Following Fally Ipupa’s response to Cameroonian singer Lady Ponce, the king of rumba, Koffi Olomidé, makes his entrance. He strongly criticizes the Cameroonian singer.
For the past few days, the Fally Ipupa controversy has been making waves online. It all started with Cameroonian diva Lady Ponce expressing her frustration towards the state-owned Cameroonian company, Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel), indirectly targeting Fally Ipupa.
After the reactions from Petit Pays, Mani Bella, Eric Benjamin Lamère (Camtel’s Communications Director), and even Dicap La Merveil, the Congolese rumba celebrity and king, Koffi Olomidé, has weighed in. He says, “Lady Ponce’s claim is not wrong, but it wasn’t the right time. There is a frustration within her that also impacts the presence of foreign artists in Cameroon. My dear, start to understand that every African is at home so that our continent can progress. A white person would never ask such a question to an Italian who goes to play in France.“
In conclusion, the Quartier Latin boss poked a little fun at the Cameroonian singer. “What seemed to touch me was your question to Camtel: ‘In which country is a foreigner the headliner?’ It directly ignores Cameroonian and Congolese culture. I remind you that the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) has always contributed to the improvement of Cameroonian sounds. The new generation following the late Kotto Bass. Father Manu (Note: the late Manu Dibango) spent half of his life in music groups in Kinshasa. He was a conductor, and let’s not even talk about being a headliner. He almost became the Minister of Culture in Congo under Mobutu’s rule. The late Eboa Lottin was a monument to us, and no one ever called them foreigners. Your two-tiered outburst caught our attention, but we forgive you. You didn’t have any advisors. I greet Papa Zoé and Petit Pays! Have a good day, all Cameroonians,” he concluded.
