Eko Roosevelt, born Eko Louis Roosevelt, is a Cameroonian musician, pianist, and singer who serves as the Batanga chief of Lobé village. After receiving musical training at the Dakar School of Arts, the Paris Normal School of Music, and the Gentilly Conservatory of Music during the 1970s, Roosevelt released the debut record, Nalandi, in 1975. Between 1976 and 1981, Roosevelt established the record label Eko Music, publishing nine studio albums including Kilimanjaro My Home (1977), Funky Disco Music (1979), and Eko (1980). Roosevelt became director of the National Orchestra of Cameroon in 1979 and joined the Faculty of Arts and Letters in Douala as a music professor in 1992. Roosevelt was appointed a Knight of the Order of Valour in 1992, promoted to Officer in July 2002, and elevated to Commander in May 2012.
