Tiloun

Réunionnais singer

Tiloun, stage name of Jean-Michel Ramoune, (c. 1967 – 5 July 2020) was a Réunionese singer. He was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion. Alongside other Réunionese musicians, Tiloun dropped the album Kas in Poz in 2011.[1]

Tiloun was active in preservation efforts of the Réunion Creole language,[2] and also donated to agencies researching diabetes.[3] He was also active in efforts to create more humane ways of farming in Réunion.[4]

Tiloun died on 5 July 2020 in Saint-Denis, aged 53.[5]

References change

  1. "Deux veillées musicales en hommage à Tiloun". Le Quotidien (in French). 6 July 2020.
  2. "Tiloun : trésor de la Réunion". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. "Disparition : La Réunion rend hommage à Tiloun". France 1 Réunion (in French). 5 July 2020.
  4. "Tiloun pousse un coup de gueule contre le rougail saucisse en boîte". Journal.re (in French). 23 October 2015.
  5. "Maloya i plèr, Tiloun la désote la vi". Imaz Press (in French). 5 July 2020.