Mother's Day Inspirational Sayings from Cameroon-born Daughters and Sons

My Mum, My Source of Inspiration. My first Supporter, My Number 1 Promoter. She is what she is to me like other mummies to all of us around the globe. Best Mother in the World, Happy Mother's Day. Njobert CHUBA

 

"M" is for the million things she gave me,

"O" means only that she's growing old,

"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,

"H" is for her heart of purest gold,

"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,

"R" means right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell

"MOTHER."

A word that means the world to me.LOVE U MUM Gwendoline NCHANG  

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE WOMEN, MOTHERS, AND ESPECIALLY THE SINGLE MOTHERS.

On this very special occassion when the world is celebrating Mother's Day, I wish to express my sincere appreciation to all the women of Cameroon, especially the single mothers. But a very special appreciation go to the mother of my children, Princess Linda Mekolle Ekosso. She is the finest, she is the most pretty, most opulent, gracious, and most caring of mothers on the surface of the earth. She has made my world more peaceful and strengthened, she knows what it is to not just be the mother, but also the friend, wife, lover, and to a greater extent, very possessive and protective as a wife. I use this opportunity to thank you, and to appreciate your loyalty, and you have earned the respect of becoming the first Anglophone First Lady in Cameroon. I love you. Thanks to all the mothers and women in Cameroon and in the world at large, God bless you, and may God bless your families.

Happy Mother's Day. Prince Michael EKOSSO 

My Mum, My Source of Inspiration. My first Supporter, Ma No 1 Promoter. She is what she is to me like other mummies to all of us around the globe. When you shoot a lion and presents to your mother, these tears are unavoidable. Its natural. Me and My Mum holding the 2degrees Champions Award from UK. Thank You Mummy for being there to encourage me, support and inspire me. You are ma everything Donga Mantung Eye

 

EVERYDAY IS A MOTHER'S DAY BUT THANK GOD TODAY WE REMEMBER JUST AS WE'RE REMEMBERED AND APPRECIATED. I LOVE YOU ALL THE MOMS IN THE HOUSE AND IN MY HEART. GOD GRANT EVERY WOMAN THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB LIA LORD IS ABLE

 

STUBBORN CHILD IS MOTHER’S CHILD…HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL MUMS

She was always there when it was said your son is ‘stubborn’. Very stubborn. She toiled and worked the farms with her bare hands to send me to school. Oh Yes, I remember how she became a bayam sellem, selling what she could buy and the excess she could produce from the farms to get all of her children educated. Like many other woman of course! She is loving to all, and always willing to share the little she has.

She suffered to bring up her ‘stubborn’ son and has not given up! She trudged but keeps going. She made me who man I am; a real inspiration. I weep at times and feel her trauma, after bloodhounds launched their onslaught on me in the name of xenophobia. She is yet to recover from her weeping in fear that, I could die. And she was shocked when I retorted…’they can take my body but not my soul. I would keep the Faith!’

Today on Mother’s day, I remember the long hours we spent in the farms, tiling the soil and discussing what it takes to be a mum. Then she said : “Not only because you witness labour room pains. But a woman, a mother, a mother and a mother must care, must love, must be gentle and well behaved and was ready to make the necessary sacrifices for all humankind.”

Happy Mother’s, day to my mother Confort Zeh Atanga. To my dearest sweetest of hearts, Ranibelle Sato the lone woman and mother who understands this at times, very controversial person that some describe me to be. To my five sisters, aunts, cousins, nieces, daughters and all our sisters on social media and where ever they may be. We count so much now on you our mothers and women. I AM THE ‘STUBBON’ CHILD, YET STILL MY MOTHER’S CHILD. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY OUR DEAR MOTHERS Solomon AMABO  

No mothers Day message can thank you for what you have done for me. But I can't miss you to sending this lovely Mother's day picture to wish all that is best today! Happy Mothers Day to you and all the fantastic mothers out there. Addy Timany I am who I am and able to achieve greater heights because of these two women; first my mom who gave me life Mrs Victorine Ngayi, and also my mom by marriage Mrs Therese Mbe. For the sleepless nights that you both stay up to hold me up in prayer, or being there for my kids so that I can go for my dreams and reach for the stars. Words cannot express the way I feel about you two and thank God each day for you, praying that He continues to give you strength to do what you do. I love you both immensely! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Sheila Ngayi Melone  

My first ever say Poem that tell my story, I memorized it till date "My Mother" by Ann Taylor...

I was in class 1, Presbyterian Primary School, (P.S Ntenako, Ndekwai) a very remarkable poem and even still memorized especially when ever I missed this woman. I tried to imagine how this widow did it from when i'm two with my only sister who was 2 weeks by then, when my mother lost my dad....no other husband, no other kids because of the love for her husband which she will ever missed, r.i.p dad, your wife is a true house hold material, she kept her promised to u, bc i am a father n husband today too, Thanks mum....a memory i will never forget "My mother,..

Who sat n watched my infant head, when sleeping on my cradle bed, And tears of sweet affection shed? My mother... When pain n sickness made me cry, who gazed upon my heavy eye, and wept for fear that i should die? My Mother.... Who taught my infant lips to gray, and love God's holy book n day, And walk in wisdom's pleasant was? My mother... And can I ever cease to be,affectionate n kind to me, my mother...Ah, no! the thought i cannot bear, And if God please my life to spare, i hope i shall reward thy care, my mother...when thou art feeble, old n grey, my healthy arm shall be thy stay, And i will so the thy pains away my mother, widow n father ...Happy mother's day to the IRON LADY, Ma Alice Ayuk Takang n wifie Monic Ojong Takang. Eugene TAKANG  

Sweet mother I no go forget you for this suffer we u suffer for me oohh Chris ADE ABORINGONG 

So sad, but heartwarming and reassuring.

It's Mother's Day and almost everyone is posting pictures of their mother.

I thank God for all that my mom, Mrs. Ache Serah, taught me through the years we spent together . She is a portrait of a Godly mother, and I’m proud to be her son. ... And I pray that all parents can learn from my mom’s example and impart these same truths to their children.

I remember thinking a long time ago that it was impossible to have an agape sort of love—a love that is absolute and all encompassing—an unconditional love—a love that transcends all else, love for an only child. I found it with my Mother. I am at a loss of words to describe my Mother. My mother was everything to me…..my teacher, my counselor my cheerleader, my caretaker; but most of all, my best friend.

Although she left me 17 years ago, her love and unending smiles stay with me.

I LOVE YOU MUM. I ALWAYS WILL. A.T Azohnwi

Mothers' Day Tribute to my mothers. Thank you for every step along the way.

Wishing a Mother's Day to all the Mothers (“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” — Oprah Winfrey) on the globe, we invite you to give a description of your mum in three words on the 4th post of this link https://www.facebook.com/amy.banda1

TO ALL THE MUMS

Mothers are ANGELS God put on this Earth,
to cares for us and guide us through the right paths.
You can feel their love and gentleness as they walk through life beside us.
They do great things for us every day, they whisper in our ears.
They even hold us in their Hearts when we are filled with all our fears.
They are always there to give a hug and try to make us smile.

They treat us with respect and love,they treat us like their child.

GOD blessed me with an ANGEL, I'm proud to call my own.
She's been with me throughout my life, been with me as I've grown.
 She guided me the best she could, she's taught me like no other and I'm thankful I'm the lucky one who gets to call her MOTHER

It’s been 100 years since Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother’s Day a national celebration! To mark the occasion, we’ve rounded up 100 moving quotes about the most important lady in all of our lives: mom.

These missives come from all types of people, from authors and poets to politicians, actors, and celebrities, and from across a huge span of time. Some were recorded in the 18th century; others were uttered just last week. George Eliot and Edgar Allen Poe are quoted here; so are Tupac Shakur and even Snooki. They all have one thing in common: they know the importance of a mother.

1. “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” —Abraham Lincoln

2. “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” —Abraham Lincoln

3. “My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.” —George Washington

4. “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” ―Washington Irving

5. “Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” —Robert Browning

6. “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” —George Eliot

Roald Dahl (Getty Images)

7. “It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.” —Roald Dahl

8. “When you’re in the thick of raising your kids by yourself, you tend to keep a running list of everything you think you’re doing wrong. I recommend taking a lot of family pictures as evidence to the contrary.” —Connie Schultz

9. “Kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.” —Barbara Kingsolver

10. “Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.” —Gail Tsukiyama

11. “The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” —Jodi Picoult

12. “A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” —Dorothy Canfield Fisher

13. “Mother’s love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there, it is like a blessing; if it is not there it is as if all the beauty had gone out of life.” —Erich Fromm

14. “If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.” —Booker T. Washington

15. “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” —Jill Churchill

16. “I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” —Mitch Albom

17. “Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.” —P.J. O’Rourke

18. “Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” —Robert A. Heinlein

19. “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” —Milton Berle

20. “Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.” —Harriet Beecher Stowe

21. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” —Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou (Getty Images)

22. “The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.” —Jane Sellman

23. “[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” —Emily Dickinson

24. “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” —Victor Hugo

25. “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes

Am I Free to speak?

HAPPY PRESS FREEDOM DAY TO SOCIAL AND MEDIA WARRIORS....OUR PRESS DESERVES BETTER

Some of my foreign colleagues tell me the use of security and surveillance in some European Countries limits the space for free press. While reports indicate that Yaqublu was convicted for mass disorder and sentenced to five years in prison in March 2014,  other news sources reveal that reporters are accused for treason and espionage. In Cameroon where I have been practicing for 8 years, Press Freedom seems to be a reality and a myth at the same time. Journalists work under very deplorable conditions that News has become money and many a times, facts are the amount of money paid into the account of the writer. We don't see a lot of imprisonment or murder of Journalists as much as we do in Syria, Afghanistan and war infested areas, but that doesn't mean there aren't other threats that undermine a free press in Cameroon. Female Journalists still face sexual attacks from well placed citizens and this leads to home breakages in some cases. The low salary wages, unpaid dues, exploitation of personnel, enslavement of talented breed willing to do all it takes to move the industry forward,  plunge many into some sort of vulnerability. 

Recent sanctions by the regulatory board to bring professionals to practice under the strict respect of the canons, has narrowed the debate to a confusing state. Who is sanctioned? Under what criteria are the Journalists and media organs sanctioned? Is the NCC only a public whip or an organ willing to put order in the sector? are amongst other questions littering the lips of reporters as they mark this day under the theme: 'Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms - This is your right!' And as Journalists over the globe commemorate World Press Freedom Day, I ponder on what field reporters can celebrate given the Cameroonian context.

Long working hours without pay, probation or internship for one year for some, no contracts (and so you can be dismissed at any time) no affiliation to the social insurance fund (and so no guarantee of pension) and above all the ‘bribe taking-or gombo syndrome that has infested the press corps. Yes. Some colleagues have sold their souls for few coins of Biya-CFA while others use all unorthodox means to get to the top and suppress the green horns.
The owners of media houses continue to exploit vulnerable journalists who look at journalism as a means of ‘survival’ without necessarily acting as watchdogs of society.

While Solomon AMABO USES THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE MANAGEMENT OF EQUINOX RADIO AND TELEVISION TO PAY MR THOMAS AWAH JR, THE SUM OF 1.8 MILLION FRS .THE COURTS IN DOUALA IN MARCH 2016, ASKED THEM TO PAY HIM FOR ABUSIVE DISMISSAL, I ASK MEDIA ORGANS TO RESPECT THE COLLECTIVE CONVENTION IN THE RECRUITMENT OF JOURNALISTS. HE IS JUST ONE AMONG MANY VICTIMS.PAYING WOULD BE JUSTICE AND CHECKING THE ABUSE OF THE RIGHTS OF JOURNALISTS ! HE MUST BE PAID!

The government of Cameroon too, since independence has been muzzling the press as best as it could. They have never bothered to respect international treaties such as the Florence Convention which demands tax exoneration for press imported stuff. They are unable to apply the Collective Convention for Cameroonian journalists which require that particular salaries be paid journalists based on certain criteria. Now, they want the media practitioners to own press cards, which are no guarantee to accessing information from complicated news sources who voluntarily drop bottlenecks for unknown reasons on the journalist's path to producing an accurate and balanced story for broadcast. 

Personally as my colleagues would be handing over memorandum to Governors in the ten regions of the country, I think it is time for us to close ranks and put off a stiff resistance against all abuses on pressmen and the media as a whole. Only then shall we be able to celebrate Press Freedom which is the right to circulate opinions in print,  online, on radio and Television without censorship by the government.

Until that time comes we do expect the Cameroonian people to always stand for an unfettered- a reliable and credible press. The freedom of the press constitutes part of the freedom of a people, can ensure transparency, accountability and the rule of law, promote participation in public and political discourse, and contribute to the fight against poverty.

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To all colleagues who have kept the steam in the midst of the vicissitudes of working in a shaky media environment, we must keep the flame alive because an independent media sector draws its power from the community it serves and in return empowers that community to be a full partner in the democratic process. . No compromise. Colleagues, who are not yet members of the Cameroon Journalists Trade Union, SNJC, and the Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists - CAMASEJ should join these organizations without delay. And why not international federations. We must always remember that Freedom of Information and freedom of expression are the founding principles for open and informed debates. New technology will continue to evolve and allow cotizens to further shape their media environments as well as access a plurality of sources. The combination of access to information and citizen participation in media can only contribute to an increased sense of ownership and empowerment.

In unity we have a vibrant and free press for information does not only change the way we see the world around us, our place in it and how to adjust our lives in order to maximise the benefits  available through our local resources, but its the most precious instrument that defines the community's objectives making course corrections when society or its leaders have lost touch with each other or gone astray. The fuel that drives this engine is information and therefore access to information is critical. Freedom of information laws, which permit access to public information are essential, but so are the means by which information is made available, be it through ICTs or the simple sharing of documents.

Happy Press Freedom day, to colleagues and listeners, tele-viewers, social media combatants, noiseless elocutionists and all those who provide the press with credible information. The press is there because all of us are there.

Technovation Challenge Cameroon celebrates excellence

Excitement, energy, vibrance and creativity are suitable words to describe these IT college girls of Cameroon origin all striving to beat the technovation records with innovative apps that will compete for the global trophy. Technovation is a global program, but it’s also a global community, with volunteers, ambassadors, and teams all over the world sharing updates, asking and answering questions, and offering bottomless support and encouragement. Following international standards, the college girls connected with Technovation participants all over the world to share their IT entrepreneurial ideas with those who know Technovation best. Technovation’s success in changing girls’ attitudes about technology and entrepreneurship relies on local volunteers like myself who happen to develop interest in empowering and uplifting the girls for tomorrow's challenges. Contacted by Cameroon's representative Beatrice KEPSEU to be a member of the jury, I immediately recommended another to facilitate the IT experience.

In Douala, Volunteer Coaches recruited teams of girls to work with female mentors. Together, they came up with an app idea, conducted user research, created a business plan, and built the app prototype. 13 teams were selected from the out numerous submissions and their presentations were electrifying with unique innovations to satisfy the health, social, cookery and peace needs of World citizens. As a blogger,  Leader and addicted user of the IT gadgets and services, I had the competence to judge the technology and business submissions of all 13 contestants and provide feedback to the teams. The regional pitch event of technovation challenge Cameroon was such an interesting and enriching experience that did not only enable the girls to come out of their traditional shelves but its impact on me, those present and the future of our communities breaks all boundaries and transcends conventions.  Every year technovation, (a program of Iridescent, a 501c3 nonprofit that helps scientists, engineers and technology professionals to share their passion with children from underrepresented groups) challenges girls Between 10 and 19 years all over the world to build a mobile app that will address a community problem and the team with the best app wins a cash prize of 10.000 USD in seed funding to help them launch their app. 

This program has over the years changed the attitude of girls about technology and entrepreneurship. Beatrice Kepseu the regional ambassador of Technovation in Cameroon,

a 2014 finalist herself was inspired by this and brought it back home. After a very successful participation in 2015, she did not relent her efforts this year. I was part of those who witnessed the quarter finals and the presentations made by the several teams who submitted their projects. While having the difficult task alongside the other judges of evaluating if the apps were a solution to a community problem and marketable, I was overjoyed by the hope I could perceive in our future because of these young girls who are being awakened to their potential as women and contribution to their communities using technology. Not so long ago technical education was one field cultural barriers had brandished as male domains and no go areas for women. Today technovation and several other projects have opened up this world to young girls and the female fold. Amongst the several mobile apps pitched, these young girls sought to solve terrorism, theft, juvenile delinquency, insecurity, abuse, pregnancy risks etc.

I left the Challenge site more than ever committed, dedicated, Passionate and engaged to guide others to knowledge so that they will definitely grow to impact and bring change to our communities. It is true investing in the education of our girls is a long-term and sustainable investment, but our inherent multitasking abilities as women, is one that can contribute to comprehensive and whole inventions. It takes a woman to think through to the least detail. Leaders of tomorrow must be nurtured today if we want to have a better world. Creativity is dependent on opportunities and it is our responsibility as leaders, mentors, coaches, models to create these opportunities and platforms for our daughters and sisters.

Technovation is a technical transition for young girls willing to create and innovate for an extraordinary passionate and purposeful life!

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The Press celebrates and pays tribute to the Rhumba king

La presse internationale a salué des dimanche l’œuvre et les performances de l’artiste musicien Papa Wemba décédé dimanche 24 avril à Abidjan en Côte d’Ivoire où il participait au Festival des Musiques Urbaines d'Anoumabo (Femua). Le chanteur s’est écroulé en plein concert avant de rendre l’âme dans un hôpital d’Abidjan. L’annonce de son deces a suscité une forte émotion sur tous les continents.

 
« Disparition de Papa Wemba, emblème de la musique africaine » titre Radio France Internationale (RFI). Le media note qu’il faisait très chaud dans la salle du concert et Papa Wemba présentait des signes de fébrilité. Il a demandé, ajoute RFI, à plusieurs reprises à son équipe technique d'augmenter le volume sonore, pourtant déjà très conséquent.
 
Le site de la radio française précise qu’après s’être écroulé, Papa Wemba est sorti de scène conscient, quoique très affecté. Il a été pris en charge par des équipes de secours, et transféré vers l'hôpital le plus proche, mais le musicien n'a pas survécu.
 
RFI renseigne aussi que la Côte d'Ivoire prépare le retour de l'enfant de Matongé et rend compte du chagrin et de l’émotion du public et des musiciens. Des émissions comme « Appels sur l'actualité » et « Couleurs tropicales » du lundi 25 avril, sont consacrées à la disparition du musicien congolais.
 
Le Monde se remémore du succès du  roi de la Rumba congolaise. « Il brillait comme un phare pour tous les Congolais, qui ont fait de lui un roi. Figure de proue de la suave et dansante rumba congolaise, la bande-son des indépendances africaines au début des années 1960, Papa Wemba était l’une des stars de la musique africaine ».
 
« Décès de Papa Wemba : «Comme Molière, il voulait mourir sur scène», titre Le Parisien.
Des témoignages poignants de la personne qui a secouru papa Wemba et qui l’a accompagné à l’hôpital et l’attitude de ses chanteurs sous le choc sont repris dans cet article consacré à celui qu’on appelait affectueusement le « Nkuru yaka » ou le plus grand.
 
«J’ai un diplôme de secouriste, j’ai lutté pour éloigner les gens mais il y avait trop de monde», confie Belaji, sémillante Ivoirienne qui avait parlé un long moment avec le chanteur, main dans la main.
 
«Il m’avait demandé d’apprendre le lingala (NDLR : langue parlée au Congo) et nous avons discuté des forces de l’esprit. C’était prémonitoire», ajoute-t-elle entre deux sanglots.
 
La Croix qui présente Papa Wemba comme une véritable idole du continent Africain rappelle qu’il laisse derrière lui un répertoire enraciné dans la rumba congolaise et la world music, mâtiné de multiples explorations musicales.
 
France24 relaye le témoignage d’un journaliste qui a interviewé Papa Wenba dans sa chambre d'hôtel avant le concert : «Papa Wemba présentait des signes de fatigue. Il buvait de l'eau à chaque phrase».
 
À Abidjan, l’émotion était très forte dimanche, indique le site de la télévision française.
« Les amateurs de la musique que l’on rencontre depuis ce matin au Femua sont abattus. Mais l’onde de choc va aller bien au-delà des frontières ivoiriennes. Papa Wemba, nous dit-on, était un artiste irremplaçable, un homme pluriel qui a su transcender les générations et s’adapter à son temps. C’était un ambassadeur du Congo et de l’Afrique. Voix haut perchée et personnalité flamboyante, le "rossignol" Papa Wemba était une des grandes figures de la rumba congolaise et le prince de la SAPE (Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elégantes), mouvement dont il a été l'un des initiateurs au Zaïre dans les années 70 et qui se caractérise par les plus grandes audaces vestimentaires, note Le Huffington Post.
 
Pour L’Avenir, quotidien ivoirien, avec la mort de Papa Wemba, la musique pleure un monstre sacré, foudroyé en direct.
 
«Une étoile tombe du firmament», titre Courrier International. Autant il aimait la vie, commente, autant il s’aimait et avait une haute estime de lui-même. Et il savait toujours rester jeune dans la tête.
 
« Oui, La Vie est belle, cher M’zée, (l’un de ses multiples surnoms). Mais elle a aussi, hélas, une fin. Fin de parcours terrestre ! Mission achevée. Et bien remplie, peut-on dire. L’heure est à présent venue de rejoindre le panthéon des illustres et talentueux devanciers de la génération Franco, Nico, Joseph Kabasélé, Tabu Ley Rochereau et autres qui auront autant fait les belles pages et la gloire de la musique africaine. C’est tout mérité», peut-on lire sur le site du Courrier International.
 
Le Figaro parle aussi de la mort du « Roi de la Rumba Congolaise. Papa Wemba a largement contribué à faire reconnaître la Rumba à l'international, après avoir signé au début des années 1990 sur le label de Peter Gabriel, Realworld. Il a notamment dépoussiéré le genre en y ajoutant des instruments électroniques et grâce à ses tubes Maria Valencia ou Yolele, il est devenu l'un des emblèmes de la «world music».
 
L’Obs rappelle qu’il était de tous les événements musicaux majeurs concernant le continent, chantant notamment en l'honneur des 90 ans de Nelson Mandela en juin 2008 à Londres.
 
Le Site de TV5 Monde indique que Papa Wemba s'habillait chez les grands couturiers, et était depuis plus de 40 ans un des chanteurs africains les plus populaires.
 
« Papa Wemba était tout pour nous Kinois: il a imposé son style dans la coiffure, dans l'habillement", réagissait ainsi Denis Bokolo, interrogé par AFP, ajoutant: "C'est un artiste de haute facture, une star pour notre pays. Pour preuve, il a été le seul à être invité de notre pays pour cette manifestation de la Femua. (...) Il est mort l'arme à la main».
 
Le Soir et La Libre Belgique saluent de leur part, le parcours « riche du prince de Matonge ».​

The release of Monique Koumateke's niece brings calm to the Douala LaQuintinie Hospital

Calm returns to the Douala LaQuintinie Hospital after heavily pregnant Monique Koumateke's niece Rose Abeh is released from the Newbell Central prison alongside the surgeon Dr NYAMSI Joel Patrick  and the mortuary attendant pending investigations. Rose Abeh is blamed for administering the C section with a razor blade on her pregnant aunt Monique Koumateke, in the open, in front of the mortuary in a desperate attempt to save the twins who later died.

It all began on Saturday...

Following the unfortunate incident, social media went wild with accusations that the woman died due to the negligence of the La Qunintinie hospital. The Minister of Public Health Andre Mama Fouda in a press conference on Sunday March 13, 2016 clarified the situation noting that the 31 year old woman who was seven months pregnant died before reaching the hospital.

"It’s very very difficult when a pregnant woman dies and Cameroon lost one pregnant woman on Saturday 12th March 2016. In fact this pregnant woman went to a public health facility on Friday, 11th March and that was her first consultation after seven months. She received the medical planning, then on Saturday 12th March, she died. We don't know exactly where she died but at 8 am in the morning, the family arrived with her at the Nylon District Hospital and asked the doctor if he can carry out an operation to remove the foetus? The Doctor said no because it is not within the possibility of the district hospital. 

After that the family continued with her to La Quintinie hospital. They arrived the emergency ward, and in the emergency that they were told that issues concerning pregnancy should be taken to the maternity. 

At the maternity, the midwife and the major noticed that the woman had died a long time ago and it’s not possible to continue to do anything and advised the family to conduct the pregnant woman to the mortuary.

At the mortuary, one personnel with another woman thought that it will not be possible again to save the foetus. At this stage, they went back again to the maternity ward, but the midwife said that it is no possible because you cannot have the foetus alive when the mother is dead. 

At this moment one personnel of the mortuary with one woman who accompanied this pregnant woman decided to open her stomach and remove the foetus. 

It’s a horrible act and Cameroon is very very sad. I will inform you that the security forces continue to survey the midwife, the major, the woman and the personnel of the mortuary. I will say that, it is not a problem of negligence in the district hospital of Nylon or La Quantinie hospital in Douala.  This problem is terrible and together we continue to survey and we will have all aspects of this problem for the near future".

Immediately after the incident the Attorney General of Douala ordered the arrest of midwife, the major, the woman who carried out the C section operation in the open under unethical practice and the personnel of the mortuary who are currently helping in investigations.

The Governor of the Littoral Region, Samual Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua held security meeting with officials of laquinitie hospital and placed the hospital under security surveillance.

Images taken during the operation has provoked mixed reactions on social media. In the meantime investigations are ongoing.

And Now...

All detained suspects have been released.

Investigations deepen and administrative authorities plan to crucify the culprits once proven guilty because sensitive and heartbreaking scenes like Saturday's ugly incident suffice to plunge a country into a devastating warfare. How could such a heartless scene be happening days after the March 8 commemoration marked in Cameroon under the theme: 'Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment:Meeting the challenges and overcoming the obstacles'?

Amy BANDA LAMENTS ON THE REPERCUSSIONS OF INJUSTICE