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iyunadeblog · 5 years

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Lapiro De Mbanga Shares His Mboko Glory with None, Not Even Jovi.

Who Started Mboko Rap? A Brief Summary of the History of Mboko Fela Kuti founded Afrobeats. Wizkid and Davido made millions of dollars by selling their arts on the default template of Afrobeats to the world. Irrespective of their popularity and fame, they always give credit to Fela Kuti. In Cameroon, Mboko is a street language, it's an ideology and equally, it's a form of music—a form of music that has been innovated into a sub-genre—known today as 'Mboko Rap' I may not know who actually started Mboko Rap in Cameroon, but before I share with you my views, let's take note of these below: Mboko Rap is not Pidgin Rap. Mboko Talk is not pidgin per se even though pidgin is used. Mboko Rap is not Camfranglais. For example, Koppo (Cameroonian rapper) did not rap using Mboko. He used Camfranglais. Mboko Rap is a sub-genre of Mboko music that has been prominently used by Lapiro, Frank De Blaiso, Longue Longue, Douleur and many others. Mboko Rap is Mboko Music void of any creed. Simply put, Mboko Rap makes use of the Mboko language but leaves out the political ideology or does so in a subtle manner. Origin of Mboko Talk

Skiezy Ayenkea The above screenshot is what Skiezy Ayenkea had to say about the Mboko slang. Continue to read to know if it's actually true or not. The Mboko Talk originated around the Mbanga area in the Littoral Region of Cameroon where Lapiro de Mbanga grew up. Mbanga was an important crossroad in the 70s and 80s as traders left different parts of Cameroon stopped there in other to board a train for Kumba (English-speaking Cameroon town). Since Mbanga was close to the English-speaking town of Kumba, it also served as a point of touch for people traveling to Kumba from the Northwest Region (English-speaking), West Region, Littoral and Center Regions (all French-speaking). With such a mix, people needed to use a language where all will understand. So the mix of English, French, Bassa, Duala and other local languages gave birth to this street language which I may not call Mboko Talk (you will see why). With commercial activities flourishing around the Mbanga area, so did the activities of petty thieves, pick-pockets, feymania (conmen) and other small crimes. This is what brought about the Mboko Talk or Mboko because these small criminals were the real ‘mbokos’. They had their own language which you had to be initiated before you could understand. This language became known as Mboko Talk. They constructed sentences using different languages representing the different people that meet at Mbanga. At times, they will create their own words by cutting and pasting words from the various languages to form theirs. This ‘thug language’ is what was later to become Mboko Talk that was brought into prominence by Lapiro de Mbanga (Lambo Pierre Roger). Skiezy Ayenkea was not actually wrong but for the fact that he said Lapiro started Mboko Talk. The birth of Mboko Music using Mboko Talk From the above, we have seen that Lapiro De Mbanga is not actually the one who started the popular Mboko or Mboko Talk as I have seen some people claim. What he did was he brought it to prominence through Mboko Music. Read what he said in an interview with Cameroon Info “...je parlais un moment à la grande majorité de la population qui à l’époque n’allait pas à l’école. Si vous avez des parents bien, qui ont de l’argent, vous allez à l’école, sinon c’est le quartier. Ils sont donc devenus de plus en plus nombreux, ne parlant ni le français, ni l’anglais. Pour donc communiquer, il fallait mélanger le pidjin, un peu de français, et les langues vernaculaires pour obtenir cet argot, qui est devenu très populaire. Alors, pour parler de leurs. problèmes, de leurs souffrances, le meilleur moyen je crois est de le faire en leur langue, qui est devenu la notre, la leur.” Rap is considered street music because they use street slang and language. Rap won't have been considered rap in Cameroon without the use of street language. Talking about street language, I may not consider pidgin English a street language in this case. The real street languages in Cameroon are Mboko Talk and Camfranglais. Camfranglais itself was brought into prominence by Koppo in my opinion and later on developed into a street language. The real street language popular amongst Cameroonians is Mboko Talk. Jovi and Mboko Rap We have had rappers from the French-speaking part of Cameroon sing in English, Pidgin English and French. However, that is far from being Mboko. It falls under what is commonly called Camfranglais. We have also seen many rappers in the English-speaking part of Cameroon rap in Pidgin English which cannot be likened to Mboko even though they may add one or two Mboko words. The way forward etc all in one music called Mboko! This means many people will understand. Read the full article

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