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The National Actors’ Guild of Cameroon, NAGCAM, USA branch has resolved to put in place a conflict resolution and reconciliation mechanism to ensure that a peaceful atmosphere reigns within the group. This decision was reached at during the maiden executive committee meeting of the new NAGCAM disposition that held in Maryland recently.

The Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation Committee when created, would apart from playing a ceasefire role during conflicts that is generally feared could tear actors up, help in convincing a good number of them who have abstained from the guild, to return on board.

According to the new NAGCAM-USA leadership team manned by Moh Tita Pale aka Don Pale, such a body, once it is installed, would accelerate progress in the execution of the guild’s mission of offering an enabling working environment for Cameroonian actors in the USA. Such progress had been slowed down by conflicting stances that appeared to drag on.

During the meeting, the executive members of NAGCAM-USA also agreed to have the constitution of the guild adopted by May 2017. Review of the current constitution (used by the mother branch of the guild) to concur with the USA environment had come to a standstill. According to the Maryland meeting, a constitutional bylaws committee will go underway in December this year, during the first General Assembly organized by the new bureau.

Amongst other things, including the completion of the NAGCAM-USA registration process, the guild set a goal to produce two films every year, under the banner of the Cameroon Film Industry (CFI).

“It was a very fruitful maiden come-together,” Moh Tita told TIPTOPSTARS. The NAGCAM-USA boss who was visibly satisfied with the outcome of the meeting wished that every Cameroonian actor in the USA be part of the new vision that is intended to give value, not only to the art, but to the brilliant work the artists have been doing this far. “I’ll continuously enjoin actors of Cameroonian origin living in the United States to provide the lofty ideas we need to make NAGCAM an enviable professional organization,” said Moh.

NAGCAM-USA was created on the heels of the 2013 reorganization of the Cameroon Film Industry (CFI) that gave room for the institutionalization of professional film guilds in Cameroon. After an interim body, headed by Mat Atugon ran the guild for a period of time, Terence Neville Linoma became the first President. He was succeeded by Moh Tita Pale on September 4 this year.

Blessed are those who were there, for they witnessed the wonders of the world’s noblest art – the seventh art, in one of its facets called premiere. The guest to the Kiss of Death (KOD) movie premiere in Dallas who described the event as such was on point, when he did so, soon after the curtains dropped. A combination of colour and sound, on the electron screen and on humans provided the glamour that characterized the official release of KOD, Saturday September 24, 2016.

“It’s well planned and executed,” actor, Mat Atugon, also starring in Kiss of Death told the Apex 1 Radio (www.apex1radio.com) during show that was devoted to the live coverage of the event.

The Maryland-based Cameroonian actor and a host of VIP guests had been ferried to the Irving Texas event venue by a Limousine purposely set aside to honour their participation in the project and presence at its premiere. “It’s such an honour and I feel really privileged to have been part of the project,” Atugon told the radio broadcast. “In fact, this is the best I have done this far,” he went on.

Speaking on the live broadcast as well, Sir Ryan, Cameroonian comedian confessed his total fall for KOD, soon after he got exposed to the movie’s trailer. “That caught me rushing to Dallas to welcome the movie, I couldn’t wait,” he told Apex 1 Radio. “The executive producer of Kiss of Death whom I have known for about two years now is a hilarious person and that is a replica of KOD – I feel very excited to be in Dallas today to welcome this movie,” Ryan added.

To the executive producer of Kiss of Death, the premiere was a hilarious fulfillment of a great mission that has brought glory to her and her team. “I’m totally satisfied with the organization of the event and must commend the love of everyone who contributed to its success,” Edith Pikwa told reporters.

Meantime, the KOD actor who flew in from Maryland recalled the great moments spent on the set of the movie and commended the acting prowess of entire cast. “We hope to be back on an Edith Pikwa set to perform even better,” Mat Atugon told us.

Shot on locations in Chomba near Bamenda in the North West region of Cameroon, Kiss of Death condemns early and forced marriages that victimizes the girl child and deprives her of ample education. It is produced by Ala Leonard with Edith Pikwa as executive producer and directed by Musing Derick. Also starring in the movie are Laura Onyama (Cameroon’s current most valuable actress), Libota McDonald, Vugah Samson, Eyo Eyo Michael, Line Ikechuju, Nkwah Kinsley, Akenji Shelly, Jessie Nemeh, Kuayena Geobrax, etc.

The movie has had seven nominations and won three awards.

Every element in music considered, Myra Maimoh’s Uniq is unique! It would take just a brief stay in the music market for products to get faded nowadays, for the mere fact that their flow is regular. But Uniq’s tendency is undoubtedly the one that sticks on much longer. Reason: the six-track album is so sumptuously packaged to hold the attention of its consumer firmly.

“Since it was released, I have had to catch myself listening to songs on Uniq endlessly,” Sylvia, a Cameroonian music lover based in Columbus Ohio, USA confessed to TIPTOPSTARS. “Myra Maimoh is a great singer, a good vocalist plus her songs are so melodiously beautiful,” she told us further.

To Andin, yet another Cameroonian who resides in the city of Columbus, the messages embedded in afro soul artist’s songs are unbeatably great. “When I listen to Beau Parleur, it confirms what I usually tell my friends about appearance and reality, in fact that track speaks to me and I love it,” she explained. Andin went on: “I No Go Tire encourages me to work hard in my school work and I have inculcated the habit of listening to it before I go to school or work,” she revealed.

Speaking to Apex 1 Radio recently, Myra Maimoh explained that it took her and her team about one year to complete the album. “And this is because we would work and halt,” she told Apex Snapshot.

The ‘proud Banso girl’ (as Myra refers to herself) explained that she had initially wanted to load the album with eleven or twelve songs, but later thought otherwise. “After all, the most important thing is to have salient messages sent across and I think we achieved that in the six songs,” she said.

In the messages, the artist succeeds in healing and encouraging the world with positive thoughts and lessons. But Myra thinks that the conversation is not over. “I’m calling on my fans and everyone to join me on social media let’s continue talking about these things of life and how we can fix things to make the world a better place to live in,”

Mixed and mastered at M1 Studio in Molyko Buea by Emil Ngumbah, Uniq also features Achalle, of blessed memory (A No Go Tire). The other songs in the album On Va Danser, Feh Vitavivi, Uniq, Beau Parleur and Faraway. So far, only A No Go Tire and On Va Danser have videos. “Another video will be coming pretty soon,” the artist announced on the radio show. The tracks are available on iTunes and Amazon.

Born in Bamenda, North West region of Cameroon (in Central Africa), Myra Maimoh she grew up in an average Christian family home with her parents and siblings. “My mother is my greatest musical influence,” she would say all the time. “She loves African blues, Country and traditional African music and this has influenced me a great deal.” Myra grew up with artists such as Skeeter Davies, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong.

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The national president of the National Actors’ Guild of Cameroon, NAGCAM has declared that the election of a new bureau in its USA branch is null and void. “We are not recognizing the elections nor the new administration put in place, so as far as I’m concerned, Terence Limona is still the president of NAGCAM-USA,” Kesha said.

The NAGCAM national president was reacting to a TIPTOPSTARS story announcing the election results that brought Mot Tita Pale aka Don Pale to the helm of the USA branch of the National Actors’ Guild of Cameroon.

“The national exco was not informed about any such proceedings and we consider that as undermining our role,” Kesha told TIPTOPSTARS. “I’m surprised that our USA branch held elections without our knowledge and that is unacceptable,” the NAGCAM boss went on.

What was USA supposed to do then, we put it to Kesha. “First, USA had to inform the national office in Cameroon, then send us the list of candidates for scrutiny. We need to know who qualifies to run for what position and if they are registered with the guild. When all of this is done, we can give our accord for the elections to take place,” Kesha explained.

According to Kesha, the national executive committee of NAGCAM will meet to discuss the issue, but for now, yesterday’s elections and the new bureau put in place are not recognized.

Contacted at press time, Don Pale, the elected NAGCAN-USA president explained that he is not aware of whatever had been transpiring between the former bureau and the national bureau. Rather, he has asked his predecessor to link him up with Kena Kesha so that booth of them can talk. “But if the national president is going to reject that present statusquo, then he is by implication rejecting the whole notion of NAGCAM-USA and I’m not going to stand by that,” Don told TIPTOPSTARS.

Updates subsequently!