{"id":128723,"date":"2024-06-25T11:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T09:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?post_type=pamlongform&#038;p=128723"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:14:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T15:14:17","slug":"steve-happi-off-the-map","status":"publish","type":"pamlongform","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/stories\/steve-happi-off-the-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Happi, Freedom beats in Douala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section data-title=\"Intro\" data-scoll-target=\"longform-section-block_08389d40aa9d35fc516abd52ee85299a\" id=\"longform-section-block_08389d40aa9d35fc516abd52ee85299a\" class=\"section w-full relative grid  longform-section wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignwide has-black-background-color \" style=\"\">\n    <!-- Pinned wrapper here -->\n        <div class=\"pinned-wrapper pointer-events-none\">\n        <div class=\"pinned h-screen w-full \">\n            <div class=\"h-screen w-full longform-section 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class=\"innercontent \">\n            \n\n<div class=\" pointer-events-none h-screen100 lg:h-screen100\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-e1cf377f172ce6a01e2353cc0626773f\">Steve Happi, Freedom beats in Douala<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\" pointer-events-none h-screen100 lg:h-screen100\"><\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section data-title=\"\" data-scoll-target=\"longform-section-block_5bffa09e208f4bf30ae26d46cda2276d\" id=\"longform-section-block_5bffa09e208f4bf30ae26d46cda2276d\" class=\"section w-full relative grid  longform-section wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignwide has-black-background-color \" style=\"\">\n    <!-- Pinned wrapper here -->\n        <div class=\"pinned-wrapper pointer-events-none\">\n        <div class=\"pinned h-screen w-full \">\n            <div class=\"h-screen w-full longform-section wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignwide has-black-background-color\" style=\"\">\n                <div class=\"w-full h-full h-screen w-screen left-0\"><\/div>                <div class=\"desktop fadedImagesWrapper \"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"mobile fadedImagesWrapper\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Content wrapper here -->\n    <div class=\"relative z-10 single-column max-w-pam mx-auto\">\n        <div class=\"innercontent \">\n            \n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-91320233804ed89734d94f99f2d4122d\">Our latest episode in the Off the Map documentary series directed by Dione Roach plunges you into the life of Steve Happi, co-founder of Jail Time Records, a label born in Douala&#8217;s central prison that gives inmates a new lease on life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section data-title=\"\" data-scoll-target=\"longform-section-block_b34b65af3e9c128e3455fb1feaa02652\" id=\"longform-section-block_b34b65af3e9c128e3455fb1feaa02652\" class=\"section w-full relative grid  longform-section has-black-background-color \" style=\"\">\n    <!-- Pinned wrapper here -->\n        <div class=\"pinned-wrapper pointer-events-none\">\n        <div class=\"pinned h-screen w-full \">\n            <div class=\"h-screen w-full longform-section has-black-background-color\" style=\"\">\n                <div class=\"w-full h-full h-screen w-screen left-0\"><\/div>                <div class=\"desktop fadedImagesWrapper \"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"mobile fadedImagesWrapper\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Content wrapper here -->\n    <div class=\"relative z-10 single-column max-w-pam mx-auto\">\n        <div class=\"innercontent \">\n            \n<div class=\"has-link-color has-text-color has-white-color wp-block-post-author-name wp-elements-0afed41d702f51668f17d14dbade251f\">Vladimir Cagnolari<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color has-text-color has-white-color wp-block-post-date wp-elements-167ad1daa366d27040a2b610947c9eaa\"><time datetime=\"2024-06-25T11:24:15+02:00\">25 June 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-165794e3b2c9a5bd9db02ec71a98d861\">It seems that it&#8217;s in the most desperate situations, in the darkest folds of this bitch of a life, that some people manage to find the luminous ideas that will give meaning to their existence, by giving light to their fellow sufferers. This is exactly what happened to Steve Happi, the central character in the film directed by Dione Roach, with whom he founded Jail Time Records. The year was 2018, and this tall man with dreads longer than his arms was at the bottom of the hole, in this case: Douala Central Prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21b6756a9dce7feab5a5bef1059b753d\">The cause: after his father&#8217;s death, Steve and his brothers get into a dispute with his father&#8217;s family over his father&#8217;s burial. Steve finds himself accused of his father&#8217;s death, and incarcerated. It&#8217;s a story worthy of a Nollywood movie, but one that nevertheless earns him two years in the can awaiting a verdict that will finally clear his name. The Cameroonian justice system is impenetrable, and often blocked by a backlog of cases. Two years is a long time. But it was during this enforced stay that Steve met Dione Roach, a young Italian working for an NGO who had discovered the artistic potential of the inmates: with the authorization of the prison authorities, she set up a recording studio within the prison itself. Steve, who has always practiced music, begins to mentor some of the prisoners: coach, artistic director, and basically\u2026 educator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c2814f2889d867b811807324bf6102a9\">&#8220;<em>Making music in prison has a depth and power all its own. It gives you dignity, hope and a reason to fight! It&#8217;s the instrument you lean on to keep going,<\/em>&#8221; recounts Steve in the film, as we follow a recording session in the studio with walls decorated by the inmates. The producer and sound engineer is in front of his computer, and like the prisoners, he takes obvious pleasure in hearing the flow of one of their comrades as, little by little, on his instrumentals, the track takes shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5684af61b00d9e4b69da6d5af3817e50\"><br>In the wake of the studio, a label was born, the aptly named Jail Time Records, responsible for publishing these urban productions born in prison, but also after detention. Steve continues to follow and work with these youngsters after they are released. Djafar, D.O.X., and Moussinghi, featured in the film, are among them, and have not lost faith. &#8220;<em>I&#8217;ve been in prison five times,<\/em>&#8221; says Moussinghi. &#8220;<em>The last time, the police shot me and I ended up there again. That&#8217;s when it all started with Jail Time. I saw changes taking place, and I began to hope.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section data-title=\"\" data-scoll-target=\"longform-section-block_edf525c3f63ca2757e9f01da1f86289e\" id=\"longform-section-block_edf525c3f63ca2757e9f01da1f86289e\" class=\"section w-full relative grid grow-animate longform-section wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignwide has-black-background-color \" style=\"\">\n    <!-- Pinned wrapper here -->\n        <div class=\"pinned-wrapper pointer-events-none\">\n        <div class=\"pinned h-screen w-full \">\n            <div class=\"h-screen w-full longform-section wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignwide has-black-background-color\" style=\"\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steve-Red.jpg\" class=\"desktop-img absolute top-0 w-full h-full object-cover invisible pointer-events-none lg:visible lg:pointer-events-autoh-screen w-screen left-0\" alt=\"desktop-image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steve-Red.jpg 5616w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steve-Red-759x506.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steve-Red-1010x673.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steve-Red-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steve-Red-1440x960.jpg 1440w, 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fadedImagesWrapper\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Content wrapper here -->\n    <div class=\"relative z-10 single-column max-w-pam mx-auto\">\n        <div class=\"innercontent \">\n            \n\n<div class=\" pointer-events-none h-screen100 lg:h-screen100\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35c28c4492ae3ffbece6149f06d61599\">&#8220;<em>No matter how hard things get in your life, even in the darkness, you&#8217;ve got to hold on to that little glimmer of hope, that little light there<\/em>.&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\" pointer-events-none h-screen100 lg:h-screen100\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block_5886018fa67228e43b50be81876fb316\" class=\"fadeInImageWrapper\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steveteam.jpg\" 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has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-0fbd8317df3bcafe51bc6c883a8ca15f\">Moussinghi is one of the ex-convicts who meet up with Steve at the New Bell market to work on their flow and launch into freestyles, &#8220;<em>from which very powerful sounds come out, because freestyle is a very pure, very spontaneous expression<\/em>,&#8221; explains Steve. And it&#8217;s this energy, this force of life or survival, that comes through in the tracks from the prison studio, and from the studio Steve has opened in Douala to continue his work outside the prison walls. By directing his artists, often rappers, and encouraging them to put their own stamp and something of their regional culture into their sound. As on the track &#8220;Afro electro color&#8221;, the video for which will soon be released. It is the first single &#8211; to be released at the end of June &#8211; from a new compilation featuring the work of the label and its collective of artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-870951e05839e554781ebc5f6190a0ca\">&nbsp;&#8220;<em>No matter how hard things get in your life, even in the darkness, you&#8217;ve got to hold on to that little glimmer of hope, that little light there,<\/em>&#8221; concludes Steve, more convinced than ever that he&#8217;s found his way: one that cultivates the dreams of his fellow misfits and the ambition to make it out okay, through music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section data-title=\"Watch\" data-scoll-target=\"longform-section-block_47e15139304270b0ff251a9eb95e0f9e\" 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