Daphné (singer)


Njie Efunden Daphne Known professionally as Daphne is a Cameroonian urban pop singer. she's also best known by her song "Rastafari".

Biography

Daphné was born in Buea, Cameroon. She grew up in Douala, Cameroon. She has stayed in Yaounde, Poitiers in the Poitou region, the Alps and even abroad. She has always been a huge fan of Henry Purcell, Mozart and Maurice Ravel. Her modern musical tastes include Stevie Wonder and Sting but she says the latter did not influence her own work. Technically speaking, the most important thing for her in writing a song is finding the right tune because "tunes carry emotions". Sometimes referred to as the French Björk, Daphné's entrancing voice often has her compared to a fairy. She confesses that she "would love to touch the hearts of people who stopped believing in their dreams, in their lives, who only think of running away..."
Her first album, which could be defined as trip hop with a touch of pop and chanson, just illustrates this frame of mind. Le réveil is about being happy in love and confident in the future. Anna is about the end of innocence. Un homme sous influence is about rejection while Ton cœur is an ode to trust. Trafalgar Square tells how the sun always shines again after the rain. L'insoumise and Il viaggio, a song in Italian, are both about the essential need to stand for oneself, to resist, to fight against oneself and society to uncover one's true personality and eventually see love as it is: a liberation.

Discography

Here to Stay (2016)

Carmin (2007)

Bleu Venise (2011)

Treize chansons de Barbara (2012)

La Fauve (2014)