CameroonBits
An Offshoot of SakerPride: http://www.sakerpride.com/
A Hodgepodge of News, Stories , Announcements & Events ...
WHAT'S ABUZZ IN THE SAKERETTE WORLD ...
A GEOLOGIST, A GEO-TECHNICAL ENGINEER & A SOCIAL ACTIVIST CUM POET
IN THE NEWS ...
THE GEO-TECHNICAL ENGINEER ...
Class of 1979's Mrs. Namondo (Didi) Mbiwan Ndando PE
Vice President Finance and Administration, HVJ Associates, Inc.
PSMJ Resources, Inc. , the premier management consulting firm for the architecture/engineering/construction (A/E/C) industry, recently announced the winners of the 5th Annual Premier Award for Client Satisfaction. In celebration of this achievement, PSMJ Resources formally recognized the Premier Award winners at their 2014 A/E/C Industry Summit in Orlando, FL last weekend, December 7th 2014.
Well, well, well! Prominent amongst the winners was Mrs. Didi Mbiwan Ndando who was also a SPEAKER at the gathering of distinguished professionals which, incidentally, is predominantly Caucasian and Male!!! (Just take a look at the picture to the right.) KUDOS!!!
THE SOCIAL ACTIVIST cum POET ...
Class of 1985's Mrs. Dolly Lyonga Lambe
ExSSA-DOUALA PAYS "GRATITUDE VISIT" TO THE JOB FAMILY!
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW CAPTIONED ALBUM!
A SPECIAL CLASS OF '81 CARAT GRADUATES WITH HONORS FROM
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CAMEROON IN BAMENDA!
CARAT Mr. TIKU SONE MAKOGE, son of Class of '81's LATE RITA EBANGHA TIKU graduated last week from the Catholic University in Bamenda, Cameroon, earning the enviable distinction of ranking FIRST in the institution's Marketing Department!!!!!
WAY TO GO, SON! CLASS OF '81 is mighty PROUD of you!
LATE RITA EBANGHA TIKU
STUDENT #1219
The PROUD Graduate and his SAKERETTE Aunt, ExSSA-DOUALA's Mrs. Tengu Fomukong Fokam
Class of '81 Ladies in Form 4!
L to R: Gloria Ntuba Jua, Patience Abanda Melone, Anna Ebune Takow, Egbe Mbiwan Monjimbo, Rita Tiku (RIP) and Agnes Okpu
Class of '81 at SBC's Silver Jubilee
L to R: Judith Ako-Arrey, Lucy Ayuk aka "Femme Noire", Egbe Mbiwan Monjimbo, Rose Gobina Hilmara (Class of '82), Rita Tiku (RIP) and Elizabeth Kake.
THE GEOLOGIST...
CLASS OF 1978's Professor Estella Nkwate Atekwana
(Oklahoma State University)
Even if you have been living under Abuja's ASO Rock for the past few months and weeks, there still isn't any way you could have missed the uproar that erupted following the very unfortunate deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York.
Well, Mrs. Dolly Lyonga Lambe found her own unique way to give vent to her frustrations, and she did so significantly enough for SILICON AFRICA to take notice and PUBLISH what she wrote!! Please find below the POEM she wrote:
CRY FERGUSON
And there was the verdict
NO CHARGES against him
Free to go, Free to live
The crowd roars in discontent
While he lay dead in the grave
Another black life, worthless
As his lifeless body laid in the street
Like a road kill from a passing car
The crowd rages in anger
But yet, they found him NOT GUILTY
A young black life ended
Goals and aspirations ended
And as his world watched
With tears flowing down their faces
The crowd remembers that day in rage
Many others gone before
Way too soon in similar fashion
The anger is overwhelming
For nothing wrong was found of him
But a life taken, lays in the grave, silent
Another opportunity cut short
For the worthlessness of his life
Was echoed by the verdict of eleven
Yet, they say “jury of his peers”
But there were only three
Buildings burned, smoke filled the air
Rocks thrown, cars set ablaze
Windows crashed, water spewed
Tensions run high, calm was called
For a worthless life, silent in the grave
Jury of eleven, but only three
With a passing vote of nine
Who could not feel the pain
For they have not… the history
And yet they called it “jury of his peers”
For his life was worthless
And was vehemently made clear
On this cold winter evening
Why, oh why; Was it because of his race?
Or his social status in our “free” society?
By Di Elle
(Published in "SILICONAFRICA at: http://www.siliconafrica.com/cry-ferguson/
Please Click on Icon Above to READ THE FULL REPORT!!
Miss Westerman (Front Row, 2nd from right), with the PIONEERS at their graduation in 1966
DO YOU KNOW HOW IT ALL STARTED, BACK IN 1962???
Well, this is how it all began, narrated by the best authority there is on the subject, namely, the very first Principal of S.B.C, Miss Berneice Westerman, who, by the way, is still very much alive and sharp, at age 94 years and 9 months old!!! (*She passed on 4 months later, on May 21st 2019)
DO TAKE A MINUTE TO READ HER 1963 NARRATIVE FURTHER BELOW, AS POSTED IN THE BAPTIST HERALD BACK THEN.
HAPPY 57th BIRTHDAY, SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE
HAPPY FOUNDERS DAY, ALL YE SAKERETTES!!!
(Tuesday, January 29th 2019)
Miss Westerman (center), with PIONEERS at S.B.C.'s SILVER JUBILEE (January 29 1987)
Now, Saker Baptist College has had more than 25 different uniforms over the years. You may not be able to put an exact year range to even 10 of them but, surely, you remember the ones you wore, I hope?? If so, Do you mind telling us which ones and stating the relevant year(s). Oh, and while you're at it, do you mind telling us what your CLASS NAME is - if you do have one?
PLEASE CLICK ON ICON ABOVE TO VIEW LIST OF CLASS NAMES AS COMPILED BY SakerPride, BY YEAR OF GRADUATION!!!
If your class does have a name but it is NOT listed - or it is listed INCORRECTLY, PLEASE CLICK ON THE "SIGN IN" BUTTON TO THE RIGHT AND POST THE CORRECT INFORMATION
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
- WHAT UNIFORMS DID YOU WEAR @ S.B.C.?? (See Below To Refresh Your Memory!)
- WHAT'S YOUR CLASS NAME??
(By year of graduation)
PLEASE CLICK ON "SIGN IN" BUTTON ABOVE AND TELL US!!! THANKS!!!
Please excuse any in VIDEO who may be guilty of "Mouth Chew-Chewing"!! (LOL!!!)
ORIGINAL COPY/LYRICS OF SAKER SONG ARE POSTED ON THE DOCUMENTS PAGE OF SakerPride at:
BETTER STILL, LISTEN TO HER SEND HER "PERSONAL GREETINGS TO SAKERETTES" ON THE OCCASION OF SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE'S 57th BIRTHDAY, RECORDED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 29th 2019 - FOUNDERS DAY!!!
PLEASE, CLICK ON PLAY BUTTON BELOW!!
SAKERETTES ACROSS GENERATIONS SHINE FAR & WIDE
IN THE MONTH OF MARCH!!!
"The African Development Bank today launches the all women cohort of the Coding for Employment program in Nigeria! The launch event will take place on March 25th at Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State Nigeria.
The month of March at the African Development Bank is all about celebrating African women and on March 25th in particular, the Bank celebrates African women in ICT. Alongside the launch event, the Bank is also running a social media campaign targeted at raising the visibility and advocating for women in ICT on the continent.
The official hashtags for the event and the social media campaign are:
#coding4employment
#JfYA, in addition to international women’s day hashtags:
#balance4better
#WomensHistoryMonth
#IWD2019"
- Ms IRENE TAMAJONG
Dr. Yolanda Eposi Nokuri Hegngi (Class of '81) at amazing Down’s Syndrome fundraiser in
Jakarta, Indonesia
Ms Irene Tamajong (Class of '77) ...
Spearheading the AfDB's ICT Capaign for the benefit of AFRICAN WOMEN!
Dr. Mrs. Stella Nwigwe Anyangwe (Class of '69) ...
Mrs. Viola Jingwa Llewellyn (Class of '82)...
Recognized at the Minority Business Leader Awards!
Ms Esther Ashu,
(Class of '83)
on EQUINOXE TV ...
Dr. Patience Fielding Kambou, (Class of '84) ...
Participating in the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, on a panel organized by the Holy See's Permanent Observer at the United Nations.
The session was packed full, the delivery was spot on and the response from the audience was overwhelming. And an invitation to lunch at the Holy See Mission (Embassy) was the cherry on top of an eventful day.
Harvard University Grad Ms Lina Ebob Iyok (class of '91)...
at Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square
London, United Kingdom,
Speaking on Opportunities within the African and Asian Markets on March 14 2019
Ms LaBelle Nambangi (Class of '97) ...
Keynote Speaker at Minnesota State University, Mankato for the 40th anniversary of the Women Center and the International Women's Day Celebration.
As Administrator of the Community Education Centre, Bonduma, Buea, Ms Esther Ashu's vision, this year, is to empower women and youths with entrepreneurial skills. Consequently, she organized a series of workshops from Tuesday March 19th 2019 that taught participants to produce their own solid, liquid, powdered soaps, various types of cosmetics, detergents, food items like vinegar, spaghetti, tomato paste, etc, medicinal products like balm, Mentholatum, etc.
They offered coaching on techniques of packaging and marketing. Their goal is to demystify the production of these products and empower Cameroonians, so they can become entrepreneurs rather than lifetime consumers.
Participants learned how to produce industry standard Dettol disinfectant, insecticide, bleach, glass and carpet cleaner, powdered soap, vinegar, eau de cologne, perfume, etc. They also learned how to produce Vaseline, balms, spaghetti, apple cider vinegar and lots more. The workshop was open even to one day participants and it ended on Saturday March 23rd. The next phase of this training will focus on packaging and marketing.
Esther gave an interview to Equinoxe TV a couple of weeks ago as the guest on their news hour.
PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO READ THE WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL ARTICLE & WATCH THE VIDEO!!
Ms Wele Elangwe aka "THE GREEN QUEEN" (Class of '98) and The IYA FOUNDATION raised awareness and funds to combat Kidney Disease all month long, across the globe and MANY SAKERETTES went "green" along with her!!! ...
FANTASTIC Cakes made to mark the events by SAKERETTS Emade Ewang (top) and Beryl Ann Mbome Takor (bottom)!!!
CLASS OF 1982 REUNIONS
IN DOUALA, CAMEROON & IN HOUSTON, TEXAS U.S.A.
Friday, April 5th ~ Sunday, April 7th 2019
HOUSTON, TEXAS
L to R: Maureen Simo Ngamalue (Dallas), Estella Tebo (Delaware), Marie Pendie (Virginia), Hannah Gang, Vivienne Yumasi (Boston, Mass.), Patricia Defang Tilong (Colorado), Grace Agbaw, Rachel Njenge (Houston), Florence Ngayap Nankam (Canada), Mojoko Endeley Matute (Arkansas), Marie Takusi Njowo (Houston) and Rachel Ekinde-Sone Njenge (California)
PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO VIEW PHOTO/VIDEO ALBUM
The weekend of Friday, April 5th to Sunday, April 7th 2019 was certainly a very memorable one for the CLASS OF 1982, as they held their Annual Meetings simultaneously, in HOUSTON - TEXAS and in DOUALA - CAMEROON respectively, using the opportunity to launch their brand new uniform on both Continents!
Well-deserved KUDOS to this AMAZING group of women whose genuine care and concern for each other is so REFRESHING and HEARTWARMING to observe.
A SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE TRADITION!
"DOUALA TOUR"!
Once an institution is founded and starts to exist - and grow, certain "WAYS OF DOING THINGS" start to establish themselves - or be established, and once they persist and continue over a period of time, they become "TRADITIONS".
This is true of INSTITUTIONS of learning; BOARDING Schools, most especially, simply because of the amount of uninterrupted time boarding school students spend on Campus.
A boarding school like SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE which has been in existence for OVER HALF A CENTURY, (it was founded in 1962), is therefore sure to have its own TRADITIONS, some (VARIATIONS) of which are still in effect TODAY, while some others have ceased to exist, for various reasons.
Some ceased to exist simply because whoever had instituted or sponsored them left the school, passed on or lost interest, etc., (THE ANNA FORBANG AWARD, for example). Others ended abruptly or died off as FUNDING and/or other LOGISTICS became unavailable or impractical ("PICTURE DAY", "PLAITING DAY", for example) , while others actually got "cancelled" due to issues that arose from their implementation ("CUTTING TAIL", "MOTHER-DAUGHTER TEA for example).
So it is that, depending on what ERA you were a student at SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE, you may or may NOT have even heard of certain "TRADITIONS", talk less of knowing what they're all about!
One S.B.C. TRADITION that I doubt still exists today is the "DOUALA TOUR" which existed throughout the 5 years I was a student at SBC. We couldn't wait till we got to FORM 4, so we could get on a bus and go "sightseeing" and BOULANGERIE ZEPOL PASTRY & BAGUETTE-BUYING in DOUALA!
It is only in 2013 that I found out from PIONEER MA MARY AUGUSTINE MANGA that the practice had started in 1966, in their LAST YEAR at SBC!
Needless to say, some of these S.B.C. "CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS" can only be discussed or mentioned in WRITING because they were not archived or documented in PICTURE form.
THANKFULLY, there are some PICTURES that have, over the years been so KINDLY & GRACIOUSLY submitted to SakerPride, (especially in its first year of existence - 2012/2013), that make it possible to "ILLUSTRATE" some of the cherished - or despised TRADITIONS, for the EDIFICATION of those who were not aware of their existence and for the "NOSTALGIC PLEASURE of those who EXPERIENCED them!!!
ENJOY!!!!
The very first Class Five Trip to Douala, (May 1966), with French Teacher Mademoiselle Saive. The Students visit the airport.
CLASS "SHOW-SHOW" IN DOUALA,
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER ExSSA'S 2020 AGM
CLASS OF 1983 ...
CLASS OF 1976 ...
CLASS OF 2000
"Prolific Millennials" ...
CLASS OF 1981 ...
Thrilled to have their Classmate, Mrs. Esther Oyere Egbe Ayuk - President of ExSSA-USA, (3rd from left), in their midst!
Please Click on This Image to View Full Photo/Video Album!!
PIONEER CLASS OF 1966 ...
THE COMRADES OF 1967 ...
THE RADIANT KNIGHTS OF 1987
aka "OWELE DIVAS" ...
Please Click on This Image to View Full Photo/Video Album!!
THE DYNAMITES OF 1988
THE PLUCKY CLASS OF '77
IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA!
Friday, February 21st 2020 to Saturday, February 29th 2020
THE PLUCKY CLASS OF '77
@ MOWBRAY BAPTIST CHURCH (MBC) Sunday, February 23rd 2020
PLUCKY CLASS OF '77 SINGS at MOWBRAY BAPTIST CHURCH IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA from Egbe Monjimbo on Vimeo.
PLUCKYS from the U.K., the U.S. of A., CONGO, NIGERIA and CAMEROON spent 9 WHOLE DAYS in CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - from FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21st 2020 to that "extra" Leap Year Day, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29th 2020.
They went EVERYWHERE you could possibly go in that part of MADIBA LAND, from the entire Nation of South Africa's MOST ICONIC LANDMARK - TABLE MOUNTAIN, to the thought-provoking and sobering ROBBEN ISLAND.
LIST OF PLUCKYS WHO WERE PART OF THE CAPE TOWN TRIP
1. Irene Tamajong
2. Belinda Oben Assam
3. Esther Lamfu Shei
4. Sissako Tamko
5. Magdalene (Bache) Eno Nkeng
6. Judith Agbor Enaw
7. Adela Goghomu Akwo-Mboe
8. Dora (Mojoko) Ewusi Ngoh
9. Terry Fomundam
10. Victoria Timi
11. Esther (Ewune) Mokoko Tambe
12. Esther Akuchu Namoh
13. Gwen Namme Nyajro
14. Hannah (Ada) Takang Kaya
On SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd came around, in strict keeping with the "CHRISTIAN DAMSELS" epithet which THE LATE PA EYAMBE had conferred upon us, SAKER GIRLS, back in those MIZPAH BAPTIST CHURCH days of the LATE 70s, The PLUCKYS visited MOWBRAY BAPTIST CHURCH (MBC).
I took the liberty of checking out that Church online and here's some of what it has to say about itself:
"We are a multi-national, multi-cultural church in Cape Town, South Africa. As Mowbray is a cosmopolitan area, close to the University of Cape Town, Medical School, and Cape Town University of Technology campuses, we have members and adherents from many different countries in sub-Saharan Africa as well as the rest of the world. Our worship services are conducted in English, but many other languages are heard in and around the church as worshipers enjoy fellowship with one another. So, no matter who you are, or where you come from, you are welcome to visit us and, once you feel at home, become part of our church family."
Could they have chosen a better Church to visit??
NO-OH!!!
Was the fact that CLASS OF 1974's Sis ELSIE HADDISON WOPE and CAT - Mr. EMMANUEL WOPE were worshiping along with them, a HUGE PLUS???
YES ooooo!
Did the LADIES look BEAUTIFUL and COLORFULLY STUNNING in their UPLAND KONTRI CLOSS(es)????
YOU BET!!!!!
Could they possibly have just "attended" the service PASSIVELY - as in "KACKED" in the pews, then just got up and left??
SAY WETIN????!!! Tsuiiiiiip!
YOU BETTER BELIEVE THEY DID NO SUCH "TING" (as our dear BABA would say!!)
They did exactly what any self-respecting group of SAKERETTES worth their ZÉZÉ would do: THEY SANG!!!!
. DI MA BOLA!
. YABE PETE PENYA!
. SOLI DEO GLORIA!
. WE THANK THEE, LORD (Sung in ENGLISH, DOUALA, KENYANG (wooooooot!!!), METTA, LIMBUM, LAMNSO, MOKPE (woot-woot!!) & ??, as in, Can someone please LISTEN and tell me what that final KONTRI TALK is??)
PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO VIEW PHOTO/VIDEO ALBUM OF CHURCH VISIT
Class President, Dr. Belinda Oben Assam hands over Gift from the PLUCKY CLASS OF '77 to MBC's Pastor, Reverend Willem Agenbag
CONGRATS, GIRL #1830
HONORABLE CECILIA DIONE EPIE NJUMBE ('87)
PARLIAMENTARIAN, KUPE MANENGUBA CONSTITUENCY
PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO VIEW PHOTO/VIDEO ALBUM
KUDOS to the Class of '87 "OWELE DIVAS" for being there to celebrate and encourage their "PENYA" MP!!!
CLASS OF '87 "OWELE DIVAS" CELEBRATE HONORABLE CECILIA EPIE NJUMBE (M.P.) from Egbe Monjimbo on Vimeo.
Judging by the Peach Fascinator and "COLOR CLOSS" Ma SP has seen in the other pictures sent to her, she's pretty sure our MADAM HONORABLE is the one she has identified, (via RED ARROW ABOVE THE HEAD), in this photo "borrowed" from the CAMEROON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE!
THE CLASS OF 1978 BRIGHTENED TEENS LAUNCH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS IN SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE!!!!
(Saturday, June 12th 2021)
The Graduation Ceremony for SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE'S Graduating CLASS OF 2021 took place this past Saturday, June 12th, 2021.
Wasn't there, (physically), to witness it but I am willing to bet that it unfolded in keeping with the pomp, pageantry, and solemnity that the prestigious institution's Graduation Ceremonies have been characterized by, year after year, since the very first one which took place in June of 1966.
That said, it does bear underscoring the fact that one segment of this year's graduation ceremony did set it apart from all the others before it.
I am referring to the segment where two DESERVING students who had been (democratically) VOTED by the students and who stood tall among the first 3 students of their respective classes, became the HAPPY RECIPIENTS of THE CLASS OF 1978 BRIGTEENED TEENS ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS!!!
The 2 deserving students who exemplified "LEADERSHIP QUALITIES" in FORM 5 and in the UPPERSIXTH FORM not only received a BEAUTIFULLY ADORNED PLAQUE, but also got a CASH PRIZE OF 100,000 CFA FRANCS EACH, to encourage and enable them to further their education!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT A FANTASTIC & ADMIRABLE WAY TO GO RIGHT PAST ALL THE "EMPOWERING THE GIRL CHILD" TALK, (as in, "HOT AIR"), TO CONCRETELY & PALPABLY DOING SOMETHING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!
If this gesture which benefitted:
- NINA CHARLENE LANGSI (FORM 5) and
- MELINA SOFIA EFOSI YEBI (UPPER SIXTH)
were a "ONE TIME" affair, it would still be impressive, given that ANY and EVERY action taken that benefits ANY "Girl Child" at all, is definitely something worthy!
But then, as the word "LAUNCH" in the subject line of this post suggests, the CLASS OF 1978 BRIGHTENED TEENS intend to keep doing this EVERY YEAR, so help them God!!!!
We're talking about an ANNUAL AWARD here!
And then, on top of all that, they say: "We have more surprises on the way this year so stay tuned! Look out for class of '78!"
Coming from the Class that produced the UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE'S DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF EARTH, OCEAN, and ENVIRONMENT who, very recently, became the third woman, and first African-American woman, to receive the prestigious Reginald Fessenden Award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) in 60 years, I wouldn't doubt their word me oh!
NOT AT ALL!
So, CONGRATULATIONS are certainly in order ...
- For The LAUREATES, NINA & MELINA, (WOW! Their names actually RHYME!!! LOL!) and, of course,
- For the CLASS OF 1978!!!!
OBOSO!!!
CLASS OF 1975 ...
THE DESERVING LAUREATES:
LEFT (IN WHITE):
- NINA CHARLENE LANGSI (FORM 5)
RIGHT (IN BLUE)
- MELINA SOFIA EFOSI YEBI (UPPER SIXTH)
