Music Adapts to Pandemic Contexts

When the going gets pandemic, the live shows get virtual. There have been a number of shows in Cameroon with performances by popular artists. Those singers, rappers, and musicians have been taking their stage performances into the virtual space. It’s all part of an adaptation to the evolving circumstances of the current COVID-19 pandemic. And why wouldn’t conscientious artists decide to take their concerts and performances onto virtual platforms?

It’s a win-win on all sides. Public health is respected. Their income can remain steady with ongoing performances, or the public can have charity concert events online as well. Unless, someone’s true sense of music is only in live form. Then, of course, there can be a respect for the mourning of the loss of live event.

Nonetheless, these virtual concerts have been happening. Locko, Salatiel, Stanley Enow, Tenor, and others got together on May 30th of this year to create some Cameroonian-styled entertainment. It’s truly impressive stuff. Get this, they performed from home, coordinated the performances, and then streamed them live on Facebook. Enow took the time to reveal his foundation to the public, the Stanley Enow Foundation.

On its Facebook page, the Stanley Enow Foundation is billed as “a non profit organisation aimed catering” for underprivileged kids “with the intention of providing…