Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity.
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Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity. / Tazanu, Primus Mbeanwoah.
Singing our Unsung Heroes: (Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music (edited by Walters Nkwi). red. / Walter Gam Nkwi. Langaa RPCIG, 2021. s. 79-108,.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity.
AU - Tazanu, Primus Mbeanwoah
PY - 2021/2/17
Y1 - 2021/2/17
N2 - In this chapter, I have used the concept of precarity to capture thelives and livelihoods of marginalized Cameroonians as portrayed inLapiro’s music. How this artist observed and most of all, depictedsuffering and uncertainties of life in Cameroon was, par excellence, anunapologetic fight for human rights. For three decades, Lapirobrought to limelight the degrading socioeconomic and politicalcircumstances in his country, strongly believing that he could drawthe attention of the greedy leaders to these worsening conditions.Despite the hardship they experience daily, Lapiro saw Camerooniansas resilient people, as overcomers, as those who do not easily give upin the face of misery imposed on them. Lapiro eulogizes theeconomic feat of these strugglers and at the same time, accuses thepower structure of negligence and dishonesty. For the fact thatthrough his music he advocated for the downtrodden all his life, wecan describe Lapiro as a religious man. He examined the deterioratingconditions of life in his country and found himself playing the roleof Jeremiah, the weeping prophet.
AB - In this chapter, I have used the concept of precarity to capture thelives and livelihoods of marginalized Cameroonians as portrayed inLapiro’s music. How this artist observed and most of all, depictedsuffering and uncertainties of life in Cameroon was, par excellence, anunapologetic fight for human rights. For three decades, Lapirobrought to limelight the degrading socioeconomic and politicalcircumstances in his country, strongly believing that he could drawthe attention of the greedy leaders to these worsening conditions.Despite the hardship they experience daily, Lapiro saw Camerooniansas resilient people, as overcomers, as those who do not easily give upin the face of misery imposed on them. Lapiro eulogizes theeconomic feat of these strugglers and at the same time, accuses thepower structure of negligence and dishonesty. For the fact thatthrough his music he advocated for the downtrodden all his life, wecan describe Lapiro as a religious man. He examined the deterioratingconditions of life in his country and found himself playing the roleof Jeremiah, the weeping prophet.
U2 - 10.2307/j.ctv1kgdfc5.7
DO - 10.2307/j.ctv1kgdfc5.7
M3 - Book chapter
SP - 79-108,
BT - Singing our Unsung Heroes: (Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music (edited by Walters Nkwi)
A2 - Nkwi, Walter Gam
PB - Langaa RPCIG
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