Goethe-Découverte 2021
Sound: Raj
Artist name: RAJ
Residence: Yaoundé
Show at the Goethe-Institut: 16.07.2021
Contact: jennifer.rassia@gmail.com
Born in Yaoundé and originally from the town of Yagoua in the Far North of Cameroon, RAJ, whose real name is Astrid Jennifer Rassia, is Beatmaker and sound technician in training. She is passionate about music in general and urban music in particular. After a few experiences in associations, she gained confidence and finally assumed her choices. Dreaming of a professional career as a composer, she enjoys the idea of showing another example of success in a professional environment strongly dominated by men.
Dance : Crazy Lip
Artist name: CRAZY LIP
Residence: Yaoundé
Show at the Goethe-Institut: 18.06.2021
Contact: kidbill200@gmail.com
Philippe Bille is a dancer, performer and choreographer trained by many elders in the profession. Choreographer at the Maison de la Danse et de la Culture in Douala, he also devotes himself to his career and develops his new original creation.
Theatre: Marius Deschamps Nya Nana
Artist name: Nya Nana
Residence: Yaoundé
Show at the Goethe-Institut: 14.05.2021
Contact: mnyanana@yahoo.com
Marius Deschamps Nya Nana was born in Douala where he received his elementary, secondary and university education in communication. In high school he discovers his passion for theatre while taking part in initiatives like "Théâtralement vôtre" and "Ados en scène". Later on he becomes a member of the theatre company Koz’art and stars in numerous plays.
issue of colonization and more specifically the conservation of African heritage in Western museums.
Visual Arts : N'art-M’Mounir
Artist name: N'art-M’Mounir
Residence: Yaoundé
Show at the Goethe-Institut: 03.12.2021
Contact: rncoolart@yahoo.com
Mounir Mohamed Ngoupayou translates knowledge through culture, which is perceived through the significant patterns of elements from our environment and the writings that result from intangible heritage. Mounir presents Man through a trilogy: from states of intense depression, to full consciousness and to enlightenment. The chromatic diversity in his work is a diversity of cultures and thus denotes ease and a deep ecstasy of life. His works are also presented by the assembly of canvases in polyptics.
Voice: Nicaise Lauriane Teossock
Artist name: Nicaise Lauriane Teossock
Residence: Yaoundé
Show at the Goethe-Institut: 15.10.2021
Contact: nicaiseteossock@gmail.com
Nicaise Teossock was born in Balatchi, Western Cameroon. Early on her father, a music aficionado himself, introduces her to jazz, soul and blues and she continues to soak up all kinds of musical influences. Her project is called "Broken but hopeful" which is her manifest for a strong, rich and proud Africa that is open to the world. Nicaise does not shy away from big issues of Cameroonian society like immigration or social and identitary tensions. Her album, which songs are in English, French and Cameroonian national languages, is a window for anyone curious about the country and a testimony to the seemingly infinite variety of Cameroonian rhythms.
Word-Based Performances: Sylvanie Njeng
Artist name: Sylvanie Njeng
Style: Comedy
Residence: Yaoundé
Show at the Goethe-Institut: 19.11.2021
Contact: sylvanie.njeng@gmail.com
Sylvanie Njeng was born in 1996 in Mbalmayo, Cameroon. As a young comedian, she started doing stand-up comedy in 2017 after participating in the Valery Ndongo Comedy Club. Shy but passionate about writing, She wrote and directed her first solo show entitled "Adult Chapter Zero" which is a journey into the psychological world of young people and their relationship to the opposite sex.
