Edi-Win Chenny: “I’m Not Going Back On Music”

He began singing and performing other artistes’ songs in 2010 while in Government Bilingual High School, Ndu in Donga-Mantung of the North West Region. Nine years on, Nfor Edwin Chenny, alias Edi-Win Chenny, boasts 9 singles. The Afrobeat Hip-hop artiste, blends traditional African and Western musical instruments. “Music is a long journey. I ventured into it and I am not going back. I also teach in primary school to make ends meet,” explains Edi-Win, who was born in 1994.

Alongside K-Slick and Betzy, the native of Mbah village in Ndu Subdivision, Donga-Mantung Division, released “Getting started,” his first single in Ndu in 2013. This was followed by “Going up for real” in 2013. In 2014 while in Government Teachers Training College, Nkambe in Donga-Mantung Division, he released another single, “Bush faller” with Blue Club. The song discourages illegal immigration, reminding youth that they can make it in Cameroon. Apart from taking part in other group compositions, Edi-Win in 2016 did “Ngong ah Bip-E” (the world has gone awry).

He later moved to Yaounde in 2017 and fo...