The band consisted of Jean Paul Zé Bella, Victor Dooh Belley, and Emile Kojidie, who were members of the presidential guard of Cameroon, along with Annie Anzouer [fr].
They wear pith helmets and stuff their clothes to give the appearance of being well-off as a satire of black soldiers who had collaborated with oppressive white officers.
[10] Internet users, including Cindy Casares of the Latino culture blog Guanabee, noted the origin of the song, leading to rumours of plagiarism.
[3][1] Dooh and Zé Bella held a press conference in Douala on 11 May 2010 with their manager, Didier Edo, who had negotiated an out-of-court settlement with Sony Music.
[9] The first commercially released adaptation of the military song was "El negro no puede", written by Wilfrido Vargas and performed by Dominican group Las Chicas del Can, in 1982.