By Dr. Peter Wuteh Vakunta
Introduction
Orature as an academic discipline and tool of resistance has made giant strides in its evolution over the years. This transformation manifests itself in the form of musical productivity and scholarship on the subject matter. Among those who have contributed significantly to emerging perspectives on the discipline are musicians themselves. Cameroonian songwriters are township bards who double as entertainers and freedom fighters.Orality is the weapon they wield with dexterity in their relentless vendetta against the establishment’s endemic corruption, bad governance, abuse of power, influence peddling, impunity, misappropriation of public funds, human rights abuses, and other forms of dereliction of duty that plague the post-colony. The lyrics of Donny Elwood, Valsero a.k.a ‘Le Général’ and Lapiro de Mbanga alias 'Ndinga Man' are telling. This trio have carved out a niche for themselves as valiant human rights activists in Cameroon.
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