Thank you!
I don't think that people
have an idea of what I'm going to do
I just have to go ahead
After him was the infinite
while the eternal frightens more than one
This is my passion!
I don't agree
He is not the best of all tonight
He is the best of the entire edition
There're good moments and bad ones
and I think we gonna keep this one in mind
as one of the best
We are with the winner of
Spain's Got Talent 2018
Congrats!
Thank you!
''Though I do it with all
the love and passion of the world
I can't think that my kisses
express everything I'd like to tell you
with my mouth when we talk
without having to say a word.''
That's beautiful!
Yes
César you're a very talented poet
You've published your book: 'Las Almas de Brandon''
Introduce yourself in a few words
I am César Brandon Ndjocu
I come from Equatorial Guinea
It's been 7 years and a half that I live in Spain
I have a living out of poetry
I am a social educator by profession
and well I won Spain's Got Talent 2018
Writing is a dream since you were little?
Yes absolutely
Let me tell you a story my sister shared with me
when I was a young boy
I was in love with two girls at the same time
but neither of the two was interested in me
Then I went on holiday
to Barcelona with my sister
she told me what I said back in time
that I wanted to write a book
but no roses for neither of the two
She looked at me surprised
like what's happening to him
''you're only 9 years old!''
For some reasons my years as a teenager
were quite eventful
I moved away a little from this dream
to move towards something professional
as a job to do
but my dream to be a writer came back
while I was in university
because I had new emotions to share
new experiences there
other meetings, love, politics, everything
And by participating in literary contests
organized by the university
I realized that I still had this thing in me
so I decided to give me the opportunity
to see if it could work
I gradually posted poems on my Instagram
and noticed people liked them
I thought it was time to make this dream
since childhood come true
and here we are
I love this story
Thank you!
And why poetry?
Poetry in a way is born in me
while I had to write a narrative text
I started to read with a melody
and figured out that there were rhymes and musicality
that could look like poetry
although it's actually closer to the
American Spoken Word
because rhymes don't have a specific structure
So I thought ''this is pretty''
And the idea to condense emotions or ideas en verses
pleased me so I decided to dedicate myself to poetry
Youth today thinks that
poetry is a little complex
they want something more linear
not necessarily text with rhymes
but rather a story to tell
Yes that's right, a story
And do you think that the success
current poetry has is due to a throwback
to what's authentic as how young people are looking
for real things close to them
on which they can rely on?
Yes exactly!
For me the interest in poetry is not new
in fact there has always been a form of introversion
and people who read poetry
would rather do it at home
but that seems to change
notably thanks to social media
It's more and more usual
poetry has a nicer image now
I don't think poetry is ''dead''
it has simply been withdrawn
for a long time
Now with the arrival of new poets
who are influenced by their origins and own style
it fosters more people to read poetry
to show they read it
even though there is still some shame
to say I read poetry and I like it
The authenticity and emotion that you create
in your poems that's what your readers like
but also your interactions with them
are filled with emotion and so fulfilling
both personally and professionally
So would you say that now
this has become essential to you?
The number of people who write me is impressive
it pains me not to be able to read everyone
nor give an answer to all of them
They send me messages of support
it's that they make me realize
what I've achieved
because I remain quite distant in the face
of what is happening to me
So the concrete perspective that give social media
has been a hurdle for me
but by now I think that it's necessary
to have contact with people who read me
They see that I'm real
and I see that they also are
because book sales references
they are just numbers
While a signature given face-to-face to the person
that is so unbelievable!
Do your poems tell lived experiences or
are they inspired by other people's stories?
Both!
All my stories have in common a true basis
the most beautiful things
I give them a contrasted note
and sad things I make them more joyful
it's a real story that happened
''I'll see how it goes''
that's what you thought
when you run for Got Talent?
Totally
It occurred at times that I told myself
''you gonna win''
and though that happened
the story is a little more dichotomous and bipolar
in the sense that I thought
it could have happened another way
It was the ''hunger'' that I still have and the desire
and the vigor that made me sign up
However there was a moment when I didn't want to
and thought to stop everything
I didn't want that my career as a writer
starts through television
but of course I was eager to participate
and that brings us here
And you were not afraid?
Sure I was, a lot
To be honest 2016
has been really difficult for me
I had to go back to Guinea
I couldn't afford my studies here
so I went back there to work
And my big brother is my personal motivator
the best brother ever
I confide in him
I told him what motivated me
and to others in the group
at the workshops we attended
There was a question during the last meeting:
where we'd vision ourselves in 3 years?
I answered that I wanted to publish my book
within a year
I had no idea I would participate
to a TV show nor any of that
It's the rage that drives me, the passion & desire to live
to be able to live from what interests you
get here with the urge and determination
to make it happen
All my life is like a special mission
participating in a television programme
to make the career that I studied
I come from a country that is a bit ''complicated''
whose politics is different from here
My goal is to go back to my country
and achieve there what I've done here
I'd like to build a college of art or other equivalent
for the moment I have not a clear idea in mind
but I know I want to work
with and for children
And help the future generation
this is the ultimate mission
this is the ultimate mission
Do you think that the world of literature
is very hard or that an individual
has to set apart?
It's very hard!
nowadays it's very hard
Before I published my book
I asked to all publishers
to try and see
absolutely everywhere
Between the ones who answer
and others who say no
You need a contact within
or a good exposure outside of the network
that's something anyone can have
thanks to social media
or to get out of a TV program like me
where it takes a highlight
talent must be recognized
to come out winner
Personally now that I have a blink inside
I notice that there are a lot of biases
towards this world like
they are big companies
nothing matters to them but to make money
And I had the chance to work with
the most humble and genuine group
that I could meet
They treat me as a son
like a brother between them
Are you going to write more in English?
Yes, actually yes
because I think in English
I don't know why
and then I have to translate in Castilian
with structure and words to adapt
to find the right rhymes
I'd be glad to write in English
and even publish
Why not in French one day?
also yes!
You speak French
yes absolutely I'd love to
that'd be awesome!
I switch to French for the last part
okay
to convey my message as well
alright
I'd like to thank you
thank you to you
You're authentic, humble and natural
that attention you give to others
it's wonderful
So thank you for everything!
Thank you very much!
Really it was great
yes completely
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