{"id":16751,"date":"2016-10-26T15:16:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T15:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=16751"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:08:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:08:44","slug":"celine-dion-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/celine-dion-cover","title":{"rendered":"A Gabonese Teenager&#8217;s Impressive Celine Dion Cover Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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A secretly-filmed video of his impressive rendition of Celine Dion&#8217;s <em>The Power of Love<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>amassed more than a million views on Facebook.\u00a0Blogger Barack Nyare Mba who is now Samuel&#8217;s manager said that he had never received so much attention on his social media pages on which he usually posts content related to politics. Now, he manages several groups on Facebook and WhatsApp to help promote Samuel.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel, who dropped out of high school last December in order to pursue a musical career said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I had never seen this video before it went viral. I had no idea that someone would share it on social media [&#8230;] Now, I would like to travel. I would \u00a0love to go to France or to Canada to launch my career. 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