::: Cameroonian Artists silent in the face of Crisis:::
Role
models!
Who are
role models?
You see role models can be found in every walks
of life.
Role models are people we look up to, because they inspire us.
Today am
looking at Cameroonian Musicians.
In the face
of the crisis at hand in Cameroon, some have been silent, afraid they might take sides, afraid to say what they think.
Many hide under the banner of:
Many hide under the banner of:
“I am apolitical”…
“I don’t delve
into matters with political background”…
Least I forget
Art is politics and according to Aristotle, human beings are by nature
political, because nature, which does nothing in vain, has equipped us with
speech, which enables us to communicate moral concepts such as justice which
are formative of the household and city-state.
So my dear Cameroonian Artist remaining silent in the face of injustice is the same as supporting it.
So my dear Cameroonian Artist remaining silent in the face of injustice is the same as supporting it.
On the
debate if music , a sub-genre of arts, should be or better said, is political or
not , is a topic for another day, but if you want to know my point of view,
then here you go:
“So long as
music is used to express our inner selves, it becomes automatically a
political tool”
Lady Ponce stood
up in the middle of her concert on the 21st of January, at La Cigalein
Paris and asked her audience to pray for
Bamenda.
Like many, I
was impressed, not only of the fact that she acknowledged the crisis in Bamenda
but also because she believed, she was affected as well. She said she was “Bamenda”,
and the crowd responded with a sense of Unity and Respect:
“Je suis
Bamenda”
« Mbembia muntula moto Nye pun Maladi «
« Ba
Lalo Kwala tè.. »
I love you Richard
Bona, your humor, your humble nature,” joie de vivre” and your talent.
You make me proud of my Cameroonian root.
You make me proud of my Cameroonian root.
"Fédération n'est pas Séparation.
Votre
President aime la suisse…
Moi aussi
d'ailleurs(à mes frai$)🎵
Pourtant un État Fédéral.
La "Paix et
la Stabilité" sont des conditions préalables pour la promotion et le
développement d'un pays...
Pas besoin d'être un Rocket Scientist...
Même une
tête de guitare le sait
Négocier vous
dépasse. Vous voyez le complot partout.
C'est bien la preuve que vous êtes des
Politiciens de Pacotille...
Votre système nourrit le colon sauf le camerounais
(Anglo
et Franco) »
Magasco….
my Bamenda Boy
« Wule
Bang Bang.. »
“Ngone bang
ne”
He has been
open about his feelings and does not hesitate to express his view on the issues
at hand.
“One and
indivisible but divisible with Roads and Internet. That's some sweet Unity”
My dear
Cameroonian Artists stop taking the backseat. Stand up, your contributions or points
of view are not insignificant. Many look up to you. Robert Kennedy in his “Ripple
of Hope” speech said:
“Each time
a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes
out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each
other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples
build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and
resistance.”
Robert Kennedy
(June 6th, 1966)
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