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24•Nov•
Acclaimed dancer prepares stage for maiden gospel album
News / Latest / ??Ernest Kanjo??
••Monday•, 24 •November• 2014 10:38•

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The name Charlo Magique is hugely meaningful to Cameroonian secondary and high school generation of the 90s, especially in the North West region of the country. The name was an incarnation of choreography. And even when Vumomse, the artist who was fondly referred to as such is mentioned today, the first thing that comes to mind is state-of-the-art dancing. In short, the USA-based dance hero, today an up-and-coming gospel singer is a choreography par excellence. “It runs in the blood,” he recently joked when this reporter sought to know if Charlo Magique could still perform the art of dancing as he used to.

Those school dancing days gone, Charlo Magique who simply goes by the name Vumomse has now steered the wheel to a new lane with gospel music on focus. Drawing inspiration from significant blessings he has enjoyed from his creator, the young Cameroonian singer retreated for a while to weave tracks for his maiden album. After months of packaging the bundle, Vumomse has sprang with a carefully woven job the public has received with a lot of excitement. Rakata, the said album has been prominent at home and abroad since its foretaste was officially made public a couple of days ago.

Reactions to this project have come from the artist’s former schoolmates, friends, movie actors etc. Writing from Canada, Lum Irine Asanji aka LIA said: “Our classmate and brother is making us proud.” “God never sows useless seeds…He placed them in you {referring to Vumomse} for a purpose. Here is the maturity stage and harvest is around the corner,” she went on.

According to the artist, Rakata which is the key track in the Afropop/Afrobeat album, was born while he was driving in his car, with mixed feelings, after a series of wrong happenings in his life. A signal of victory swept across his mind and before he knew it, he was speaking in tongues and hailing God for having done it for him.

Other songs in the six-track album, produced by Slim Beats and Charles Vumomse are A Believe Busy Body, Do Me Again, Satan Dey Fee My Bad, You Too Much. The songs are done in English and pidgin (lingua franca). Featuring in the album whose videos are directed by M.T Muna (Benzene Creation) with INV Media in the UK, are Ewube and Na Me Cyrus.

The official release of Rakata has been billed for Michigan, USA in a red carpet event that will take place at Pi Banquet Center, 28847 Franklin Road, Southfiled MI, 48034.

Ahead of the event, Vumomse will be received on Afrikka Radio’s (www.afrikkaradio.com) African Cocktail with Ernest Kanjo on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 10am. He has been on the Belgium-run Batimu FM’s African Family Show with Titus Banyoh to talk about Rakata.



•Last Updated on ••Monday•, 24 •November• 2014 11:06••
 
16•Nov•
Cameroon: Bloggers poised to reap from art #cmrbloggershangout
News / Latest / ??Ernest Kanjo (Columbus), Marcel Adig (Essen) & JJ Nshom (Douala)??
••Sunday•, 16 •November• 2014 02:29•

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Writing for online consumption has undoubtedly become a fascinating practice. It risks becoming an addictive exercise, but for the most parts, positive, especially for career online reporters/bloggers. As time goes on, the art of blogging among Cameroonian bloggers is getting more and more interesting and from a keen observation, the practitioners passionately love the job. They have variously attested this.


•Last Updated on ••Sunday•, 16 •November• 2014 02:53••
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14•Nov•
Social critiquing: Honorine Express becomes new sensation
News / Latest / ??Ernest Kanjo??
••Friday•, 14 •November• 2014 05:52•

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When TIPTOPSTARS’ Marcel Adig, in a conversation with this writer, prior to this write-up said she is a social media sensation, it was just the most appropriate description one could have of Honorine Express. Honorine Express is undoubtedly a household name, at least as far as social media (Facebook, especially) is concerned. She is one of the most authoritative citizen journalism social critics of her times.


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12•Nov•
New release: Daphne’s three-in-one outing
News / Latest / ??Ernest Kanjo??
••Wednesday•, 12 •November• 2014 15:42•

tn tiptopstarsDaphne, confidently described by Stevens Music Entertainment as the next big thing out of Cameroon, is unarguably the image that best portrays the success of this frontline music label. That the singer, in her embryonic phase could extraordinarily be productive, is a something to write home about. From a smashing maiden single, Rastafari to a brilliant triple single outing is just an excellent score. That is boldness par excellence!

The announcement of the November 17 releases caught this reporter by surprise, not because Daphne’s music prowess is doubted (of course she shines), but more because the speed at which the singer paced to her second outing was amazingly rapid. Then three at a blow!

According to producers, Reflection, Broken and Ndolo are a chain of tracks that carefully weave the beautiful message found in love, to clearly present the author’s perception of the concept. Such perception directly links love to the beautiful God who according to the Buea-based singer, has always been the pillar of my life.

Reflection (Pop/Dancehall), Broken (Afro-pop beat) and Ndolo (Makossa-Zouk) come at a time Rastafari is still prominent on radio and TV in Cameroon. Observers believe these new releases will give Daphne a giant leap that may catapult the artist to greater heights.

Produced by AnyKindBeats with the collaboration of Shan and Oga (for Ndolo), the triple single will be officially made public on November 17.

Meanwhile, Daphne, young yet so talented, is a brilliant songwriter who emerged a couple of months ago and has since won a lot of admiration from contemporary music lovers. She is currently studying in the University of Buea-Cameroon but has her music ambitions of getting to the apex that remain intact. Her label Stevens Music Entertainment (SME) now known to have a nose for hope-rising singers and a knack for quality, is proud of this illustrious daughter of Cameroon whose contribution to the growth of the country’s music industry is already significant.


 
05•Nov•
Johannesburg: Ideas-sharing seminar poised to change lives
News / Latest / ??Ernest Kanjo??
••Wednesday•, 05 •November• 2014 06:05•

connectseminarKnowledge is best enjoyed when it is shared. If it is concealed or canned, knowledge becomes useless. Solomon Atah, a Cameroonian-born civil society promoter and media development expert, understands this assertion to the letter. To him, the new culture of sharing is fast becoming a non-negotiable aspect in development and must be propagated.

It is within the backdrop of this thinking that the South Africa-based media specialist, in collaboration with other experts is organizing a one-day seminar billed for Johannesburg’s Reef Hotel in Marshalltown on Saturday, November 8, 2014.

Dubbed #ConnectSeminar, the come-together will serve as a forum to provide co-creationplatforms, that seek to contribute to novel knowledge share, organizers say. “It is going to be a premium seminar where a collective culture of doing things and allowing participants as well as speakers, to work together towards shared and common good,” Atah told us.

Several experts will be facilitating the #ConnectSeminar including South Paul Naidoo (sales specialist), Linda Yende (best-selling author and relationship specialist), Deric Yuh Ndim (author, personal development coach and member of The John C Maxwell Team), Zama Titi (Nedbank business analyst and inspirational speaker), Mixo Khos (wealth generator and Forex trading guru), Vraja Kishori (spirituality and inspirational speaker) and KK Diaz (author and business coach).
According to organizers, the seminar which will kick off as early as 8:30am with registration of participants will take place in the Conference Centre, 4th Floor, of the Reef Hotel, situated at 58 Anderson Street, JHB Financial District.

For more information or to RSVP email: •This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it•  or contact Solomon Atah on 073 517 6726 Twitter: @SolomonAtah or Fikile Mthethwa on 083 645 1988.


 
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