LEADER 03576nam 2200589 450 001 9910464193603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9956-791-35-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000125867 035 $a(EBL)1707231 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001321976 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11749084 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001321976 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11423520 035 $a(PQKB)10130019 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1707231 035 $a(OCoLC)883820036 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38456 035 $a(PPN)198667744 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1707231 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10879022 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL663312 035 $a(OCoLC)884544998 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000125867 100 $a20140616h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe life and times of a Cameroonian icon $etribute to Lapiro De Mbanga Ngata man /$fPeter Wuteh Vakunta 210 1$aBamenda, Cameroon :$cLangaa Research & Publishing CIG,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-32030-6 311 $a9956-791-94-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgement -- Preface -- Theorizing Orality and Human Rights in Cameroon and Africa -- Lapiro Parle: Entretien avec le Professeur Vakunta -- Entertaining Political Dissent in Cameroon -- Lapiroisms: Tool of Resistance in Lapiro's Songwriting -- Anti-Establishment Lyrics of Lapiro, Valsero and Elwood -- Fictionalizing the Rebel Art of Lapiro de Mbanga -- Eulogies and Obituaries for the Fallen Hero -- Epilogue -- Works cited -- Discography -- Index. 330 $aThis book is the celebration of one man's vendetta against a cancerous regime that thrives on the rape of democracy and human rights abuses. Lapiro de Mbanga, born Lambo Sandjo Pierre Roger on April 7, 1957 was a conduit for social change. He fought for change in his homeland and died fighting for change in Cameroon. Lapiro believed in the innate goodness of man but also had the conviction that absolute power corrupts absolutely. He was noted for contending that "power creates monsters." His entire musical career was devoted to fighting the cause of the downtrodden in Cameroon. He composed satirical songs on the socio-economic dysphonia in his beleaguered country. In his songs, he articulated the daily travails of the man in the street and the government-orchestrated injustices he witnessed. As a songwriter, Lapiro de Mbanga distinguished himself from his peers through bravado, valiance and the courage to say overtly what many a Cameroonian musician would only mumble in the privacy of their homes. Lapiro's anti-establishment music led to his arrest and imprisonment in September 2009 for three years. Released from prison on April 8, 2011 he was later given political asylum by the USA. On September 2, 2012 Lapiro relocated with some members of his family to Buffalo in New York where he died on March 16, 2014 after an illness. His revolutionary music and fighting spirit live on. 606 $aSocial change$zCameroon 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial change 676 $a303.4 700 $aVakunta$b Peter Wuteh$0856914 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464193603321 996 $aThe life and times of a Cameroonian icon$92150436 997 $aUNINA