[1] However, she was noticed in a 1988 television singing contest, Bonsoir musique, by Pierre Akendengue, who encouraged her to visit a meeting place and training course that he had created, the Carrefour des Arts in Libreville.
[1] She went to France in 1990, initially following different formations, exploring Gypsy and Eastern registers, and jazz, at l’Ecole des Sirènes de Lyon.
[3] She then enrolled in singing and music theory classes at Studio Alice Dona in Gentilly.
[1][3] She then found various engagements, in choirs, and also created a duet with the Quebec singer Mario Chenart.
[3] She performed at the Rhino Jazz Festival in Rive-de-Gier in 1999, accompanied by the Italian percussionist Carlo Rizzo.