Maitre Gazonga & L'International Challal - 1984 - Les Jaloux Saboteurs

   Born May 27, 1948 in Am-Timan, capital of the Salamat region in the southeast of Chad , Ahamat Saleh Rougalta known as “Hamed Gazonga” or “Master Gazonga” has been playing football since his childhood (goalkeeper ) then athletics before moving to Ndjamena where he survives with odd jobs.

In 1968, at the age of 20, he decided to take up music and make it his career. He then joined city groups before founding the orchestra L'International Challal, with which he toured throughout the country, going from village to village to broadcast his music and please. In these rural areas marked by poverty and which he knows well, Master Gazonga asks farmers who do not have financial means to pay their entry tickets with foodstuffs (millet, peanuts, rice, sorghum, rice, fish). dried, chickens, eggs, beans, etc.). Thus, he can resell them on the markets of the capital Ndjamena and pay his musicians. His numerous tours in all regions of the country will make L'International Challal one of the most popular groups in Chad.

In 1984, Maître Gazonga moved to Abidjan ( Ivory Coast ) where he rubbed shoulders with various artists and recorded “Les Jaloux Saboteurs” at the JBZ studio, the flagship title of his first album which immediately became a huge success. Drawing inspiration from his life in exile, he recounts the difficulties encountered by a foreigner living far from his country, the jealousies of the natives who deny him his modest success and the experience that a foreigner always faces.

Despite this popularity, he decided to return home where he released cassettes. In 1986, his famous title “Les Jaloux Saboteurs” was part of the soundtrack of the film “Black Mic Mac” by Thomas Gillou and Cheikh Doucouré, with Jacques Villeret and Isaac de Bankolé as star actors.

One of the most popular singers in his country, Maître Gazonga died on April 1, 2006 at the National General Reference Hospital (HGRN) in Ndjamena, Chad , following sudden and violent headaches. This unfortunate event occurring on April Fool's Day (April 1), his public did not initially believe in his disappearance.

TRACKLIST:

A1 Les Jaloux Saboteurs

A2 Koysse

B1 Fatoumata Kante

B2 Kelina

Credits:

Bass Guitar – Niamké Louis

Chorus – Rastayou, Saleh (2)

Congas [Tumba] – Karim Ayinla*

Drums – Téoquer Léon

Guitar [Accompanying] – Mamboué Maurice

Guitar [Solo] – Ningayo Issa

Saxophone [Tenor] – Beugré Edouard

Trumpet – Kabiné Traoré*

Vocals – Hamed Gazonga*

Recorded At – JBZ Recording Studio, Abidjan

Distributed By – Celluloid

Produced For – AS Records