The
city of Houston and its surroundings were treated to a four-night cultural
bliss (July 21 – 24, 2016) marking the 28th edition of the Bui
Family Union National Convention at the Hilton Houston Westchase. The spotlight
of the 28th reunion was on no other than the Cultural Ambassador
from the grasslands of Kumbo Cameroon in the person of CHILLI.
The Cameroonian Cultural Ambassador brought
with her a basket full of surprises as she thrilled the audience with her dialectic
lyrical power, dance moves and creativity. For four days, Africans and friends
of Africa were all satisfied they had seen a moving trailer and most delegates
argued CHILLI is the next big thing in contemporary traditional folklore music
from Africa.
At
the welcome ceremony of Thursday July 21, 2016, CHILLI thrilled the crowd with
her signature song from her debut album titled “My Heritage” which led so many
convention delegates to remark “It was awesome putting a face to this great track.”
On Friday the cultural night, CHILLI again delivered on a rare energetic and
crowd pulling style and during the gala on Saturday night was another mouth -
watering surprise as she pulled the “Mbaya” track from her recent album titled
“Bih Wo” surprising the crowd on this
classic acrobatic style dance from Kumbo. CHILLI shared the stage alongside the Zouk
legend GUILOU and other great performers in the likes DJ Skeeper, Lanre Manuel,
Banla and Ventura, Young Flo and Myra Maimoh.
CHILLI
has attained her long lasting dream of exporting original traditional music
from the grass fields of Kumbo to the world stage. ‘I am more than happy I have
achieved one of the biggest dreams of my career” CHILLI said smiling while
thanking BFU-USA organising committee on this rare opportunity. The theme of
this year’s convention was “Development through Education with focus on
information Technology.” The 2016 BFU-USA National Convention in Houston was a
great success, the next edition of the convention has been scheduled for
Atlanta Georgia next July 2017.
Enjoy this video showcasing her latest worls from album Bih Wo.
Contact Chilli:
Twitter: @ClaudetteChilli
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