I used to sing to the girls who were visiting our school.

 

Nkeng Alemanji - singer-songwriter. Photo by John Kelly. Taken on set for You Remind Me videoThis was when I was growing up in Cameroon, and attending boarding school.

The girls (from an all-girls boarding school) will visit our school once or twice a year, and we’d put on a concert for them… it was pretty cool

– we used to think we were... the best things since sliced bread – you should have been there…
J

Anyway - This is where I honed my skill.

 


But I didn’t really start writing songs as sweet as
“Simple As I Am”  
– which won Finalist in Song Of The Year Contest (VH-1 Save The Music) – until several years later, when I moved to the United States at age 17…
  

  

                        "his voice... and his songs... are engaging. The melody is hypnotic. I am a fan" - A&R, Taxi.

 

Nkeng Alemanji - singer-songwriter. Photo by John Kelly, photoshop by Jesse GrimesI am glad you are here

we are developing this site

in the meantime, listen to my first album
Simple As I Am


and then


on Sep 9th-09
I will release the new album 'Hello'
- it will be a mix of
adult contemporary, pop, World/African
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Hello
09-09-09
 

 

 

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