Je Blague
(French for I’m joking… you say it like “Je blog” or “I blog”… it’s funny, just know that… but the blog’s serious, I’m not really joking… I just wanted to write some Frenchy junk on there)
Last night in Yaounde we went to see Daddy Blackat the Petit Tam Tam in Yaounde. This is resto/bar is similar to La Chiva of Xalapa, Mexico in that all the funky cool cats hang out there, and the roof is charmingly thatched. He’s hip hop/reggae/soul artist with a little fro and a whole lot of good times. (Tried to find a website for him, but TIA (this is Africa) and there’s not one to be found.) We had to go in a big group of whities since Yaounde gets a bit… tumble weedy after 10pm (taxi fares go up, why go out?) and if you can’t reduce your whiteness, might as well have a bunch of you around. We danced and I grinned and it was a magical time. Live music is something that should never be taken for granted.
ourmanwhere said,
September 29, 2008 at 9:21 am
I too miss live music – it’s another of those things that people tell me “…Cameroonians won’t pay for” (this includes fresh fruit juice and coffee and movies to date – the things I miss most).