kenneth harrow
professor emeritus
dept of english
michigan state university
517 803-8839
harrow@msu.edu
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 3:23 PM
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - BANNED MUSIC, No. 5, Franco, Coller La Petite
Coller la petite roughly translates: "stick to the girl". The song garnered 200,000 YouTube video views within 48 hours of uploading it and in just four months, 11 million views, and has now garnered 57 million views on YouTube. It was hyped to West Africa's Song of the Year and listed among OkayAfrica's top 15 songs of the year 2015.
There was a remix of the song by Franko and the great Davido, Bado himself, as "Skelewu La Petite". The remix extended its subversive anti-aristocratic culture. Thumbs up! This old man can skelewu at any time!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkzOF5XZ_T0
Why the ban:
But Joseph Tangwa Fover, the most senior administrative official in the Mifi district of western Cameroon, has banned the sale and broadcast of the song saying it promotes public indecency.
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"What is bad in the song is the message which changes the behavior of our youths. When you play it the dancing style changes and it leads to unwanted pregnancies. If a man brought good music saying that people should go to the farm, will I stop it? This particular song does not respect our normal behavior," Fover said. "Our children should be responsible. Their parents should be responsible. Even those composing these songs should be responsible. The music that does not augur well to our own culture should be wiped out of the society."
http://insolentpolitics.blogspot.com/2015/12/west-african-country-bans-sale-of-some.html
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