AN ADVENTURE LIKE NO OTHER, INTRODUCING "VIRI", THE MOVIE

Hello People...Things are happening in +237 in the film industry..and I am excited to bring to you..VIRI, an adventure like no other. Think VIRI, think: Thriller, drama, Struggle, Destiny, life...

VIRI VIRI VIRI

The Cameroonian film industry is evolving everyday as more and more home movies are shot and produced some of which are obvious in the manner of story-telling and others, a true depiction of our culture, heritage and evolution.

Here comes VIRI, a movie by film producer Nkanya Nkwai that intends to be different in its story-telling and in its technicality will be hijacking our small screens very soon. The story, an appropriate blend of glamour and the wild succeeds to give an insight on the best of both worlds. It’s not just a focus of life in the rural areas with no civilisation, it depicts the struggles of life after success and civilisation.

So what more is there to VIRI? It is a tale of two contrasting yet similar stories. On one hand two brothers go in search of the remains of their father 23 years after his death. On the other, a couple are on a journey with the purpose of finding a connection that can help save their difficult relationship. They all coincide in the same forest and unknown to them, the same mystery that plagues the forest is that which will eventually change their lives and re-write their destinies. Will their lives ever be the same again after they set out for their journey? You will find this out once the film is released early 2014!

VIRI is an exciting film to be. A a drama thriller, a fictional trilogy of lack of communication, love and impunity. A perfect combination of sadistic, humorous, glamorous and adventurous characters that go through the known and the unknown, through a life path of different sequences that will ultimately lead them to their destiny.

With an award winning DOP amongst the crew, expect a fluid well thought out photographical scenes backed by an excellent script and a host of acting talents captured by an experienced director.

VIRI, the movie – coming soon!

Main Cast & Crew List:

Liza		Stephanie Fonachi
Seal  Mukube		Desmond Wyte
Bonu		Lynno Lovert
Netu		Nkanya Nkwai
Ebena		Alenne Menget
Ebena’s wife		Mrs. Ebai
Mark		Nchifor Valery
Anita		Itambi Delphine
Maria		Fesse
Professor		Vitalis Ottia
Director	Enah Johnscott
Director	Takong Delvis
Production Manager	Tanyi Melvis
Line producer	Forkwa Modester
D.O.P	Yibain E-A Chah
Make Up Artist	Winston
Sound	Morgan Bulu
Artistic Director	Itambi Delphine

To find out more about VIRI affairs, please go here:-

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/VIRI-movie

PR Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ModeMaisonPR

Follow the producer on Twitter: @NkanyaNkwai

Follow their PR on Twitter: @ModeMaisonPR

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

Some of the faces and sights while filming!!

To find out more about VIRI affairs, please go here:-

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/VIRI-movie

PR Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ModeMaisonPR

Follow the producer on Twitter: @NkanyaNkwai

Follow the PR on Twitter: @ModeMaisonPR

Looking forward to VIRI..It sounds like an adventure like none other for real. Thumbs up to the Cast, Crew & PR. 

Y.M.
IRepCamer

MUSIC THURSDAY: THE BRIGHT LIGHT PROJECT PREMIERS IN HOUSTON!

Hello people...Its another Music Thursday.

Introducing my current obsession (that's an understatement). I am very excited and proud about this because of how much effort it takes pull something like this together. .
#AwarenessthroughMusic

WHAT? THE BRIGHT LIGHT PROJECT
WHERE? The Melting point - Houston, TX
WHO?  Over 20 artists from 13 countries. A  DJ Skeeper Concept. A Franco Records Production

WHEN? The audio, video  & website premiered Sunday, December 8th 2013

The Bright Light Project is a Musical Approach in addressing Violence, Hunger, and Peace Across the oceans. 

The Bright Light Project mantras
 #StopTheViolence 
#StopKillingInnocentPeople 
#LetsLiveInPeace 
#StopViolenceAgainstWomen.   
 
This is project in itself is a journey and long time coming. Endorsed by Annise Parker, Mayor of Houston,  written  5 years ago in Cameroon and after 10 months of hard work of over 20 artists from across the globe, the audio/video, and website were released  Sunday December 8, 2013  @ Zen's Restaurant & Grill in Houston Texas. In a press conference, the CEO of Franco Records Mr. Franco Bonghan defined the short and long term goals of the project in a one hour Q/A session.   




PROJECT CREW

Tanyi Jerry Tamfor aka Dj  Skeeper  (Artist, Pianist)  - Cameroon
Nnena Anosike (Artist)  - Nigeria                                                
Abizzy   (Artist) - Sierra Leone                       
Max  Ence (Guitarist) -Ivory Coast                
Katumbella (Artist) - Angola Ade Oniye (Artist) – Nigeria
Mr. V Sax (Saxophonist) -Nigeria                                              
Ugonna Anosike (Artist) - Nigeria                                             
Franco Bonghan (Franco Records) – Cameroon
Prince Noel (Promoter/publisher) - Nigeria 
MarQuis Trill  (Artist) – USA
Hefemi studios (Videographer/Photographer) – Tanzania
Chasta Callies (Artist)  - USA                                     
Ben Decca (Artist) - Cameroon                           
 Tajh Slim Knight Haye (Artist) – Jamaica
Wintafresh (Artist) - Eritrea                        
Njenga Giggz  (Producer)  (Xtrim Records) –Kenya
Roland Ross (Artist) –Liberia
Emmanuel Niyenzima (Guitarist) -Democratic Republic of Congo
Anna Silva (Panelist) – Colombia
Naim Saba (Artist)- Liberia
Epie Valentine aka Supaval (Artist) –Cameroon

The Bright Light Crew

Peace..So proud of y'all

    "....We as Human Beings have the ability to connect to each other through Music. We can stop the violence. We can create greater understanding. We can connect human beings around the world...We can make a difference in the world if only we are willing to try. Music is the universal language to do that...." Annise Parker. Mayor of Houston

DJ Franco & DJ Skeeper...This is an amazingly dynamic duo

DJ Toni Montana & DJ Franco (my highest grand dem for town..lol)

   Website: www.brightlightproject.org 

    Facebook: The Bright LightProject 

    iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bright-light-single/id738264903

 In the aftermath of the loss of a great leader & hero, Nelson Mandela, the message of this song  resonates even more. RIP Madiba.

OK people. This is a for a great cause. Get the song on itunes, share the video, comment etc etc..Support in whatever way you can! 

Thumbs up to DJ Skeeper, Franco Records and the artists and crew. This is totally amazing and I'm proud of y'all. Looking forward to the day when this will be adopted as a theme song for an event,cause or organization. The Sky is NOT the limit.

This is more than a song. It is movement. Join the movement!!

Y.M.
IRepCamer

MUSIC THURSDAY: #KWASIA BRAHA, #THIS LIFE & MORE!!

Hello People...Music Thursday it is..And I am excited to feature some of the songs currently on the repaly!Did someone say Kwasia Braha?? LOL

THIS LIFE - GASHA
I love this video because it just has regular "life" imagery. Thumbs up to Gasha, Stevens Records and team. Looking forward to much more and the album!As you already know.This is my one of my artists to watch in 2014






KWASIA BRAHA - NABSTAR

As Belgium based rapper Nabil aka Nabstar prepares his comeback fully into the music scene, this 2013 has seen him actively release tracks and videos for his EP My Tory Part 1. After “Don’t 4get Me” and “Confirm”, Kwasia Braha (Watta) is the dancey follow up track that attempts to please both the "lyricist" and the "dancist” with a controversial twist and a fun, satirical video to match released today.

Kwasia Braha; meaning “fool come here” in Twi an Akan language spoken in Ghana - is once more another powerful lyrical track from Nabil portraying three verses of uniquely and articulately aligned all pidgin lyrics with humouristic metaphors and reality inspired imageries where Nabil shows why he is unique.

The video is a comical attempt to showcase the bad behaviour from those unpleasant “haters” equipping you with a one sentence response back at them…”Kwasia Braha Bring Me Some Watta”.

The video features guest appearances from legendary Cameroonian comedian/actor/radio host Fingon Tralala who puts up a wonderful display of a Kwasia and also displays some great dance moves, Deejay Omar Eppz, the best African DJ around Belgium and the hottest dance group LA N6.

The track was produced by Majestro "the beat maker" a young talented Belgian producer of African origin, composed by Nabil and mastered by Stephano.

  

For more information, contact:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/nabilmase

Twitter: @CallmeNabstar

Press Twitter: @ModeMaisonPR

Press/Media enquiries: modemaisonpr@gmail.com

And more..Now there's even afrobeat a la bendskin..lol

 

Michel Kiessou - Ben Nam 




Lady B Feat Sadrak,Jovi 



PhilJohn ft Zedd - Clarity Remix 




Enjoy the Music and support our up and coming entertainment industry 

Y.M.
 IRepCamer

THE "TECHWOMEN EXPERIENCE" SERIES: MEET MS. BRAUNHILDA NGUM ATTANGEUR

I love sharing amazing stories and especially anything that uplifts and empowers women. Introducing the "Techwomen Experience" series. A group of Ladies represented Cameroon at  Techwomen 2013. 

 TechWomen is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) mission is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchange that assist in the development of peaceful relations.

Meet with Ms. Braunhilda Ngum Attangeur.

 1. How did you learn about the program? 
A link to the The Techwomen program was forwarded to me by two fellow female alumni of polytechnique yaounde, who both insisted this was a program for me and I should represent them as they were not able to apply at the time (One was having a baby and the other didn’t meet the requirements of 2 yrs working experience)

 2. What pushed you to apply?
 When I went through the Techwomen and IIE websites, I realized as a budding entrepreneur I stood to gain a lot from this opportunity. I also didn’t want to let the ladies down by not applying so I went ahead and did it.
3. Please tell us about how you participated in the program. What, Where ?
 I am a Computer Networks and Security Expert by profession and I was assigned to the Proof of Concept (POC) Labs of Global HQ of Juniper Networks , Sunnyvale, California, I had the following planned for my 3 weeks mentorship at Juniper Networks:  5 days, Juniper Sales Engineer Training,  3 days Juniper IOS Administrator training (I passed the JNCIA Certification Exams at the end. The only Techwoman out of 4 who attempted the exams) Work with the POC Lab team to Test specific Internet Properties of the MX104 ( One of Juniper`s new high-end routers for service provider networks) and present the results and analysis to One of Juniper` s Top clients in France.

 With Juniper CEO

With Juniper CIO

4. What do you currently do in Cameroon?
 I am a project Management Consultant for ITGStore Consulting. Also I am the Founder and CEO of Voreitter Consulting , a new consulting firm that provides Consulting Services,IT Training, Software Development and Security Audits. We just launched operations in June 2013. I also run a Mentorship Program that organizes Mentorship workshops for High School Girls in STEM in Bamenda

 

@Mentoring Girls Workshop - Walmart

The aim is to provide Career Orientation, Plant the seed on entrepreneurship in the participants by defining projects that can help them create a livelihood for themselves and source funding for their projects. I have already organized 2 of such workshops with participation of students from 6 colleges in Bamenda, the Delegation of Post and Telecoms, NWR as well as the Delegation of Women`s Affairs, NWR.


 5. What were your first impressions about America?
 When I first traveled out of Cameroon, I landed in Beijing and no one knew what malaria was (I came in ill with a malaria attack) . Then I headed to school in Changchun and realized there were only 4 black women in a city of 20 million, chicken was sweet and they ate with chopsticks! The culture shock made me think I had flown to another planet! In the USA, I landed directly in San Francisco and was driven to Mountain View, California where I was to live for a month. My first impressions were those of Mountain View - Multiracial and multicultural and everyone wants to change the world. I didn’t feel like an outcast for once! People are generally very nice and helpful and they drive sanely. Everyone depends a lot technology to move around – especially GPS! Even when the GPS is not working very few of the mentors/friends we had will actually make an effort to find their way on their own. They would rather switch to the next technology: their Google maps or something else! I found that pretty weird. After a few interactions I realized many Americans are still, sadly, very ignorant about Africa as a continent and Cameroon as a country. We have a mission to put out more information on our cultural diversity on the international arena. 

OK Mr. Mayor of Mountain View..Let me tell you about Techwomen..lol

6. Did you work on any projects while on the program? 
I worked with the POC Lab team to test the functionalities of the Juniper MX104. It’s a Service Provider Internet Router and we needed to showcase its rouging Capacities to a Juniper Client. (Due to signed NDA I can’t disclose client name). However, I worked with the team to test this new equipment`s BGP and VPN capacities, especially with regards to speed of route installation and volume of routes it can install. After the testing, I prepared the PowerPoint slides with the utilized schema used for the testing and my Juniper team mate inserted the graphs and we presented to the client- in French! It was a first for me and extremely rewarding experience, especially as I was the first and only woman working in the POC Lab.

 

Techwomen Certificate

Techwomen 2013 Representin' Cameroon

 7. What did you learn? Who did you meet? 
For starters I learnt a whole new Networking technology in JUNOS.As a network engineer this will expan my horizons in the networking field. We also had numerous Leadership workshops lined up for the Techwomen In Juniper such as: 
- Learning your Personality and that of your team. This will help in the recruitment of a more functional and effective team. 
- Launching and marketing a new product, and Product management lifecycle.
- Boundary Spanning
- Learning to work with and manage teams that span various physical, cultural boundaries etc, 
- Intellectual Property and how to patent and protect your idea 
- Public Speaking with a Toastmasters workshop 
- Influencing People and gaining their trust. 
- How to pitch your idea to Venture Capitalists.

With, Second Lady of the USA, Dr. Jill Biden

 With Mentor, Julia & Husband Jim

With Rohini, Partner @ Venture Capitalist firm, NEA

 At the Hackathon at LinkedIn I worked with a team to design an app and I learnt to code applications. This is technology I plan to pursue. We had several meetings with executives of Juniper such as Gerri Elliot: EVP Customer Support, Steven Rice:EVP HR, Bask Myar: CIO, Mitch Gaynor: EVP General Counsel . We also attended the Juniper Quarterly Company meeting where we met the CEO of Juniper, kevin Johnson and also listened to Pradeep,the Founder. 

Outside of Juniper we met lots of influential people such as: - Dr Jill Biden, wife of USA Vice President Joe Biden - Sheryl Sandberg the COO of Facebook, - Dick Costolo the CEO of Twitter, - Rashmi Sinha, Co-founder of Slideshare I also met very inspiring Cameroonians in Sillicon Valley like Anselm Kia, from Bafmeng who is Manager of JTAC at Juniper!, Marie-Ange Eyoum, from Douala, a Product manager at McAfee, Dr Gwen Shang , etc who all have plans to bring forth change to Cameroon with all the knowledge they have acquired in the Sillicon Valley. They greatly inspired and encouraged us! 

 

Writing on the Facebook Wall

8. How will the program help you generate contacts and work on projects here? 
This program exposed me to a new way of working. It gave my work a purpose and that inturn created a new drive and motivation. I just don’t work on my projects to earn a living but I am now guided by the notion of how my work affects my surroundings and the world. I am a new Vector for Change in the world. In Juniper we were told their aim is to Change the world by Connecting and Empowering people. I think that stuck with me. 

9. What are your plans now that you are back? What are your ideas for applying what you learned to the business and tech environment in Cameroon? 
I have already started working on my 2 apps that I plan to launch into the market. These apps I believe will greatly these apps will effect a great change in the education and agricultural sectors of Cameroon by helping the users access necessary information more readily and at minimum cost. With the information gained from my mentorship I have a better idea on how to structure my mentorship program to be most beneficial to the girls I mentor and hopefully they too will become leaders and mentors in future I also mentor male engineers who want to become Cisco certified network engineers and I have been doing this by helping them define a self-study strategy, assessment of their progress and techniques to use in the exams to ensure maximum success. I will henceforth organize Google Hangouts and invite other Experts who will help in mentoring and answering questions as well as brainstorm online with CCIE aspirants. 

Putting Knowledge to Action..@ Entrepreneurship workshop
 

10. Some quotes would be great.
 The quotes that struck me are the following: 
i. There is no work-life balance. There is Work-life Integration. So Outsource Everything but Love. Felicia Mayo, Sr Director, Authenticity and Inclusion, Global Compliance and University Talent Programs, Juniper
 ii. Life truly begins when you step outside your comfort zone. Barbara Williams, HR Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Oracle
 iii. Limitations Live only in our minds. If we use our imagination, our possibilities become endless. Kevin Johnson, CEO Juniper.
 iv. Until you bridge from “Possible” to “Doable”, nothing will happen to your ideas. Gerri Elliot, EVP Sale amd Customer Support , Juniper Networks
 v. Dream success then wake up and work at it, using hope as your guide. Pam Isom, CEO of Get Ice Safety 
vi. Dream, Globally. Act Locally

11. Any Last Words?
 The difference this has made in your life After this experience I have a renewed outlook on life and clearer objectives. I am not afraid to lose or fail but know failure is part and parcel of success. I have learnt to create a quality network and exploit the opportunities in my network to the fullest. Finally I have embraced my successes and failures and learnt to give back to the community through empowerment of people, young and old. 


Please check here for more pics of her Techwomen Experience

 Thumbs up to Braun and the rest of the crew for representing and flying the Green-Red-Yellow flag high.Thanks for sharing this one in a lifetime experience. This is an inspiration for me and I am sure many others will be inspired by your experience.You are already putting your knowledge action!

Stay tuned for more on the "Techwomen Experience" from other participants. If you are a lady in STEM and/or have interests in Women & Entrepreneurship and how to use technology for innovation and development, Please request to join the "Techwomen Cameroon" group on Facebook.

OK people, have a nice week ahead. What a great way to start my week.

Y.M.
IRepCamer