Ophelia uses Covid-19 Extempo Challenge to address Africa vaccine trial controversy

Andrew Baker Richardson of St. Martin recently started a musical movement in the Caribbean to get as many artists as possible to record songs in the Extempo Calypso format. The effort has so far proven quite successful and many Dominican artists made videos. Ophelia also recorded and released a video.

However, after Ophelia heard the openly outrageous proposal of French scientists that if they were successful in developing a candidate vaccine, the vaccine trials should be done in Africa, she decided to respond to the proposal in song. She added two verses in Kweyol to her original song and the video was re-cut.

The updated video can be seen below.

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7 Comments

  1. ras bobby
    April 21, 2020

    folks are so afraid that when they come with their tainted vaccines most will panic and accept the mark of the beast. Greedy people are prepared to eliminate the masses for money. They are easily manipulated because of fear. They have a plan to intensify slavery by inserting a chip in u. life has already changed and so we have to adapt to this new reality. You will either return to the land or pay the consequences. America is being dismantled and the Chinese model is being brought about. Finally there will be a new currency and a cashless society. This is the armageddon and things will get much worse as it has been planned to be so. Your choice will be to serve Jah or the beast

  2. prayingfirDA
    April 20, 2020

    Love it. You sing girl

  3. ATKINSON
    April 20, 2020

    Things must be really bad, But can we also get a song/video of the chinese discrimating, and blocking black people from entering the malls and other business places. How about one for election reform, and the two Range Developments guys, that got paid and walked away with 60 millions U.S. dollars, and today the Kempinski hotel fired, almost most of their workers, not one guest is there. A song for DR LI Wenliang and Dr AI Fen who tried to warn the world about this covid would be nice

  4. Covidmustgo
    April 19, 2020

    Tell them Ophelia! Excellent lyrics Empress Ophelia!!

  5. Edgar Hunter
    April 19, 2020

    Great artistic work Cadence Queen. Thanks for standing for Africa and black People.

  6. Daughter of the Soil
    April 18, 2020

    Loving it!! Great to see the lady of song still active and doing her thing. :)

  7. Zandoli
    April 18, 2020

    I do not subscribe to African be used as Guinea pigs, but bear in mind someone has to be a Guinea pig to test the safety and efficacy of any new vaccine or medication. If it is outrageous for Africans to participate in testing, they should also be prepared to develop their own vaccines. Why should Europeans or Americans or anyone else for that matter be guinea pigs to benefit Africans?

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