They say I am a Balafonist, Singer, Songwriter and Producer.
We need to encourage each other to do the things we love to do because that is the only way we can help to make the world a better place. For me I chose music because it is the best way or medium I use to affect people’s lives''
That is a quote from a TED Talk I gave in 2015 at NYUAD. I was chosen to give a TED talk because I was recognized to have exceptional musical skills and incurable passion while working on there as a soft skill worker.
I have moved on to Becoming a professional musician and performer, Self-taught multi-instrumentalist, Balafonist and amateur teacher of African Rhythm. I have recorded two amazing world music albums, one of which was a self-motivated research project on Ghanaian Highlife music as the root of several African musical genres like Makossa, Soukous, Souka, Juju music and many more.
Coming from Cameroon, we were giving basic lessons on classical music. That has always kept me hanging despite moving on to teach myself lot of musical instruments and theories. The urge to have a musical qualification and complete knowledge on the subject, to enhance my career, fufil my love for teaching music and help my community in Cameroon who have no access to qualified music knowledge.

Below is my bio

Masango Obase-Aboli Namolongo is a Cameroonian Double 22Keys professional balafonist, singer, songwriter and Producer

He attended Bishop Rogan minor seminary where he was taught classical music for three years. Obase-Aboli was soon discovered in his fourth year as a xylophone virtuoso. He became the number one xylophonist for the school and music prefect for the remaining part of his years. It was during this time that he composed his first classical piece and got his first musical award for the Best Conductor in an all-catholic schools choral competition. While in the university, Obase-Aboli continued with his choral/classical music prowess and was music director, pianist, and percussionist for several choirs.

Obase-Aboli later moved to Abu Dhabi where he got the opportunity to take an introductory course in Jazz at the New York University Abu Dhabi. This piqued his interest in jazz music which he has gone ahead to exploit. During the same period, he was asked to act as a French - English translator for the Xylophone maestro Fode Lasanna Diabate from Mali, who had visited NYUAD with the Kronos Quartet on their "50 for the future" collaboration. This was a turning point in his career. He plays Jazz alongside several genre of music from the African continent including, Amekoko, Makosa, Agbadja, Rhumba and many more.
While in Abu Dhabi, Obase-Aboli was a member of the blue Fever Jazz A Capella and the Abu Dhabi National Symphony Orchestral. Obase-Aboli was invited to give a Ted talk at the 2015 TedX NYUAD (which clashed with his concert where he had to do a vocal back up for Andrea Bocelli) where he spoke about his musical Journey. He was also invited to play percussion at the 2015 national Autism day Abu Dhabi and has then been a self-proclaimed ambassador to kids suffering from Autism and other difficult complications.

With great ambition to exploit African Rhythms, he later moved to Ghana in 2016 where he has been exploiting Ghanaian High life and other African genre of music. Obase-Aboli has two albums to his credit 'ETAPO' and 'UJHASUMA AFRICA'. He tours with his own eight-piece group called Ban'tikar-The African Spy band. Obase-Aboli has worked with Salif Keita and Les Ambassador du Hotel Bamako from Mali, Fred Wesley and Pee wee Elis (of James Brown) the Kronos Quartet, Just a Band from Kenya, Lassana Diabate from Mali, Gyedu-Blay Ambulley, Bessa Simons, Akablay and the Kentos band from Ghana and many more..