Through Njang music from the North West Region, the artiste focuses on love and marriage. People in search of long-lasting love and marriage now have the answers and recipes. Ateh Bazore, the undisputable promoter of Njang music in the like of the late Francis Ndom, now has a new album on the market.
Containing eight racks, the album, "Kul Atem", celebrates love as a means to attain the institution of marriage. In the lead track, "Kul Atem" sung in Kom language, Ateh Bazore calls for patience in love. The song urges young people who want to get married to be patient and look for the person they love most. It cautions couples to show understanding for each other, knowing well that they can never find someone with all the qualities they want in a partner.
The artiste pushes his advice further in another track "No Shame", this time in Pidgin English, calling on couples to be more demonstrative in their love for each other. This, he sings, is the recipe for long-lasting marriage. The apostle of love does not forget the necessity for a couple to make as many children as possible to populate the nation. In effect, "Mi Nkong Wain" portrays his love for children and calls for celebrating the birth of each new born baby. It is played in a slow form of Njang called "Njang wain."
In "Mama," Ateh Bazore admits his love for mothers. He praises the mother who works so hard to feed her household, takes care of her husband and brings forth children. With a note of sympathy, "Njang Fubom" calls for solidarity with the handicapped. The song urges society to lend a helping hand to the disabled and not to mock at them because God alone knows why he so created them. In "Yi Kfa ilah", the artiste takes a stand against rural exodus and calls on young men to go back to their villages where farming gainfully employs, compared to hardship in the city that often lands them in prostitution and robbery.
Ateh Bazore, a son of Boyo Division in the North West Region, released his first album in 1987. He won a jingle competition organised by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1996 and has represented Cameroon abroad on several occasions. Besides chairing the Cameroonian Association of English-Speaking Musicians, he trains young people in Njang music. Under the distinguished patronage of the Minister of Arts and Culture, Ama Tutu Muna, Ateh Bazore's sixth music album was launched on Saturday 6th October 2012, at the Yaounde Chamber of Agriculture.
