Voice Of The Oppressed

What Patrice Lumumba Said Exactly 49years Ago (June 30,1960)

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Speech by Patrice Lumumba, June 30, 196 During Congo's Independence (with English subtitles)

Know Your History : Future Of Southern Cameroons, Rival Policies Argued At The UN

Did Dr EML Endeley initially advocate for an "Autonomous Southern Cameroons" OR an "Autonomous Region In an Independent Federation Of Nigeria"?

Why did John Ngu Foncha resist the whole idea of ending the trusteeship system 'abruptly', before settling down on the option of "independence by joining La Republique?

Did Any of them highlight the third option: "Complete Independence Of Southern Cameroons" ?

In A Lighter Mood: Bongo 'Amused' UN

Bongo 'Amused' UN

...Boos For Sarkozy At Omar Bongo's Funeral

Source: Telegragh

By Henry Samuel

Nicolas Sarkozy may be enjoying a (modest) popularity surge in France after his UMP party fared well in European elections, but the same cannot be said in Gabon, where the President was copiously booed as he turned up for today's state funeral of his deceased counterpart, Omar Bongo Ondimba.

Know Your History

Neba-Fuh

It is impossible to carve out a better future if you discount your past. In as much as Southern Cameroonians are figuring out ways of reversing the status quo, it is worth revisiting some of the historical events that put us in this present quagmire.

Storm Clouds Over The Cameroons (1961)

...The Immediate Aftermath of the February 11 1961 Plebiscite...
 (Source: The Times of June 19, 1961)
  From The Times Africa Correspondent

As one looks westwards from Douala, the busy port and commercial outlet of the Republic of Cameroon, the view is filled by the rising hulk of the Cameroons Mountain, an active volcano 13,350ft. high, the spreading slopes of which cover an area of some 400 square miles. Wooded mountains stretch northwards in a crenellated chain along the frontier between the Republic and the British trusteeship territory of the Southern Cameroons, frowning on Douala with an air which at this time of year, when the clouds hang low, is heavy with menace. The hills are the invulnerable fortress of terrorists who for six years have carried on a sporadic rebellion.

The Bongo Syndrome

By Neba-Fuh

When the earth opens its mouth to swallow the remains of Omar Bongo Ondimba- Africa's longest serving despot and one of the world's richest 'non-monarchical' ruler, the question that will linger in the minds of most African progressives is this: "Is it really worth the trouble to amass so much wealth in foreign territories while your people languish in poverty?"

... Bongo Dies

Source: Al Jazeera

Bongo, who had been the longest-serving ruler of a African state, died at the Quiron clinic on Monday at the age of 73, Jean Eyeghe Ndong said in a statement.

"At 2:30 pm, the medical team informed me, as well as the officials and members of the family present,

that the president of the republic, head of state Omar Bongo Ondimba had just passed away following a heart attack," the statement said.

Ndong said that he had earlier in the day visited Bongo at the clinic, where he had been admitted early last month.

The Tank Man (video)

The Tank Man

Lessons From The Unknown Rebel- The 'Tank Man'

by Neba-Fuh

June 5 2009 marks 20years since the world witnessed the greatest ever public individual defiance by any human being. The setting : Tiananmen Square, Beijing China. The event: Demonstrations by Students and workers denouncing Communism and calling for greater freedom and democracy. The Year:1989. Star Protester:  The "Tank Man".