Recently, Anglophone Cameroon’s social
atmosphere has been bombarded with zillions of ‘entertainers’, with most of
them having unbounded hopes about their future. Be it in spheres of music,
movies, fashion, comedy or dance, one realizes that their alacrity to indulge in
these fields is not only backed by their talent or know-how, but by the
immensity of their amateurism.
I am not saying there are no professional
entertainers in English Cameroon, for that will be a fallible purview. However,
with the blatant mishmash of obstreperous ‘entertainers’ who consistently rely
on the same antediluvian schemes which help in creating an environment of
social apathy, I have no option but to point out their abysmal activities which
continue to stench with pernicious results.
Being someone who has the industry at
heart, I can’t grapple with the fact that the multitude of ‘entertainers’ have resolved
to absolute denigration of the very ethics that bind the social communion of
intellectual entertainment. It’s usual to see these very novices make much ado
about nothing as they portray a social sanctimonious depiction of themselves, littered
with abortive attempts at being successful.
Today, movies are made for the sake of fame,
music is sung with a pathological indifference to professionalism and comedy
has now become the antithesis of quality entertainment. The fate of the
industry remains at the same level due to the actions of some execrable promoters
who propitiate by a load of hogwash publicity.
The amorphous nature of our industry
reflects in the aloof nature of the public as they shy away from entertainment
events. I am calling on a massive extradition of all these social novices who
continue to abhor the need for professionalism. We need to promote those who
through constant polymorphous research have enlightened themselves and the
industry as a whole. Only then can we reap from the splendour of our actions.
