Hervé Momo: Lions are not sold in Bamenda as he promotes his proteges in his show "Delirium" . The name of Foly Dirani is already a curiosity. An anagram of his surname, Adrian generated Dirani. The other part of this curious name is simply a fantasy of the sweet madness that has always lived Foly. The baby face of TV debut took a few wrinkles. The abundant wavy hair, once jet black, is now sparse white hair. And yet, despite the treacherous track of time passing, it is very risky to give an age to Foly Dirani. More so that he maintains a secret learnedly on the subject. The future of this particular plastic dandy partially helped build his reputation, a bit sulfurous. Happy seducer, Foly with some success with the fairer sex. But he also suffered some setbacks with his sweetheart. Twice he had to divorce, a victim of what he sees as the "misunderstanding" of his companions at the time. Stories which he does not speak, as they remind her of painful memories. It prefers to live with this now, live life to the teeth, with his new stepfamily. "I escaped death, and thank God I found a certain serenity to my wife Tatiana," he likes to tell his interlocutors. But away from his misfortunes alcove is on TV that Foly wrote the most beautiful pages of his life.
Guinness spot Recklessness current Foly Dirani has not fallen in the last rain. She has always followed like a shadow: when everything went wrong in Yaounde, where the law student had quarreled with his studies at Bangangté where he took refuge, offering courses in French at the private school St. -Beuve, in anticipation of a hypothetical trip to France, her mother had promised, or Douala where teacher college INTEQ supplemented his income by skimming difficult months private clubs, restaurants and other popular festivals in search of a daily pittance, but also in pursuit of his destiny. The Guinness spot was taken by Manfred Epoh, a former "Mbengusite," which received some prestigious clients. There was some interesting encounters. This is where Foly will offer its services to the presenter. The owner will be hesitant. But the temerity Foly, and especially because of his talent have apprehensions of the owner. Baroque music lover, he had opened a few musicians music events of the day: Ayissi Leduc, Messi Martin Ottou Marcellin ... The latter had won the Discovery Award for Radio France Internationale in 1981. The way it was presented by Foly, he nearly swallowed his guitar. "I took the trouble to document and inform me about the artist before the show, and that I brought all the difference in the way of presenting the musicians who had to spend on the podium," confides he said. Still, that Foly had "tapped" in the eye of the owner of the "Guinness spot. Who offered him a contract right away. Of word of mouth, the reputation of this young ambitious will spread like wildfire. To exceed the limits of where Bessengué Foly rented a room for 7000 francs. "The Madrague" was an upscale restaurant Bonapriso. Mr. Saviour, well appointed, had lost its presenter of record, an expatriate, like himself, who arrived late residence in Cameroon. An employee who ventured to an indiscretion with the problem that bothered his boss offered him a presenter he had seen in action at Guinness spot. "It was the first time I faced a choice. The Trap was for me a dream. The clientele was much more selective than the Guinness Spot. I never imagined that one could need me in a place like this, "recalls the presenter. Foly had managed to juggle in the agenda, which had suddenly responsible for numerous and pressing demands. It was the price of fame of a mountebank, forced to run to earn his bread. A showman's life, which accelerated a day in June 1987.
Exemption age
Epot Denise and Eric Chinje, journalists and presenters featured in the newspaper The CTV, transients in Douala, for recording a program of classical music in film La Concorde. Foly Dirani officiates as host of the ceremony. The other two will be impressed by the performance of the young first. In fact, two old friends, back when Foly Dirani, then known as the Tafen Veyreton Adrian, was only a boarder at the Lycée Leclerc in Yaounde. The memory is distant, in the 70s, but Foly already has to its credit feats which speak for him. The student had Tafen receive exemption age to take the examination for entry into sixth. Students of Sacred Heart School of Mokolo was only nine years. Later, the students, passionate about beautiful letters become the presenter of surprises patented parts of Wards Madagascar, Mokolo, Career and Nkomkana in Yaounde. Foly's birthday present from Eric Chinje. With a real success that the journalist has not forgotten. At the end of the recording of the program in Douala, Foly reconnect with these old friends it will be quite valuable for its recruitment to the television, from the following August. Following is a daydream.
Landed Tam-tam weekend
Two months after his appointment on television, Foly will demonstrate a boundless creativity. Using a generous speech easy, easy speaking English and French, he beat the record to present three shows. "Dance Dance Cameroon," 30-minute program, broadcast from 1987 to 1989, was a dance competition between three couples, judged by a jury of three members, who deliberate on the extract of a song whose music video was proposed as a support for evaluation. "Cocktail decibels," 30-minute program, broadcast on the other hand, from 1987 to 1990 was a musical variety show, interspersed with a comic interlude, was presented as a duet with Veronica Monique Ma'a. Inter-college "game show between two secondary schools, aired from 1989 to 1991.D other programs will follow. V-like star, "from 1989 to 199;" Train Music, "1991;" Grand Sport ", 1993," The quiz of success, "from 1993 to 1994 , "Millionaire," 1994; "We are King", from 1997 to 1999. A presence on the small screen that had made Foly a star, literally and figuratively. It was now recognized in the street, assaulted by fans ecstatic of his verbal jousts and convolutions. The radio did not escape bulimia presenter. This plan literally. At the point of having some dizziness. And generate jealousy. The first warning will come a day of "landing" of "Tam-tam weekend. The big Sunday magazine of CRTV, 120 minutes of stories, vox pop, music events with a full guests, was presented along with Rose Mbole Epié. The duo had a great success. "One morning, coming to the presentation of the show, I found someone that make-up studio," recalls Foly. "Without memo, I was replaced on the board of Tam-tam weekend without so whereas a memo like the one that had affected me was the most elegant me off the plateau of the issue, "laments the presenter, bitter. This is the beginning of the wilderness.
Mercenaries red
The Grand Foly "is back down to earth. It now merely a few fleeting benefit radio. By 1988 already, Foly presents "Sacred Wednesday". The program of 120 minutes on the national position of CRTV is made of musical variety. He uncovered talented animators. Bangtéké Moses, Patricia Nadine Mengue, Leonard Chatelin, Diop, have their teeth polished under the tutelage of Foly Dirani, who became Chief Deputy FM channel 94 between 1991 and 1996. From 1991 to 1994, this Foly on Fm 94 "Spark". The radio program is a game that features a school, which will demonstrate its general culture. The 120-minute program has helped discover young comedians like Kaisers. From 1991 to 1995, Foly presents "unusual." The show is packed with jokes and other funny stories told by the talented presenter. To justify the humor, sometimes black with Fe presenter makes extensive use in the program, Foly said that "Laughter is the radical solution cons of neurasthenia, the perfect antidote against apathy, against the treatment phenomenal boredom, wink eye of the friendly against melancholy the great panacea that crayon life. " Phew! Black Pickso succeed at the feat of imitating the perfection Foly. Rumors about his dismissal had circulated in the capital. The listeners of Radio Television Siantou mistaking the voice of the presenter. The hierarchy at CRTV, who began to "look for lice on the head of Foly commit a bailiff to take the presenter does. The bailiff will manufacture a false manifest for the confused. Foly but had an alibi concrete. The bailiff will be sentenced to prison. Foly's voice to the RTS was indeed that of Pickso Black. John Travolta
The Most programs presented by Foly Dirani were suspended. Taking a big chunk of their illusions presenter who seems to be twiddling their thumbs. Fortunately, he continues to find the resource to not get carried away by the same storm that swept its emissions. His elixir is the weekly madness which he indulges. With her young foal "Mercenaries red, he finds the happiness of its glory years. He produces, with the means at hand, Rant. The show is about to beat the record for longevity. Even if he is seriously thinking of leaving the scene, to find on the other side. Foly has invested in the song. He was winner of the song at the national competition organized by the Ministry of Information and Culture in 1983. "Farewell corruption," a bilingual hymn Renewal received the fourth prize. Other musical projects have emerged. 1988, "Difference" 1999, "Crisis Foly" 2003, "Yeye Yo 'own compositions. But also the productions of his former girlfriend, Jacky Biho, met on the podium of "Delirium." But it is in the world of images that Foly Dirani account permanently retrain. The shock caused by "Grease" John Travolta made him write "Makossa fever". The scenario will be presented to Alphonse Beni, the movie star of the day Cameroon in 1979. In 1994, the envy of the film will become urgent. Foly will appear in the contest organized by the West Deutsche Rundfunk in Cologne, Germany. He will receive the third prize. In 2000, he republished the feat, finishing third in the competition scenarios Matila. In 2009, Foly will be one of the winners of Operation 7 days for a film, a contest held in conjunction with scenarios of the festival screens black.
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Name: Adrian Tafen Vereyton Foly Dirani
Born in Bafoussam
CPCE Primary School Sacred Heart Mokolo Married, father of 10 children and grandfather of two grandchildren
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I loved Grease John Travolta, to the point where I decided to pursue a career as a presenter. The Dinner Game by Thierry Lhermitte me laugh so much that I remember forever.
I read very little, because my work as a presenter on television
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