Singer Lady Ponce is not happy with a state-owned Cameroonian company that has chosen a foreign artist over local artists. She expressed her dissatisfaction through a Facebook post.
Lady Ponce, the diva of Cameroonian music, is not pleased with Cameroon Telecommunication (Camtel), a state-owned company. The company has selected Congolese music celebrity Fally Ipupa for a grand concert to be held on December 30, 2023, at the Bepanda Reunification Stadium in Douala.
“Fally, my brother, I have no problem with you, and this post is not about you, but about Camtel. I am expressing my frustration, enough is enough! In your country, you are respected and celebrated. I know your talent, my brother, I respect it, and I know your fee is very important. My country is a hospitable country, yes, but I also demand the same consideration in my own country. Aren’t you tired of this campaign of denigration against creators of artistic works from the ‘Miniature Africa’? When it’s too much, it becomes ugly. Couldn’t Petit Pays be the headliner for this event? Isn’t he an icon of African and world music? Seriously, what a blatant disdain. Camtel, what a shame, what a contempt!” she wrote on her Facebook page.
To conclude her post, she called on all Cameroonian artists to stand together in this fight. “In a country where our companies have no respect for local artists. What kind of complex is this, dear artist colleagues? I’m telling you, if we don’t claim what is rightfully ours, nobody will. Enough is enough. Stop disrespecting Cameroonian artists. Stop, stop, and stop,” she exclaimed.
