PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CAMEROON (PCC) AT 50
Workshop on Pastoral Care and Counseling  A golden age is one of maturity; the reason the PCC has been undertaking in many areas preparation geared towards its 50 th anniversary on November, 11 2007.
One such activity was a workshop that held recently at the Kumba Church Center. Organised by the Health Services Department of the PCC in collaboration with the Cameroon America AIDS Alliance (CAAA), the workshop on Pastoral Care and Counseling of People Living with and Affected by HIV/AIDS, took place for four days. |  |
The Presbyterian Church in Cameroon will be celebrating its Golden Jubilee On November 11, 2007. The moderator of the Presbyterian Church is the Rt. Rev. Dr. Nyansako-ni-Nku. He spoke to the Press in Buea on the eve of the celebrations of the PCC and began by explaining why the change of name from the Basel mission to the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon.
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A TRUST BETRAYED: The Transfer of British Southern Cameroons to a Successor Colonialist -- Part 2 of 3
The termination of UN trusteeship over the British Southern Cameroons was, to say the least, controversial, and did not result in the 'self-government or independence' for the territory promised in Article 76 b of the Charter of the UN. When what took place is intelligently analyzed it is clear that there was simply a succession of colonialists. Cameroun Republic succeeded to the UK as the new colonial authority in the Southern Cameroons. The territory therefore simply moved from being a dependency of one power, Britain, far away across the seas and tired of administering the territory. It became a dependency of another power, Cameroun Republic, next door, lately de-colonized by France and eager to add to its tiny and limited maritime coast by grabbing new territory that gave it enormous natural resources as well as greater and better access to the sea. British Southern Cameroons moved from internationally supervised British colonial rule to brutal colonial rule by Cameroun Republic, a political, economic and cultural colonialism that is far more dehumanizing and exploitative. That colonialism remains unchecked on account of the fact that it is not subject to any organized international scrutiny.
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British Cameroons: Agreements were Null and Void
 My father used to tell me that before I crossed his door post to go to school; my successes and grades were already incised on the walls of his house. I would pensively dismiss what he was saying as a prank. If I got poor marks in my mathematics lessons which were not my favorite discipline, I attributed my failure to myself, my teacher or both. If I had aces, I did not blame anyone. I glowed in darkness and worked harder like a bee. Eventually, I got to know that the street of life could never be paved with aces. Kings and queens at the end get decapitated. We witnessed King Haile Selassie I (Ras Tafari) of Ethiopia's demise in the hands of the dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam who after plundering his country made an exit to Zimbabwe in 1991. We saw Master Sergeant Doe of Liberia dying on his podium being severed limb by limb till he died. We saw our beloved President Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso speaking his mind before his assassination. What have we not seen and yet to see? If successes could emanate from our homes, similarly our failure could stem from there. The fundamental question is how did the failures of the British Cameroons come from their home?
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ANIKULAPO'S GHOST: AFRICAN MUSIC POWER!
 The myriad images that have instructed my generation's worldview and formed the bulk of our conception of reality were very contradictory--warfare outgunning peace, greed killing generosity, terror over compassion, guitar loops over grenades.
IMAGINED REALITIES AND THE AFRICAN WRITER'S ROLE
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