Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: archos on May 13, 2023, 21:03
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What is FESPAM? Archos can you help in a few details ?
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probably the biggest festival of central africa which welcomed stars from central africa and across the continent aswell as the african diaspora,there had been a pause of some years then now this year they restarted
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It makes sense, Brazza is way more stabile then Congo Kin, less people, but more actu money to be made because at least Brazzavilloans kinda enjoy the oil they have like Angola too unlike us, where our politicians keep renewing these deal with chineses and Americans
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Brazza is more stable but its not like the way Angola used to be a few years ago. Otherwise there would have be a mass-migration from people of Kinshasa to Brazzaville like the way many left Congo to live in Luanda. You already alot people from DRC but there would be many many more if that was the case. Like the way people of both Brazzaville & Kinshasa migrated to Gabon when oil was discovered there in the 1970s. People in Brazza don't really enjoy the oil they have since that everything is owned by Sassou-clan and his politicans. Also the french company ELF has the monopoly on oil over there. Its not for nothing that they brought Sassou in 1997 back on power. In 1992 he had lost the presidential elections against late Pascal Lissouba. Lissouba then wanted to gave the Americans the oil to get more revenues since that ELF percentage was to big and Brazzaville just getting peannuts. When the French got informed over it the brought war to get Lissouba out and put their friend Sassou back in power.
late Laudert Londala who was the man behind Ngwomo Africa had actually the same idea about planning a festival like Fespam but he sadly died before wanting to organise it.
Brazzaville is lucky to have politicians that actually like to invest in culture compared to Kinshasa. The difference with Kinshasa is that the politicians there only offer money for matolo and campaigns. But not to invest in festivals, etc. Wazekwa often said it in his interviews. But people in Brazzaville often complain that when money comes in only mostly goes towards artists based in Kinshasa and those coming from other countries. I remember Brazzaville-artists complaining in interviews about to much Kinshasa artists being selected Fespam and not being happy that they were earning more money them them.
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Brazza is more stable but its not like the way Angola used to be a few years ago. Otherwise there would have be a mass-migration from people of Kinshasa to Brazzaville like the way many left Congo to live in Luanda. You already alot people from DRC but there would be many many more if that was the case. Like the way people of both Brazzaville & Kinshasa migrated to Gabon when oil was discovered there in the 1970s. People in Brazza don't really enjoy the oil they have since that everything is owned by Sassou-clan and his politicans. Also the french company ELF has the monopoly on oil over there. Its not for nothing that they brought Sassou in 1997 back on power. In 1992 he had lost the presidential elections against late Pascal Lissouba. Lissouba then wanted to gave the Americans the oil to get more revenues since that ELF percentage was to big and Brazzaville just getting peannuts. When the French got informed over it the brought war to get Lissouba out and put their friend Sassou back in power.
late Laudert Londala who was the man behind Ngwomo Africa had actually the same idea about planning a festival like Fespam but he sadly died before wanting to organise it.
Brazzaville is lucky to have politicians that actually like to invest in culture compared to Kinshasa. The difference with Kinshasa is that the politicians there only offer money for matolo and campaigns. But not to invest in festivals, etc. Wazekwa often said it in his interviews. But people in Brazzaville often complain that when money comes in only mostly goes towards artists based in Kinshasa and those coming from other countries. I remember Brazzaville-artists complaining in interviews about to much Kinshasa artists being selected Fespam and not being happy that they were earning more money them them.
I remembered that the late Chairman Koyo complained on tv. He said that artists from other countries received more money than artist from Congo Brazza and some artists peanuts
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probably the biggest festival of central africa which welcomed stars from central africa and across the continent aswell as the african diaspora,there had been a pause of some years then now this year they restarted
THANKS Archos.
The concept of this festival is a great idea and i hope it does reopen and come back to life, it will not only help a lot of Central African Artists but the upcoming ones and the established ones this festival will give them a shine but to prosper as well