21 books read last year. the plan was to read about half of that. it's a lot of black authors to be read so that will be the focus of my reading this year (it kinda was last year too). I wonder if i can read 3 books a month. need to work on reading faster. not a strength of mine
not that great at reading but really made the commitment to read more. I finally finished reading Assata's autobiography last night. beautiful. the last few chapters felt really emotional. the postscript set in Cuba was a good way to wrap up the book.
an observation i have is that capitalism has created a culture where people put themselves in the shoes of the capitalist class and advocate strongly for them coz they imagine themselves in that position "one day" so lo and behold you ever ask them to compensate you fairly.
The Obsession art director post. Man, what a choice.
One year total experience. Only credit pre-Obsession is a single short film. Sign on to a low budget indie. Agree to rate. Movie explodes. You're suddenly the Art Director fo the most talked about film of the year.
If this ever happens to you, let me give one piece of advice. Embrace it. Use the credit to fight off offers, get a BTL agent, turn those difficult three weeks into an incredible career.
Do NOT cut every connection you have to the filmmakers, put out tweets about how you wish you'd shut down their production, and complain about the rate you agreed to (which isn't even like $100 or some student film sketchiness).
Do you know how many indies I have done as an actor for $240/day? A fucking lot. Every single time I know what I'm getting into and I hope to god it turns out well and leads to another opportunity. I cannot even imagine getting cast in Obsession and then putting out a career ruining post about it instead of trying to leverage it into more work.
krotal's song, vert rouge jaune is such masterpiece and classic in cameroon hip-hop/rap music. That album itself is a classic. I can listen to that song all day.
y'all are so unprofessional. you call someone. they don't know you. It is for YOU to say who you are and why you're calling. what do you mean they didn't say hello? some of y'all think that job seekers do not deserve any form of dignity. Then you come here looking for validation?
Cameroonians will apply for a job, you call them and they pick up the phone and sit quiet. No hello,nothing. At your young age,who are you hiding from smh.
y'all are never happy about anything. y'all never held any previous fecafoot administration to such stringent standards or critique despite all the corruption, mismanagement and mediocrity. y'all get on this app and say just anything.
Without wishing to sound overly critical, I believe there are better ways to allocate these funds. Ideally, we would establish a national football academy modeled after France's Clairefontaine. By developing elite talent between the ages of 10 and 18, we could secure a 10% share of future transfer fees once they turn professional. This approach would ensure a steady pipeline of talent for the national team and provide a long-term return on investment.
y'all get on this app and say just anything. "the major flaw is that it’s for ordinary citizens and poor people" "pretty good system of justice", "the major flaw is that it's selective"
That’s not true brother, Cameroon has a pretty good. System of Justice, the major flaw is that it’s for ordinary citizens and poor people, it’s certainly not the worst even in West/Central African let alone on earth, you just need to know the law except those involved are influencial like CPDM then you have a problem.
Do it the right way and you’ll see Cameroon has good laws and justice, the major flaw is that it’s selective.
Aladji Touré spent most of his career working with other artists in Cameroon and beyond, that he never had time to produce much for himself. He only released one album of his, New Face in 2010 which is amazing, go check it out.
Aladji Touré is a Cameroon music legend.
man, pas facile de nommer. Cameroon has too many with continental impact. one person you may never hear mentioned is Aladji Touré - probably one of the most influential bassist and producer Cameroon has ever had. he worked with all the great cameroon artists from the 70s onwards.
I don't think there is a successful makossa artist from the 70s-80s that didn't work with Aladji Touré. As of today, my top 5 of cameroon producers will probably be manu dibango, aladji touré, Toto Guillaume, ekambi brilliant, eko roosevelt. they helped shape cameroon music