Translation · Interpretation · Communications
Cross-dressing comedians in Cameroon have gone from being celebrated to being accused of promoting a 'homosexual agenda.' This post explores the backlash—fueled not just by homophobia but by jealousy, fear, ignorance, and bandwagoning—and argues that condemning these performers without evidence sacrifices creative talent on the altar of suspicion.
Canal d'Or, Cameroon's premier award show created by Canal 2 International, is threatening to rust—not chemically, but through the creation of discriminatory hierarchies between local music genres and a growing romance with politicians. This post examines the backlash over alleged Anglophone marginalisation while arguing that two deeper issues have escaped popular attention.
An examination of how language professionals in Cameroon perceive technological disruptions in their industry. The article explores feelings of impotence stemming from Africa's lack of ownership in tech innovation and uncertainty about career futures amid machine translation growth, while advocating for a more nuanced view of technology as a transformative rather than destructive force.
This article examines how the 'native speaker' criterion in international freelance markets disadvantages Cameroon translators despite the country's official bilingualism in French and English. It explores questions of discrimination, colonial legacies, and competence, arguing that linguistic proficiency should prevail over native speakerhood as a job requirement.
Mic Monsta's 'Days Like This' featuring Dready Christ, Marnick & Torch City is more than an above-average music video. It is a statement on inclusion (opening with an amputee activist), a great balancing act of multiple performers, a motivational call to resilience, and a thought starter on whether language is really the barrier for Anglophone hip-hop in Cameroon—or if inspiration and authenticity matter more.
Entrepreneurship is touted as the solution to unemployment in Cameroon, but starting a language service company comes with immense challenges—from poor rankings in ease of doing business to management struggles, talent scarcity, inadequate technology, and unfair competition. This post explores why it takes 'madness' to start and run an LSC in Cameroon, and why that madness is the only way forward.
