African Traditional Music : Yet Another Feather In Lemmy Moïse’s Cap

The latest honour is for his enduring contributions to cultural promotion through music.

There has been a general outcry for many years now amongst music lovers and analysts in country as to the quality of songs. Unlike in the heydays of Cameroonian music in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and even in the early part of the 1990s, the country has since been taken over by the “Music for now” craze. This is easily seen in the ephemeral or fast-fading nature of most songs.

Gone are those days of timelessness – in terms of appeal – of Cameroonian music. As a result, most releases are now hardly remembered by music lovers and radio and television entertainment hosts one year after! This is largely explained by the fact that music has become an all-comers’ profession. With “intruders” often in a mad rush “to make their point.” Understandably, the major casualty is professionalism.

But not so with Lemmy Moïse. The Njang and African traditional music artiste who has been plying his trade since 1996 on February 24, 2019 in Bamenda received this year’s GOCO award for “promoting culture through music.” The honour was Lemmy Moïse’s third since beginning his career. The international charity acknowledged Lemmy’s music, support to budding artistes and extra talents in sound engineering, audio recording, mixing and mastering in his home studio.

“A jury of six went through my songs such as “Nsuung Jazze,” “Talk for Mbuh house,” “Stop wars, let’s dance” – all released in 2001, but still move many people as if they had just come out,” explained Moïse. “The songs are pregnant with both messages and melody; reason why they have stood the test of time,” he adds. “I felt elated and encouraged because the present impasse in the music industry in Cameroon makes it difficult for any artiste to live off their art. Moreover, the public tends to go for songs with vulgar messages and little or no meaning, thereby making me feel that I’m not doing enough,” says Lemmy in response to his latest honour.

“The award came as a morale boost. Someone somewhere - besides the Almighty Lord - is listening and taking note of my contributions to the growth of music,&r...

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