Cameroon soccer star Samuel Eto'o lashes out at reporter
By Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator | Posted: Apr. 01, 2011
By Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator | Posted: Apr. 01, 2011
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Journalists: Beware of questioning the performance of Cameroonian international
soccer superstar Samuel Eto'o on the field. The act could result in a head butt--as
reporter Philippe Boney experienced in 2008--or in rough words, as a Senegalese
reporter experienced in a postgame press conference on Saturday.
That day, Cameroon's Indomitable Lions lost to Senegal's Lions 1¬0 in a qualifier
match for the 2012 African Nations Cup in what observers considered an upset. In
the postgame press conference in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, Moussa Tandian,
a local correspondent for leading Cameroonian independent broadcaster Equinoxe,
asked the 30¬year¬old striker and team captain whether he thought the
disappointing performance meant that the golden era of his generation of players had
passed.
The answer came with contempt as Eto'o lashed out at Tandian while the cameras
were rolling. "I'm rather surprised, dear brother, because you are making yourself
noticed negatively," Eto'o said. "You should rather think about excusing yourself."
Eto'o told the journalist he should "thank" Cameroonian players for their performance.
"I think that you are not Cameroonian," he went on. "I will speak to your boss at
Equinoxe because you don't deserve to work for this wonderful channel." He went on
to say he was struggling to make Cameroon and Africa proud before questioning the
motives of critical journalists.
"You journalists, certain journalists like you, you who do not want Africa to advance,
you who do not want Cameroon to advance, you are always negative, try to change a
little," he said, as he pointed to Tandian.
Eto'o later apologized to Tandian, according to Théophile Biamou, a top executive for
Equinoxe. "There are no bad questions," Biamou said to CPJ after the apology.
"There are rather bad answers."
Mohamed Keita is advocacy coordinator for CPJ's Africa Program. He regularly gives
interviews in French and English to international news media on press freedom
issues in Africa and has participated in several panels.
soccer superstar Samuel Eto'o on the field. The act could result in a head butt--as
reporter Philippe Boney experienced in 2008--or in rough words, as a Senegalese
reporter experienced in a postgame press conference on Saturday.
That day, Cameroon's Indomitable Lions lost to Senegal's Lions 1¬0 in a qualifier
match for the 2012 African Nations Cup in what observers considered an upset. In
the postgame press conference in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, Moussa Tandian,
a local correspondent for leading Cameroonian independent broadcaster Equinoxe,
asked the 30¬year¬old striker and team captain whether he thought the
disappointing performance meant that the golden era of his generation of players had
passed.
The answer came with contempt as Eto'o lashed out at Tandian while the cameras
were rolling. "I'm rather surprised, dear brother, because you are making yourself
noticed negatively," Eto'o said. "You should rather think about excusing yourself."
Eto'o told the journalist he should "thank" Cameroonian players for their performance.
"I think that you are not Cameroonian," he went on. "I will speak to your boss at
Equinoxe because you don't deserve to work for this wonderful channel." He went on
to say he was struggling to make Cameroon and Africa proud before questioning the
motives of critical journalists.
"You journalists, certain journalists like you, you who do not want Africa to advance,
you who do not want Cameroon to advance, you are always negative, try to change a
little," he said, as he pointed to Tandian.
Eto'o later apologized to Tandian, according to Théophile Biamou, a top executive for
Equinoxe. "There are no bad questions," Biamou said to CPJ after the apology.
"There are rather bad answers."
Mohamed Keita is advocacy coordinator for CPJ's Africa Program. He regularly gives
interviews in French and English to international news media on press freedom
issues in Africa and has participated in several panels.
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