale Ma - Elone Tobako d'Akam Essatouk.
- ↑ ELONE 2.0 - N'do-Man feat Ndong Mboula ( Official Music Video).
- ↑ Elone Alliance de Bikass_ Mabengo ( Asoh asoh soh soh asoh ).
- ↑ Elone, wawawa, de Beau gar.
- ↑ SIMA MBOULA ET SIMA JUNIOR _ Alene Essong.
- ↑ kim du woleu ntem - bia dzemane elone.
- ↑ elone autorite d'aubout essangui. NKORE FONE " bosio".
- ↑ ELONE DETROIT de Mekome Effack-Ya bene betsite.
- ↑ Zabibo melouck- elone gabon.
- ↑ elone mp3 de mtz-bekône.wmv.
- ↑ VICTORRICKY elon esono oburu guinea ecuatorial.
- ↑ Elone Antenne 2 minvoul (Gabon).
- ↑ Culture fang/beti : Peyla J Angue, Elone.
- ↑ Culture fang/beti : Tobako d'Akam Essatouk, Affane messong.
- ↑ Culture fang/beti : Elvyra Lington, Madzing wa.
- ↑ Sylvie Le Bomin, Emeline Lechaux and Marie-France Mifune, Ce que «faire ensemble» peut vouloir dire en musique: trois études de cas en Afrique centrale, Cahiers d’ethnomusicologie21 (2008),175–204. Access note: Public31-page PDF downloaded. Introduction, selected Fang/Minvoul and Tsogho sections, conclusion and bibliography read, including printed pp.176–183,184–190. Some intervening material and later comparative analyses not read in full. No linked media accessed.
Hotspot mushrooms
A connected Woleu-Ntem/continental Equatorial Guinea social-dance core, with lower Libreville and wider Gabonese participation. Dated European circulation is explained without creating countrywide European fields.
The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.
| ID | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Radius (km) | Strength | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elone-woleu-mainland | Woleu-Ntem and continental Equatorial Guinea Elone landscape | 1.65 | 11.35 | 360 | 0.68 | Connected northern Gabon/mainland Equatoguinean social repertoire. |
| elone-libreville-circulation | Libreville and connected Gabonese Elone circulation | 0.45 | 9.7 | 300 | 0.45 | Lower urban/festive participation extending beyond the regional public. |