He has performed with Ali Farka Toure, Manu Dibango, Richard Bona, Lokua Kanza, Eko Roosevelt, Lionel & Stephane Belmondo, Keziah Jones, and Alpha Blondy, and has played at Womad music festivals.

[1] Valdo, the eldest of four brothers, is from the Sawa community of Cameroon on the Gulf of Guinea coast; his father from the small village of Dibombari near Douala, and his mother from the Malimba Islands.

He also played with Manu Dibango, Alpha Blondy, Ali Farka Touré, Lokua Kanza, Cheick Tidianne Seck, Tony Allen, Rido Bayonne, Etienne Mbappe, Stephane & Lionel Belmondo, and Richard Bona.

This change heralds the beginning of a brand new project for Muntu, a second major turning point in his career and a chance to take a fresh new look at his originality and that of a whole new generation of young Africans.

The likes of Annie-Flore Batchielilis, Mounira Mitchala, Lulendo, Acimo, Corry Denguemo and Amen Viana all proudly came together to perform alongside the Maria Fidelis Choir in a one-off extravaganza that also resulted in the release of thesingle ‘5 circles of Humanity’.

From 2013 to 2015 I worked on various projects including studio sessions as instrumentalist and producer for different artists like Bumi Thomas, Sherry Davis, writing for a musical as well as performing on stages all over the Uk and countries in the world.

In 2019 he founded Cultural Laboratoire, a weekly gathering of artists from different fields of activities including dance, painting, poetry and music, at Katakata in Brixton, a well-known, vibrant and one of the most ethnic diverse area of London in UK.