Ama Muna booed at handing-over ceremony

How are the mighty fallen? “Bad Girl” Ama Tutu Muna

is now paying the high price for disrespecting her own

elder brother and boss, Prime Minister Philemon Yang

Ama Tutu Muna, former Arts and Culture Minister was booed and jeered by musicians as she alighted from her car, in front of the ministry to take part in the passing over ceremony on Monday last week. The musicians chanted songs in celebration of AmaMuna’s fall from grace following her sacking from the government in the Friday 2 October 2015 cabinet reshuffle. 

                The musicians demonstrated a sense of satisfaction with the sacking of Ama Tutu Muna as minister of Arts and Culture. They booed and jeered at the minister as she walked into the ministry where the Prime Minister Philemon Yang had to install the new MINAC, Prof. NarcisseMoulle Kombi.

                As if they had pre-planned to humiliate the former minister, the artists converged on the premises of the ministry with drums and other musical instruments at about 11:30am. As soon as the minister showed up at the ministry, they all started singing the popular freedom song by legendary artiste, Anne Marie Nzie, titled ‘Liberte’. They played the instruments and booed at AmaMuna, singing “freedom, freedom, thank you God almighty we are free at last”. AmaMuna, however, mustard courage, alighted from her car and thrust herself through the crowd to the ceremonial hall.

                The artists condemned her for the conflicts and disorder that reigned in the management of authors’ royalties, particularly her disrespect of prime ministerial orders. Prince YerimaAfoakom said for instance that she had dared too much and went overboard.

                Atango de Manajama hailed the president for putting an end to the suffering of musicians by sacking AmaMuna.

                Reggae artist, Silva, said it was important that one of the parties in the conflict be kicked out of government for order to return in the management of the countries music industry.

                Since taking over the ministry, AmaMuna made it a policy to engage in power-tussles with her collaborators and even her boss the Prime Minister. She was on many occasions reported to have openly insulted or shouted on senior staffers of her ministry including the SG. But she put the final nail on her coffin when she refused to execute the instructions of her boss the Prime Minister.

                It should be recalled that AmaMuna had also disregarded a Supreme Court decision reinstating the licence of the Cameroon Music Corporation, CMC that she had withdrawn. She went ahead to create SOCAM which was later dissolved in 2014 by the prime minister.

                AmaMuna had equally engaged in a battle with the Prime Minister over the management of artists royalties. When the PM created an ad hoc committee to restore normalcy in the music sector, Ama rallied some artists in her native Mbengwi to form the Civil Society Music Corporation of Cameroon, SOCACIM; an entity which was again dissolved by the PM.