Voice Of The Oppressed

Washington DC beats African Nations in HIV-AIDS Infection Race

The seat of  world power, Washington DC is now one of the biggest harbours of HIV infected persons, surpassing some sub-Saharan countries with high HIV infection rates, such as Uganda .  Recent statistics show that at least 3 % of DC residents have HIV or AIDS. It should be noted that an infection rate of 1% is considered an epidemic.

A Visionary Never Dies!

Two years ago, Southern Cameroons lost one of her greatest literary icon, critic and  visionary- Dr Jacobs Bate Besong. His passing on came as a shock to us all . We wailed uncontrollably wishing  it never happened,  because our society needed him most at that time. Today, the society Dr BB staked his life to mend, is now worse.

Remembering A Visionary: Poems In His Honour

THE OBSCURE INTELLECTUAL LIVES ON*  by Neba-Fuh

Speak not,
Except your voice improves
Silence's tranquility.

Write not,
Except your ink isn't to soil
The fine works of pulp's craftsmen.

Read not,
Except your prejudices aren't buried
In your mind's contours.

Listen not,
except you worry not of what
May not please your soul's audience.

Dr Jacobs BB lengthens the struggle,
By shortening the fear;
When contemporaries sit on the fence.

He listens,reads,
Writes and speaks.
The obscure intellectual lives on.


A Rare GEM*  by Neba-Fuh

He talked when everybody was expected to be silent.

He ran when everybody was admonished to walk.

He laughed even when it was dangerous to be heard.

He crowed when others insisted it wasn't dawn.

He thought while the sages slept.

He wept while others laughed in ignorance.

He published, never to perish.

* Published in Their Champagne Party Will End! Poems In Honour Of Bate Besong
  Edited by Joyce Ashuntantang and  Dibussi Tande

Papal Visit:What Impact On The Regime and The Immorality Of Some Clergymen?

By Neba-Fuh

The polemics surrounding the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to The Cameroons  is not without reasons. If one views the Roman Catholic Church as a religious body with an authoritative moral standing, then it is obvious that her leader-the Pope, has the right to visit his followers  anywhere and at anytime of his choosing.

On the other hand, if one views the Vatican City as a sovereign state with a leader or ruler, then  it is diplomatically unquestionable for its leader being the Pope to pay  a visit to The Cameroons, at any agreed time. In the latter case, the Vatican cannot disentangle itself from all the political attributes-be it virtuous or vicious that go with any sovereign state.