If you follow the Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon has the third most successful football (soccer) team in the ANC. It is also known as the minature Africa, whose borders cross land that has equatorial forests, savannah grassland, desert and mountains. It's lush and beautiful pictures can be found online. Feast your eyes!
Cameroon has also provided the World with a gem.
Qalil.com introduces you to Jacques-Greg Belobo.
Belobo was born in Cameroon and started singing lessons in Yaoundé the country's capital where he was classically trained. He continued his music education at Conservatoire National de Musique of Nice, winning a gold medal prize in 1998 and using it as a stepping stone to Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris where he earned his diploma in 2001.
His success comes as a surprise to many who do not view the people of Africa as connoisseurs of classical music, instead banding the entire group to the vibrant rhythm based music that is the gift of Africa to the World. He is one of only two black opera singers to regularly grace the Opera houses in Germany. Throughout his career he has won serveral prestigious prizes including,
- 1st Prize winner Aguimucla Yaoundé - 1997
- 1st International Competition Medal Diapason in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - 1997
- 1st prize at the National Opera Singing Ales - 1998
- 1st Prize Contest Operetta Rennes - 1998
- 1st prize at the National Opera Singing Béziers - 1999
- 2nd Prize at the International Geneva 2000
- He won five awards at the International Belvedere Competition in Vienna, Austria - 2002
Enjoy this video of him singing the Cameroon National Anthem before a football game.
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