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A young Cameroonian singer is currently under intensive medical care in Yaoundé after narrowly escaping death in a rather shocking car accident. Daphne, author of popular "Calle", was hit in a car by a pick-up at the parking space of Katios Night-Club where she was preparing to stage a show.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, at 3:40am local time.
According to a Canal 2 worker who was also involved in the incident, the young lady was with her team  [ and the man from Canal2]  in a car preparing for the concert when a pick-up came and hit the car at the night club's parking. The lady is facing cerebral uneasiness, the man says.
"Her manager and I are well but Daphne is under intensive medical care,"Romaric Tene narrates.
The man added that the singer has been X-rayed already and  is currently at the Yaoundé Central Hospital.
The mystery of a car crashing into another car already parked at a  night club comes to add to a host of other puzzles in Cameroon in recent weeks.  The dust has not yet settled on the mysterious death of Bishop Jean Marie Benoit Balla who was found dead at the banks of the Sanaga River. He had disappeared three days earlier, leaving his car on the bridge with a note, "I'm in the water".
Another female singer of the Macase Band, died a few days ago in yet another accident. Merveille Tsang'mbe died on June 2 in Yaounde.

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Tasha Seidou

10.Jun.2017

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Some artist decided to boycott a conference for musicians which held in Douala yesterday. According to reports this conference was organized by one of them Marko Mbella who heads a new platform put in place by arts and culture minister to look into problems raised by artist. The meeting which had its venue changed saw a drop in attendance. The organizers explain it was due to change of venue that the turnout was small. The meeting aimed at bringing long lasting solutions to their crises and talk on author’s rights.

Sources say during the meeting which saw the absence of some big names like Ben Ndeca, papion and others, artist proposed that CMC and SOCAM be dissolve and a new association created.  They also discussed on obtaining electoral cards, internal rules and regulation of their association.

According to Marko Mbella the minister’s call for the meeting is to work on a new collective effort to manage author’s rights in music, propose internal rules and regulations, electoral codes and to manage technical and financial resources to organize the general assembly while proposing ways to dissolve the two former associations and grate a new one by merging the two associations. The association will have a new management team with a new constitution to govern it.

The legality of CMC was questioned and others proposed a complete dissolution of both CMC and SOCAM to create a new association for artist in Cameroon. Boycott in Douala has been seen by observers as a long way to show how divided Cameroonian artists are and many say this is the main cause of their problems.

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Rita Akana

03.Jun.2017

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The reaction of a popular Cameroonian musician to the death of Bishop Jean Marie Balla  is making headlines across the country, especially on social media. Maahlox lashed out at a fan who used his timeline to mourn the bishop.
Maahlox began by insulting the lady who had posted her distress on his timeline. He further wondered if the bishop had more problems than everyone else  to "commit suicide".
"He claimed to be a Man of God yet he was the first to jump into the lake[...]", he said. "Was he more troubled than those who go without food?", he questioned.
This outing on Facebook attracted diverse reactions from Cameroonians. Some people reminded the music star that he was losing a fan by insulting the lady. Maahlox had ordered the young woman to go and cry at the Sanaga River and not on his timeline. "If you are his girlfriend go and wail somewhere else," he said bitterly.
On Friday it was rumoured that Maahlox had been called up for interrogation. It is yet to be confirmed.
Some people are wondering what would become of Maahlox if it turned out that the bishop did not actually commit suicide as he  claimed.
But Maahlox stands his ground, arguing that fame does not make him more human than everyone else.
The bishop was fished out of the river on Friday after he went missing on Tuesday night. He reportedly left his home at 11 p.m local on Tuesday. His car was later found with a note which read " i'm in water" at the Sanaga bridge, some kilometers away from his home.
In spite of the recovery of his corpse, the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. Investigation is underway.

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Tasha Seidou

03.Jun.2017

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A young musician lost her  life on Friday in the Ngousso neighbourhoods in Yaoundé in a road accident. Merveille Tsand'Mbe of the Macase band was knocked by a taxi.

Eyewitnesses say she was on a motorbike returning from a performance. Upon seeing an  imminent danger, she jumped off the vehicle just to clash with a taxi from behind.

Merveille was one of three girls incorporated into the band five years ago in order to rekindle its fire. They were named"The three virgins" because of  the beauty of their voices.

The death of Merveille leaves the group with just one of the  trio, Sandrine Nnanga. Leonie Langa had previously gone solo.

The Macase band is a group of Cameroonian musicians founded in 1996. Led by Serge Maboma, the group released its first album"Etam" in 1998.

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Tasha Seidou

03.Jun.2017

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