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…when the vision includes many missions and and endless number of projects, you may want to give it a “legal” identity and put together a small group to help.

Running an NGO has always been part of my dreams. I can’t resist the urge to help friends and relatives who are in need, and if I have the opportunity of extending that far and wide, why should I take chances?

I was very happy when I started a project to help bloggers and prospective bloggers blog free of charge, and also educating the less “literate ones” on blogging. I called this project “Pen 2 Net“.

When Pen 2 Net started off, I noticed that female bloggers in Africa needed much more care and attention – encouragement, so I planned for a service specifically for that purpose. I called it Bloggress.

I am an Unsigned African artist (HipHop) and I know the type of problems I face. I am not alone in that domain. I hoped for a platform that could help my music get heard out there. CamHooD is a project that will be of great help to all unsigned African Artists.

The Afroweb is small and still growing. Information in it can easily get lost in the great pool of the world wide web. As a result, I saw the need of building a search engine specifically for African websites. These sites which rank very low on Google will have a better chance of someone getting them using a customized search engine powered by Google itself. I called this African search engine AfroWebia.

In the pipeline are two projects I deem very important too. The next will be a blogging platform for Africans who do not want to blog independently and and another will be some sort of a Computer Literacy Site for the “caveman”.

PJ Isreal Hussein and Galaxy J. One hit Africa with "E MAKE SENSE", their debut.

They are passionate, serious and dedicated to their course. At last, they made it. A debut album is not always an easy task. They have been into music for a long time and I always knew there is something in them that will explode into the dream they have always lived.

I was with them at the University of Buea and have watched them record at Slim Records. I have even featured in one of their tracks recorded by Big Slim himself, at Dirty South City.

This album titled in Pidgin English “E MAKE SENSE” literally means “there is a lot of meaning in this”. These guys rap in three languages; French, English and Pidgin. I guess that is one of the characteristics that makes them the masses’ choice. They do both singing and raping and filled in this 14-track album is a whole lot of emotions, truth and education behind the songs.

They are my pals. We shared the same dream. They are now ahead of me and I am happy they are making it and looking back at us. They both took the pains to personally deliver an autographed copy of their CD to me.

I will send them a mail this night requesting for permission to put up their songs on CamHooD. I hope that doesn’t go against the contracts they have signed with their sponsors and producers.

To learn more about them, meet them at their official website www.zionside.co.cc

I love my PC. I love the internet. I am crazy for the WWW and though I actively participate on blogs, social networks and forums, I feel the need to make my presence felt locally. I have always dreamt of something I could put up on the web that would be of help to my counterparts. Something a particular group of people would like and would be of great help to them.

One evening, after a  very long and tiring day, I decided to have some quality time listening to my demos. Yeah, in case you never heard, Uncle Che is an unsigned rap artists. HipHop is my passion and I go crazy on the mic doing some Christian Rap, or pure hardcore, with a little bit of gangster. My demos are pretty old. I have been so caught up with work recently in a manner that I have made a very great sacrifice on the part of music. The newest demo I have now is at least two years old. Ha ha ha

When I was listening to the Demos, something stroke me on my mind. What if it was just more than me listening to this right now? How many people know what I am listening to? If these were to be promoted and I gained some fame, would I be encouraged to put more efforts and become a better rapper? If so, then could I possibly get a record deal somewhere and release a market quality product and sell nationwide?

As these questions kept ringing in my head, I thought of a web solution where unsigned artists could upload their stuff (audios and videos) for others to stream or download, form fan clubs, sell tracks or album…etc. Yeah, this is not something new, so what the heck? Hmm. You are right. There are possibly hundreds of solutions on the web that work like this. However, I am standing up and looking at you straight in the eye, shoulder high and saying “Mine is a niche”. Yes! You heard me. I won’t set up something with the intention of having all unsigned artists on the planet register to. I am out to build this just for a very small community, which can be easily managed and the members dealt with at a more interactive and personal level. This would be some sort of family of unsigned artits, all of whom are either Cameronians, or living in Cameroon.

Secondly, I am not just making Camhood a website. It is an organization. The people who register would not just be some “behind the monitor” fans, but real people whose identities can be verified and they can be called upon to hold meetings and contribute for everyone’s benefit.

Through Lainy’s help, I have bought Camhood’s domain name at NameCheap. Now, the next step is figuring out how to start it all. It ain’t gonna be easy, Yeah, dat I know…