Biography:

Alain Djene Djento (1963 – 14 December 2022) was a Cameroonian singer-songwriter.

Djento was born in the Ngodi neighborhood of Douala in 1963.^[1] He began his career in 1970 with the group Les Johnco alongside John Sallé [fr] and Manulo Nguime.^[2] At the start of the 1980s, he formed the group N’Kumbe alongside Nguime, Ngoloko Zachée, and Patrick Djerky.^[3] He released his first album in 1983, titled Débroussailler.

Djene Djento died in Dschang on 14 December 2022.^[4]

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