NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
It is a big loss for French-speaking African media. I always thought he was Ivorian until I discovered through his biography that he was actually from Cameroon. I feel sorry for his colleague Yves Junior Zogbo, with whom he created the legendary AfriCar Awards, which took place in Ivory Coast, Paris, and once in Gabon. The event selected the best artists from Africa and the Caribbean between 1991 and 1998. It is a shame that they stopped organizing it. Luckily, the Kora Awards were there to continue celebrating African music.
He was my favorite MC. Nobody was able to present Koffi Olomidé better than him. During the period when Koffi was preparing for his concert at the Paris La Défense Arena (U-Arena), I was hoping to see Consty Eka on stage presenting him again. Consty Eka also presented Papa Wemba, Extra Musica, Youssou N'Dour and others. But it was always something special when he introduced Koffi at shows in Ivory Coast and Cameroon.The highlights of Consty Eka presenting Koffi were definitely the concerts at Olympia, Zénith de Paris and Bercy.. Koffi was gracious enough to showcase him at the Olympia so the Congolese audience could notice him, during the performance of the song Magie. The funniest moment while presenting Koffi was during Koffi’s 1996 show in Ivory Coast, when Consty Eka would introduce him and Somono kept shouting in between: “Système ya Marteau!”, “Papa Mukulukulu!”, “Le Vieux Ndika!”. Constry Eka also contributed for a part of Champion Esthétique's popularity around Africa, for mentioning his name during performances of Koffi in Ivory Coast and Paris, before Koffi would come on stage.
Like journalists as As Diop, Yves Dembela, Yves Junior Zogbo, Consty Eka was getting alot of shout-outs by Congolese artists during the late 1990s. But the best shout Consty Eka reeceived can't be other than the way Doudou Copa did in Etat Major by mentioning him followed by late Ahmed Bakayoko.
