Tribalism 101: Initiating Genocide

Since March 2008, a young enterprising Cameroonian, Innocent Chia has been blogging about life and the injustices faced by former West Cameroonians in the very sparse Anglophone Cameroonian blogosphere. Through sheer persistence, hard work and excellent writing skills, his blog has become a major repository of record of the life of Cameroonians back home and in the diaspora.

Recently, he published a very a propos article on the real and problematic issue of what to do when aging parents fall ill when visiting the United states, and what options families have when a loved one dies abroad, to bury the corpse here in the USA, or repatriate the body to Cameroon?

Assuming he is no expert on those issues, he approached some tried and tested businessmen who were welcoming enough to explain how the insurance business works, and what options are open to anyone who desires to get insurance. Brief profiles if the businessmen and their contact information was provided.


And then the shocker, the very first comment to the article was a scathing rebuke, from another anglophone Cameroonian, accusing Mr Innocent Chia of being tribalistic! The comment portrayed the respected blogger as one who may have a long standing problem of tribalism that followed him when he traveled out of Cameroon. This, is simply unacceptable.

It is normal for the writer to use sources he is familiar with, and can vouch for when researching for the article. Anyone who holds a different opinion just has to set up their own blog and voice their views, and the readers will be the judge. Low level bigotry as displayed by the gentleman who made that first comment on the article "$15.00 transports your corpse from the USA to Cameroon" if left unchecked, end up causing major headaches like we saw in the Rwanda and Burundi genocide. We have to stop the finger pointing.

Mr Innocent Chia has been doing a great service for Anglophone Cameroon, and deserves better, than to have a cheap unwarranted judgment passed on him by someone who is essentially anonymous. Keep up the good work Mr Chia!

OWS: Occupy Wall Street learns from Julius MALEMA "Juju"

With winter fast approaching and authorities whipping up popular sentiment against the Occupy Wall Street movement, the organizers of the cloud-like protests have taken a lesson from a master politician, South Africa's Julius Malema, a.k.a. "Juju".

From Oakland to New York City, and many major cites in between, protests have been going on for a couple of months now against what is perceived as the high handed ways of the rich, and the growing divide between the rich and the poor. The faltering economy does not help the situation either. And financial institutions that were bailed out with tax payer money are still refusing to make loans to small businesses thus preventing them from hiring. 

Authorities have accused the protestors of illegally occupying public areas, using unauthorized power sources in restricted areas, and generally behaving in a way that may disturb public peace. In order to have the Movement slow down, they have surreptitiously sent in homeless people to join the protests, and even some drug addicts and other criminal minds, according to reports from New York City.

To ramp up the rhetoric, coalesce and bring their case to Washington, the Occupy Wall Street Movement will be coming to Washington D.C. They plan to leave Liberty Square in New York, and march about 20 miles a day for two weeks, and reach Washington DC just about when the "Super Committee" in Congress that is reviewing tax cuts will be meeting.

 Their tactic echoes the recent march in South Africa initiated by the ANCYL (ANC Youth League) president Julius Malema. He dubbed it "The March For Economic Freedom". About 10,000 youths converged on Johannesburg, then proceeded to march, with Malema in the lead to the Union Buildings which is the seat of the South African Government in Pretoria.That was just about two short weeks ago, on October 27th 2011.

The march had widespread media coverage and showed the power 30 year old Julius Malema wields in South African politics.

Walking from New York to Washington DC in a day and age when global warming is playing tricks with the weather can be treacherous. May Washington heed the call of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and prevent any unnecessary injuries or worse, loss of life. Afterall, the taxes these people paid bailed out the Fat Cats on Wall Street!

New Cameroon Football Team Coach Denis Lavagne

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The Cameroon national Soccer squad has a new coach.  French born Denis Lavagne has taken over he reigns of the team. Previously, he was coach of Cotonsport in Cameroon.

He replaces Javier Clemente, who was sacked after he failed to qualify the Indomitable Lions for the 2012 African Nations Cup.

Denis Lavagne (copyright africapresse.com)

Cameroon 2011: Sarkozy instructs Biya to implement constitution

French president Nicholas Sarkozy finally gave a timid welcome back into the Francophonie fold to Paul Biya, president of the oil rich Central African Nation, Cameroon.


Eight days after his election under dubious circumstances, the aged Biya, who is 78 years old had been waiting for endorsements from Western Democracies and none was coming his way.




Last week, he had to send his External Relations minister, Henri Ayissi Eyebe,  to France to plead for a congratulatory message. He got firm instructions instead to fully implement the 1996 constitution from France. Sarkozy and US president Barack Obama don't have any love for despots and have made no bones about this.

At least, Sarkozy made a statement and for this, Henri Eyebe Ayissi WILL BE in the next government. That is how Biya's  autocratic, despotic, ethnocentric and tribalistic regime works!


Biya had it coming. No matter how you read it, the message he got from Sarkozy reads more like a scolding from a teacher than a diplomatic message destined to a head of State. 


US president Barack Obama has not bothered to acknowledge that anything significant happened in Cameroon. Even when Biya insists and gets installed in the presidential palace, he should know that the clock is ticking, and Sarkozy, Obama, the International Community and Cameroonians can turn their backs on him at any time. His tribalism infused ruling Cabal or his friends from the Communist People's Republic of China won't be able to protect him, when the hour of reckoning comes.


He can show some degree of good will in the new younger faces in his next government. The world will be watching.