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🎤 Who she is
Dora Decca is a singer-songwriter from Douala, in the Littoral region of Cameroon.
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She belongs to a musical family: she is the younger sister of well-known singers Ben Decca and Grace Decca.
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📖 Her Background & Early Life
She was born on 11 April (year not always consistently reported). Wikipedia

She grew up in a large family of 11 children.
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In addition to music, she studied at a technical-commercial college in Douala (studying electricity/electronics), then later moved to France where she obtained her baccalauréat. Wikipedia

🎶 Musical Career
Although from a musical family and having done some backing vocals and chorus work early on (including for her brother Ben Decca), she officially started her solo career in 2002 with her first album titled Aphrodite.
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She went on to release two more albums: Dor’Attitude (2007) and Belalo (2012) under different production labels.
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Her music style is primarily rooted in Makossa, a major popular genre from Cameroon.
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💡 Themes & Artistic Identity
On her album Belalo, Dora Decca explores social themes — she addresses issues such as material and spiritual poverty, identity loss, and calls especially on women to work for their independence and dignity.
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Beyond music, she has shown social commitment: she founded an association named Eveil Cameroun (in July 2004), aimed at cultural promotion and sensitizing youth — especially women and children — on HIV/AIDS prevention and support.
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📰 Recent Activity & Voice on Social Issues
In September 2023 she gave a strong testimony on social and political issues affecting her country, speaking about tribalism, injustices, eviction problems in Douala — and urged Cameroonians to unite.
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Around 2022–2023 she hinted at working on new music, signalling a possible return or continuation of her musical career.
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