Composed in the 1890s, the song continued to be played as "part of the Haitian folkloric repertory" at the end of the 20th century, more than 100 years after its composition.
[2] Five years later, at the age of 14, when due to his polio Auguste had no control over the left part of his body, he was "carried on his back"[1]: 47 to a Vodou ceremony in La Plaine du Cul de Sac, where his family owned a plantation.
At the ceremony, someone possessed by the lwa Erzuli Freda performed a healing ritual, which purportedly gave the young artist, nearly paralyzed from his illness, increased mobility with the aid of a cane.
Upon returning home later that day, Kandjo composed his greatest song in Kreyòl: "Erzuli nennen O," a tribute to the lwa who had given him increased ability to walk.
The song was performed in two-part harmony by Emerante Morse and Martha Jean-Claude[1]: 209