Zimbabwe: Montana Moves Mountains |
Monday, 07 June 2010 12:57 |
If talent is what you desire to experience in a young artiste, find it in Q. Montana's Neo Vector, his maiden album released in 2005. Sweet Pain (2007) also reveals the young singer as a thrilling artiste. Upon release of his third album, Untamed last year, Montana became one of Zimbabwe's most-sought-for singers, even by performance poets. At the Harare Internationa Festival of Arts (HIFA) recently, Q. Montana held a poetry café audience spellbound in Batsirai Chimaga's His Song. But how did all this come about? "I discovered my passion for music at childhood," Montana told TIPTOPSTARS. He went on, "By seven, I was already playing the guitar." He persued his dreams until he saw them come true the day he performed in front of Zambia's independence president Kenneth Kuanda. That was in December 2009. After the show, broadcast live on Zambian television, Kuanda gave the rising Zimbabwean music star a pat on his back. "I felt proud about that,'' said Montana, proudly. Q. Montana who also does graphic designing nurses ambitions of becoming a renowned international singer. With a "Six piece band", he shall be touring some Southern African countries including South Africa, Botswana and Zambia. He admires his role models. "There are two - Salif Keita of Mali and Oliver Mtukudi of Zimbabwe," |
Cameroon film maker Emile Aime Chah Yibain -‘ Ancestor ‘ has finished the shooting an directing his first international Movie “NDOLO SEKA CHOPSTICk”. This Movie is finance by the International... Read more
TTS Comments(3) 07 Feb 2011 Hits:15931 MOVIES
Cameroonians who practice the craft of filmmaking have been enjoined to restore order in their ‘house’ and present themselves as an organized group. It is only by doing so,... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 30 Mar 2015 Hits:7462 MOVIES
It’s fair to say that where one is born becomes the starting point in shaping our world view. Those born in urban spaces are generally open to various ways of... Read more
Solomon Atah Be the first to comment! 03 Aug 2016 Hits:7918 Latest
Three of English-speaking Cameroon's talented actresses have flown abroad for matters concerning their careers. Ayi Chatou Inoua (actress/producer) to Nigeria, now on her way to the Caribbean Island, Ayuk... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 04 Mar 2010 Hits:16515 MOVIES
It is not every day that a Cameroonian from the country’s film industry gets picked as a brand ambassador for a product or service that sells internationally. It becomes news... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 22 May 2020 Hits:3292 Latest
To go by the words of the organizers, the décor is already almost completely planted for the 2013 edition of the Cam Movies Merit Awards, CMMA. “We are currently observing... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 22 Nov 2013 Hits:8624 MOVIES
There has been a change of the calendar and venue of the up-coming executive committee meeting of the Cameroon Film Industry. Initially billed for Kumba, the meeting venue has been... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Comments(1) 23 Mar 2012 Hits:6590 Latest
Until February 4, 2013 Jovi, one of Cameroon’s most renowned Rap artistes was produced under the banner of MuMak, a record label he helped to set up with his bosom... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 06 Feb 2013 Hits:6043 Latest
The Africa diplomatic corps in the US is increasing showing great consent for the Cameroon Entertainment Awards, an event that pays tribute a country usually described as Africa in miniature.... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 27 May 2012 Hits:5839 Latest
“We have just three scenes to go and everything being equal, we’ll shoot them this coming Saturday,” Kang Quintus, the producer of Rage, an up-coming short film announced. The film... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 25 Sep 2012 Hits:17289 MOVIES
The film industry in Cameroon became one movie richer last Saturday, June 28, 2014, following the official release of Ekei. Ekei is the much-talked about Cameroonian movie produced by Kang... Read more
TTS Be the first to comment! 03 Jul 2014 Hits:11482 MOVIES
It is now an undeniable fact that Cameroon’s film industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the country. It grows in quantity and quality. This growth is thanks... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 13 Jul 2013 Hits:8683 MOVIES
Merlisa Determined waxes on stronger with her movie acting career. Amid the odds of 2020, she still completed her assignments and is poised to film more stories. As she engages... Read more
TTS Be the first to comment! 03 Mar 2021 Hits:1597 Latest
No film industry can stand tall and proud if the production of documentary films leaves much to be desired. This assertion fits Africa so squarely. Reason – the continent is... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 30 Jan 2012 Hits:12938 INTERVIEWS
Cameroon History scholars and fans of telefilms would find the rest of 2012 on national television quite exciting. One of the most eventful episodes in the country’s history, translated into... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Comments(2) 18 Mar 2012 Hits:9375 MOVIES
If marketing Cameroonian films is still a major challenge, exhibiting them at international forums is not, any longer. For the past couple of years, Cameroonian films have been fairing well... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Comments(2) 11 Apr 2012 Hits:10298 MOVIES
If lifting the prize of Best Artist/Performer in the 2009 Campus Celebrity song contest (with FBI-Generation song group) was an early sign of Inspi’s eventual music prowess, writing songs at... Read more
TTS Be the first to comment! 22 Dec 2014 Hits:5422 Latest
When this writer spoke with producer of Na-ja, an upcoming Cameroonian TV series in the making in Germany, Wesley Nanse latter sounded very determined to make it a landmark project... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 27 Aug 2015 Hits:6129 Latest
It was a starry Thursday night at the ModeMaison PR headoffice at AES Sonel in the hip quarters of Bonamoussadi when the communications, marketing and branding agency finally launched in... Read more
TTS Be the first to comment! 25 Aug 2013 Hits:10042 Latest
Among the films, the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) would be lining up from Cameroon this year, there will certainly be Passions, a Penjo Entertainment production currently undergoing post-production at... Read more
Ernest Kanjo Be the first to comment! 01 Jan 2012 Hits:7543 MOVIES
Kumba was the centre of attraction recently, film speaking when it hosted one of Africa’s leading actors, Larry Coldsweat. The Nollywood star cum Evangelist was speaker at a one-day... Read more
Anang Christy Ijang Be the first to comment! 26 Jun 2013 Hits:11115 MOVIES
“I’m really pleased and at the same time surprised by all these. I didn’t know I’d get this much from people, you know. I feel really accomplished and fulfilled. It…
There is no other medium through which black values can be more highlighted than music. Afro Rap artist, Ngum Daniel Brian aka D.A is not adding his voice in the…
When CLASH will start streaming on Netflix from Tuesday, May 18 this year, lovers of Merlisa Determined’s works, and fans of the actress would surely present yet another reason they…
Numerous trips to West Africa might have inspired the young journalist, but it is more of Njie Mbonde Albert's zeal to sell the rich culture of his country that…
As the Cameroonian movie landscape grows in the quantity and quality of films, renowned producers and production houses are not relenting in their efforts to be part of the…
It would not be out of place to venture that Kesha Kena Emmanuel pulls the biggest weight within his country’s film movement, at least, as far as administration is…
Books, especially the ones whose stories address topical life's challenges, are only said to be successful, if their intended impact is felt. There is no other comforting satisfaction authors of…
A keen observer of the evolution of filmmaking in Cameroon recently told TIPTOPSTARS that it’s Cameroon’s time to shine. He was not wrong! For quite some time, there is always…
WardRobe is one! One year on, the fashion shop that is now known to make men and women look gorgeous has kept waxing on strong. In Cameroon’s economic capital…