Ngarum Culture exhibited: Leinyuy is fed with staple diet during perpetual vows into convent By Mildred Ndum Wung Kum The culture of the people of Ngarum has been portrayed at festivities marking the final profession of a candidate for the religious sisterhood. Immaculte Leinyuy made perpet ual vows into the congregation of the Holy Union Sisters on October 19, 2019 during a pontifical Holy Mass presided by Bishop Michael Bibi, the auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda Archdiocese Cameroon. The culture was exhibited at St Paul Catholic Church Nkwen during outdoor meriments that added colour to the event. A group of five women dressed in blouses over loinclothes processed in traditional song and dance to the foot of the rostrum in a hall where Sister Immaculte and other religious were sitting ready to receive them . Sisters eating cocoyam mash and cow pea soup from leaves. Right:Sr Rosemary, left:Sr Immaculate One of the women were carrying a basket on the head. As they d...

      DAZZLING MULTI CULTURAL AMBIANCE AT FOOD MARKET                                                        BY MILDRED NDUM WUNG KUM At the Bamenda Food Market Cameroon, there exists a cultural space.  The scenery combines several aspects of culture. It reflects the natural and artistic heritage of Africa and to a very great extent that of Cameroon.  This area of the market that serves as a reference point to peoples and their identity lie westward the Food Market just opposite a pharmacy called Amen Pharmacy and adjacent a market area called fowl line. The area has not been given a formal name, however “country line” is the appellation used by locals to describe the area.  While passing around the area, I was really fascinated by the vast array of cultural goods displayed at the open shed shops...

“ NKUMU FED FED” INSTALLS BAMENDA BRANCH TO TACKLE GROWING CRISIS EFFECTS/VULNERABILITY BY MILDRED NDUM WUNG KUM They have no shelter of their own, people wondering on the streets, many have lost their jobs, they can’t afford a square meal and in the worst case scenario, the category of persons are vulnerable to abuse and human rights violation.  These persons are just a quota of the whole lot being living victims of the Cameroon Anglophone crisis.  To tackle the growing effects of the crisis and vulnerability, the NGO known as Nkumu Fed Fed has extended its boundaries to Bamenda, capital of the North West region Cameroon with a humanitarian agenda.  NFF launched its head office in Bamenda on Saturday 12th October 2019 at Dreamland Hotel. At the launching ceremony that saw the turnout of NFF women, friends and wellwishers including the North West regional delegate of Economy Planning and Regional Development, the president of the organisation Madam Eunice Tita ...

PLAN INTERNATIONAL CAMEROON SPEAK UP ON GIRL EDUCATION By MILDRED NDUM WUNG KUM Sad but true, the image of the 21st century girl child is still faint in the world of education. Girls in both  rural areas and and urban communities either have no chance to go to school or are subjected to chores that block their access to education. A sadly large number of girls in most communities in the third world do not attain their desired dreams in life. They are deterred by the pressure to get married and the thought that females do not require much "book" among others. The misthought has rendered many girls both under utilised and under proficient setting the girl in a disadvantage position when offset with the male child.  Plan International Cameroon advocates for equal opportunity to both sexes. exhibition of artistic displays portray girls' worth The NGO marked celebration of the international day of the girl child in various localities of different regions...

BAMENDA CATHOLIC AUTHORITIES HELPLESSLY OFFER RANSOM  AFTER CAPTIVITY PRIEST TELLS TOUGH CONDITIONS PLACED BEFORE HIS FREEDOM BY MILDRED NDUM WUNG KUM Not until two days after his kidnap, the priest was quite reserved about bringing to the knowledge of the press, the story of his capture and freedom.  Reverend Father Augustine Nkwain spent two days in the confines of his kidnappers. The Roman Catholic Priest of the archdiocese of Bamenda Cameroon serves the Church as the Catholic Education Secretary. In an interview with me on Sunday 6th October 2019, he narrated a tingle tale about his captivity. He details his experience as well as tells his conviction about the spate of happenings in Cameroon vis a vis the Cameroon Anglophone crisis.  His kidnap is connected with ugly intricacies of a crisis that has since 2016 put inhabitants of the North West and South west regions of Cameroon and to some extent the rest of the eight regions in the country in a diffic...