Because of the politically charged message of his music, radio and TV channels in Cameroon have refused to play the songs of Joe la Conscience because Biya's Government wants it off the air. So he travels from town to town selling CDs of his songs. Listen to an interview with him here. He has been jailed several times and his music is now banned in the country because they rail against imperialism and dictatorship. His support for Gbagbo and Gaddafi does not appear to be in good taste to us. However, even where we disagree with him, we must accord him the right to speak his mind without fear of arrest and imprisonment under tromped up charges. Paul Biya, however, does not think so.
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