RICHARD BONA thrills even the japaneese with camer music!

RICHARD BONA IN JAPAN

Camer's own Richard Bona recently thrilled a crowed in japan with camer music find out how it went down live on  www.bonamusic.com
Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano in Japan May 10 – 16 2012! Inspired by the shared heritage, rich folkloric and traditional music of West Africa and Cuba, Richard creates a new hybrid, and the crowd goes wild. This photo, with special guest dancer Kazunori Kumagai, taken by by Takuo Sato.

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RAPPING FOR CHANGE IN CAMEROON

His virulent lyrics denounce the evils of the nation and make Valsero the voice of Cameroonian youth. But it’s this very outspokenness that compels public media to ban his songs.
Stop it, President. This is what you have done. Yes, Insha’Allah [God willing], I swear someone will replace you. The people can’t take it anymore; the youth are fed up. We also want to taste success or else we kick you out.
So go the lyrics of ‘Lettre au président’ (‘Letter to the President’). The 34-year-old musician behind them is Gaston Abé, more commonly known by his artist name: General Valsero.
Valsero is an anagram of Serval, the name of one of his favourite childhood comic book heroes. Clearly, youth is not something Abé has left behind.
“In writing this letter to the President,” he explains, “I wanted to portray the real situation youth in Cameroon face. There are double standards
between youth projects as they are