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P. Sitchet, American originally from Cameroon vocalist, composer. He holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Paris- Sorbonne University under the supervision of Professor Jean-Marc Chouvel. He also earned a MS degree in education sciences His work focuses on music cognition, expressive properties of the voice and the process of transmitting music from the 'black' diaspora. Among them, he is particularly interested in Gwoka music from Guadeloupe. Under his stage name, he has already released seven albums. He appeared in the 2009 PBS documentary film 'the music instinct: science and song', featuring Bobby McFerrin

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