CAMEROON'S HOT NEW VICE CAPTAIN!

Eyong Enoh was one of the important newbees of the latest Cameroon squad that featured at the past World Cup demonstrating that Cameroon still has a chance of dominating African football.

Rising from the Mount Cameroon FC squad to Ajax Cape Town and then storming the Dutch Eredivisie League playing at Ayax, Eyong has not done badly at all! Is his success down to a good combo of skill and discipline? Apparently he is known to be very religious shunning the typical footballer lifestyle and limelight in favour of church and his family.

This sexy young thing will continue to set the ladies' hearts on fire as he has just been chosen to be our deputy leading man behind Samuel Eto'o Fils, by the Ministry of Sports. So do we expect more discipline within the team? We hope so!

Eyong will be supported by Nicholas Nkoulou of Monaco who has also been assigned as his deputy.

It seems like a new era is unfolding for Cameroon football, so let's join in and give them our full support.

(Photo credits: Fifa.com)

Stay sweet
Dulce
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NEW COACH FOR CAMEROON

Goodbye Le Guen, hello Clemente! The Cameroon national team has got a new coach, Spaniard Javier Clemente. The 60 year old is not a newbee in the footing world, he started out as a player but due to injury turned to coaching. He has coached teams such as Real Betis, Tenerife, Real Murcia, Real Sociedad, Olympique de Marseille, Real Valladolid, Athletico Bilbao as well as the Spanish and Serbian national teams.

He will be working closely with two former Cameroonian internationals, Francois Omam-Biyik and Jacques Songo'o. The duration of the deal is not known but apparently he will receive 20 million francs CFA per month while his assistants will both get 10 million francs each.
For more on him, go here.

Francois Omam-Biyik is one of Cameroon's greatest international players especially during the nineties playing in 3 World Cups. His greatest moment was when he scored the winning goal in the opening match against Argentina during the 1990 World Cup at the San Siro stadium in Italy.

He has played for teams such as Canon Yaounde, Laval, Cannes, Marseille, Lens, Sampdoria, etc He currently resides in Mexico where he is a head coach of a Second Division team.
More about him, go here.

Jacques Songo'o is a retired Cameroon goalkeeper who spent his time in Spain and France till his retirement. His most successful spell was at Deportivo de la Coruna where he won the Zamora Trophy. In 1996, he was also voted Best African Goalkeeper.

As a caretaker coach, Jacques Songo'o led the national team to a 3-0 victory against Poland during a friendly match last week which called for his appointment as head coach.
For more on him, go here.

We hope together they will do a better job than what Le Guen did!!

Info: Camfoot.com

Stay sweet
Dulce
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MISCELLANEOUS HAPPENINGS

Hello people, what's good? Hope y'all are great. Just wanted to let you know about some few happenings within the community.

Miss Naomi Achu (pictured), a solo artist and member of Avin u C is currently promoting her some of her songs on iTunes. Please support your sister by clicking here and downloading, it does not cost a lot!

Also to let you know is that the Zoneziwoh show is back! To catch it go here. Get involved in her activist work.

Until next time, stay sweet
Dulce
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NDAMUKONG SUH SIGNS FOR DETROIT LIONS

Ndamukong Suh has become the highest paid defensive tackle in the NFL this season despite only played college football.

He has agreed to join the Detroit Lions on a deal worth as much as USD 60 million for over a 5 year period.

The player was so dominant in the college league so much so that he earned the names "Suh-nami", "Suh-perman", "Suh-bmarine".

Well let's see how much chaos he will be causing the other league teams!

For more of this story go here.
Image courtesy of Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images.

Stay sweet
Dulce
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MISCELLANEOUS UPDATE

Global Career Company is pleased to announce the Careers in Africa Recruitment Summit which we will be hosting in London on 29 - 31 October 2010.

Why Apply?
Invite candidates will have the chance to:

• Attend pre-scheduled interviews with leading companies from across Africa
• Network with company executives and arrange 'on-the-spot' interviews
• Attend company presentations and career workshops
• Network with other international professionals
• Receive one or more job offers

Applications are welcome from candidates with:

• Fluency in English, French, Portuguese or Arabic
• Work authorisation for at least one African country
• An undergraduate degree or professional qualification

This Summit is now regarded as the biggest and most significant African recruitment event in the world. It brings together graduates and professionals seeking careers in Africa with leading companies from the region and provides unparalleled access to leading HR Directors and Senior Business Representatives from up to 40 organisations over one weekend. This invitation-only event features pre-scheduled interviews, presentations and networking sessions.

Their client list include;

• Rio Tinto
• Vale
• MultiChoice
• Coca Cola
• Chevron
• Total
• Lafarge
• ABSA

For more information visit: www.careersinafrica.com

Don't miss thiss!!
On another note, the Cameroon Gazette issue 16 is out today so check it out by clicking here.

Stay sweet guys!
Dulce
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ART IS MY ADDICTION!

Hello fellow DC readers and followers, welcome to the blog. Because of all of you we have now rolled into year 2 of our blog life with lots of visitors worldwide everyday. Thank you all so much!!

Today we are going to continue with our talent interviews.

We bring you a young rising talent out of Cameroon doing his very best to showcase his creativity. Art is his addiction and after having studied TV program direction and photography, he is now working for one of the top advertising agency in the world in Cameroon.

Below is his own story. Happy reading y'all!!


DC: Bonjour Eric, merci de nous parler!
Eric : Bonjour, c’est un plaisir !

DC : Parle-nous un peu de ce que vous faites dans la vie.
Eric: Je suis Créatif en publicité. Ce qui veut dire que je conçois et réalise des supports de communication allant des affiches aux spots TV&Radio en passant par des logos et gadgets. Je suis en même temps illustrateur professionnel et créateur de bandes dessinées.

DC: Qu’est-ce qui vous a poussé vers cette industrie?
Eric: J’ai toujours eu une grande passion pour l’art. C’est dans la créativité, le dessin que je retrouve mon plein épanouissement et la satisfaction spirituelle.

DC: Que faut-il comme qualités pour faire ce métier?
Eric : Pour exercer le métier de designer publicitaire, il faut être imaginatif, créatif et maîtriser les logiciels de graphisme. En ce qui est du dessin, il faut avoir du talent, être patient, courageux, travailleur et avoir une bonne dose de confiance en soi car tôt ou tard tu seras confronté au découragement soit venant des opinions diverses, soit venant des difficultés propres au métier.

DC : Faut-il une qualification ou un diplôme?
Eric : Je pense que l’important dans ce métier c’est être créatif et cultivé en plus de la connaissance des logiciels de graphisme. La plupart des grands designers étant des autodidactes, les diplômes ne sont pas toujours obligatoires. Mais un certain minimum d’éducation est nécessaire.

DC: Etait-il facile de trouver du boulot?
Eric : Oui une fois que j’ai déposé mes demandes de stage dans les agences, j’ai été appelé quelques semaines après et ma confirmation pour l’emploi à suivi 6 mois plus tard.

DC: Qu’est-ce qui vous inspire?
Eric : Je suis inspiré par tout ce qui m’entoure. L’inspiration peut venir d’une vidéo, d’un bar du quartier, du web, des revues, des œuvres d’autres créateurs, d’un papotage entre copains, d’un bruit banal, etc... Mais très souvent je me laisse emporter par la musique et mon esprit fait le reste de lui-même.

DC: Votre talent, est-il vraiment apprécié au Cameroun?
Eric : Oui ! Les gens sont émerveillés par mes créations et s’y intéressent vraiment. Et par le soutien des initiatives tel que Dulce Camer ma renommé commence à aller au delà des frontières nationales.

DC : A votre avis, que faut-il faire pour que les Camerounais s’intéressent à l’art?
Eric : L’art souffre encore des problèmes de promotion au Cameroun. Il devrait exister des structures de vulgarisation artistiques plus accessibles pour la population. Les centres culturels sont encore inaccessibles par la plupart des Camerounais. Aussi on devrait déjà dès le bas âge et même dans le système scolaire, introduire des exercices de bricolage pour les plus jeunes. Mais le gros du travail appartient à l’état camerounais qui devrait créer des écoles et organiser les concours pour susciter de l’intérêt dans ce domaine.

DC : Appart votre métier, faites-vous autres chose?
Eric : Je fais beaucoup de sport.

DC : Si on vous donnait 3 souhaits, que feriez-vous souhaiter de mieux?
Eric : Posséder un studio de création et d’animation de renom, créer une école d’art, fonder une famille.

DC : Et voila! Merci pour l’entrevue!
Eric : Merci pour tout ce que fait Dulce Camer pour les talents Camerounais

Some of his work below.

His billboards/flyers

His illustrations

His logos

Misc work

INFORMATIONS
Contact: (00237) 75 99 01 47
Email: takeric83@yahoo.fr or erictak83@hotmail.fr
Site : http://takeric.daportfolio.com/

There you are and until next time!

Stay sweet

Dulce

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VOGUE NOT FOR AFRICA

Hello people so what’s good? Just wanted to update you on some news that has been circulating around our virtual world. I may be the last of the bloggers to blog about it nonetheless I still bring it to you. Many bloggers have blogged about this, some being in favour and thinking the reply was a regrettable one whilst others have completely refuted the idea of having it’s presence in our continent.

What am I referring to you may be thinking? I am referring to the idea of having a Vogue Africa magazine as proposed by Mario Epanya the Paris based fashion photographer from Cameroon.

The last time I caught up with him, he was very excited at the prospect of leading a Vogue Africa magazine. To be honest, I thought it a fantastic idea! The idea of seeing black models monthly sans cesse in a magazine was very appealing! Imagine what that would do to our fashion status and our models – oh the boost! But was this just my fantasy? Would there really have been a “black” Vogue magazine? Like really? Wouldn’t they have just wanted to feature more white African models than the black ones? Wouldn’t this just end up being the usual “African” termed but white market focused magazines we already have especially in places like South Africa? Well, who knows! The matter is since as it isn’t going to take place, speculation is all we will have.

Yes, Vogue Africa is not heading to Africa guys – let’s sob? Or let’s be happy and say good riddance? Well, Mario did his best and fought his hardest for this. If you are a friend of his on Facebook then you will really see how focused on this idea he has been throughout. His mock cover shots were beautiful and artistic and with his fashion experience I find him very capable of directing and leading this magazine to success in Africa.

This was a great idea that truly could be regrettable on the part of Condé Nast, the publishing company behind Vogue. I don’t really see why they said no as I feel it would have done very well. It wouldn’t have just been bought by people based in Africa but I feel it would have been bought by all black people in general as well as those interested in the African fashion scene. This is big time money making scheme they just turned down in my opinion!

Oh well, this is just my views and I guess we have the Vogue all black Italian edition to console ourselves. Would we ever have an edition like this again though? Was that just to keep us quiet? Is Vogue Africa truly viable? Would it have been a great thing for us and for our fashion scene? Would it have reinforced stereotypes? Would it have had an economic effect on the other rising magazines available out there? Would it have helped to make the other magazines out there to up their game? All these questions, what are your opinions?
Leave your comments below.

Thanks and stay sweet
Dulce
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MAKOSSA ORIGINAL!

Are you a die hard original Makossa fanatic? Would you be excited to re-indulge yourself in some seventies and eighties Makossa music? If your answer is yes, then look no further than http://makossaoriginal.blogspot.com/ as Dolf Motz re-introduces some vintage Makossa back into your ipods and playlists!

Follow the music!
Stay sweet
Dulce
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