This Tuesday, July 26, President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Cameroon, before joining Benin, and Guinea Bissau. Arrived in Yaoundé, where he was greeted with great fanfare at the airport by Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute, he will also meet a French star… This is Yannick Noah, the former glory of French tennis who has become singer. At 62, the father of Joakim, Joalukas, Jenaye, Yéléna and Eleejah is now the village chief in Etoudi, and goes there “six months a year“.
Emmanuel Macron meets Yannick Noah
According to a press release from the Elysée, the very first meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Yannick Noah is crucial. Indeed, the Village Noah must serve as a framework “discussions with French and Cameroonian representatives of civil society, as part of the follow-up to the New Africa-France Summit [organisé en octobre 2021 à Montpellier]” explains the executive.
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On the program for the two men, first of all, a visit to the family vault, as reported by the World. In this simple white building, under mango trees, lie Yannick Noah’s grandfather and father. Then, the latter will take the president aboard the bus he has customized for a private interview. They will go for a drink at the village bar, where the basketball jerseys of his son, Joakim Noah, NBA star, hang.
A concert is planned
Finally, their evening will end in music, since a concert of Cameroonian musicians is planned for this occasion. Yannick Noah should also push the song. For the time being, whoever has already filled a Stade de France does not yet know precisely how long the event will last. He assured regarding the list of titles he will sing: “I try to ensure that these are songs that have meaning in relation to the coming of the president and the people who will be invited. I will surprise you. There will be Saga Africa. There will be Métis(se), there will be Back to Africa. Depending on the flexibility, there will be one, two, three or ten.”.
A real pleasure for Emmanuel Macron, therefore, since Yannick Noah assures in his name and that of the inhabitants: “I know very well that they are honored, and even more than that, that there is someone of his size who comes to the village“.
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