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BAKWERI NEWS, SECTION 2

BAKWERI YOUTH ASSOCIATION (BAYA) REGISTERS FIRST WEDDING AMONGST MEMBERS

Members of one of the most powerful Bakweri youth forum called Bakweri Youths Association (BAYA) have gladly celebrated the first wedding between two of their members. Members of the association joined their members, Efome Ferdinard Motutu and Victoria Enanga Vefonge and their family on November 24, 2018 to celebrate the civil and traditional marriage that took place in Great Soppo Buea.

BAKWERI LANGUAGE AND LITERACY ASSOCIATION (BALALIA) GETS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM FAKO FOUNDATION USA

Members of the Bakweri Language and Literacy Association (BALALIA) now have a sigh of relief after receiving financial support from a US based organization composed of Fakoland indigenes residing in the USA called Fako Foundation, Incorporated (USA).

EMILIA EPOSI EWULE AND EMMANUEL NYOKI LIKUKU MARRY IN GRAND STYLE

The marriage celebration of Emilia Eposi Ewule and Emmanuel Nyoki Likuka all of Fakoland took place on Saturday June 23, 2018, in Buea. The legalisation of the union was done at the Civil Status Registry of Great Soppo, Buea.

After taking their marital vows and exchanging rings, the couple moved to an event hall located at Mile 17, Buea, for celebration and feasting with relatives and friends.

BAYA PRESIDENT, MOLA DAVID NGALE MAENYE, IS AWARDED ''WANA WA PHAKO GLOBAL'' BAKWERI PERSON OF THE YEAR 2017 AWARD

Mola David Ngale Maenye has confirmed the receipt of the sum of FCFA 100,000 for winning “Wana Wa Phako Global Bakweri Person of the Year 2017” award. This money was handed to him recently after the head of the award committee, Mola Henri Walla, announced him 2017 winner of the award.

CHIEF DAVID IKOME MOLINGE LAID TO REST IN HIS UPPER MUEA KINGDOM

One of the most influential and charismatic leaders in Fako Division, H.R.H. Chief Molinge Ikome David of Upper Muea is now with his ancestors. An official funeral serviced oganised for the late Chief took place on the 13th and 14th of April 2018 in Upper Muea, Buea Subdivision.

DAVID TERENCE IKOME LIKAMBI AND CLAUDIA ANDREA REITER MARRY IN A TRADITIONAL BAKWERI STYLE

Mola kome Likambi David Terence and wife Claudia Andrea Reiter, on Saturday March 31, 2018, stunned the Wokwai (Bokwai) community in Buea to give a traditional colour to their union.

The ceremony that took place in the Ekome Likambi’s residence in Wokwai witnessed the performance of traditional dances like Cha-Cha and Lingombi, and also choral singing.

REMEMBERING EYA ENANGA LITUMBER; HER FAMILY OFFERS HEALTH SCREENING AND CARE TO THE PEOPLE OF BOKWAONGO, BUEA

Over 200 patients around Buea and the Bokwaongo community in particular have benefited from a free health care organised in memory of Late Eya Enanga Litumbe. The event that was opened to the young and old took place at the Bokwaongo Health Centre from 7am to 3pm on Saturday March 17, 2018.

MRS CECILIA ELINGE IS LAID TO REST IN BOVA VILLAGE, BUEA

The mortal remains of Mrs. Elinge Cecilia Nduma who passed unto glory on February 5, 2018 have been laid to rest. Mrs Elinge who died after a brief illness at the Kumba District Hospital was laid to rest in their Bova I residence on Saturday January 3, 2018.

PRINCE ROBERT ESUKA ENDELEY IS ELECTED TO BECOME PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF THE BAKWERIS IN BUEA

The squabble over who succeeds the late Paramount chief of Buea, H.R.H., Samuel Moka Lifafa Endeley has been put to rest. After series of consultation talks between administrative authorities and the Buea Kingmakers, Prince Robert Esuka Endeley was on Monday February 5, 2018 elected to mount the traditional stool that has been empty years after Chief Endeley joint his ancestors.

TRADITIONAL WEDDING OF SALLY NAMONDO NDONGO AND OTTO LYONGA ENYAME

The Bonakanda Royal Palace on Saturday February 3, 2018 played host to the traditional marriage ceremony of Princess Sally Namondo Ndongo and Otto Lyonga Enyame. The marriage witnessed the performance of all marital rituals as demanding by the customs and traditions of the Wakpwe (indigenous people of Fako Division, Cameroon).

BONAVADA YOUTHS HONOUR LATE FRIENDS IN WONAKANDA, BUEA

Some BONAVADA youths home and abroad on Saturday December 23, 2017 gathered at the Wonakanda (Bonakanda) Community field to pay homage to some of their brothers who have gone ahead.To honour their late brothers, Mbua Njie Lawrence and Mbella Mondoa, a football match was organized pairing BONAVADA Veteran Football Club against BONAVADA Selection (a selection of players who have played in football teams that have participated in inter-quarter football competitions organised in the community).

STEPHEN NJUMBE SAKO IS LAID TO REST

Mourners who attended the funeral of a young CRTV journalist, Njumbe Stephen Sako of Great Soppo-Buea, who died recently found it very difficult to hold their tears. His relatives, friends, school mates, lecturers, colleagues and neighbours wept bitterly at his funeral especially for seeing him leave the stage when he was just emerging in life.
Speaking during the funeral mass organised for the deceased on Saturday November 19, 2017 at

FRANCIS KAISA MARRIES JULIE MOJOKO NGANJE

Many families in Cameroon use the last three months to the end of the year to celebrate marriages and other family events. One of the marriages celebrated early towards the end of this year’s festivities was that between ...................................................................................................................................................................................

FAKO NATIVES BENEFIT FROM THE IKOM'A MANYANYE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

Another set of pupils and students of Fako Division origin have this year received scholarships and certificates from the Ikom’a Manyaye Foundation. The recipients of the 2016/2017 edition of the award were on Sunday September 4, 2016, awarded cash prizes ranging from FCFA 15,000 for those in Primary school level, FCFA 25,000 for those in secondary school level and FCFA 50,000 for those at the university level. ...........................................

ESTHERINE LYSINGE GETS MINISTER'S RECOGNITION

The Cameroon Minister of Women’s Empowerment and the Family, Prof. Abena Ondoa Marie Thérèse has honoured the activities of Estherine Lisinge Fotabong as an activist promoting rural women and her fight to address climate change issues.

Popular Fakoland Artist/Musician, Tata Kinge Marries his best Friend

The leading and well known cultural promoter of the Fakoland, renowned Artist/Musician, Tata Kinge, on Saturday January 9, 2016 married his best friend, Iya Christiana Eposi Moky.
The traditional marriage ceremony that took

FAKO LAND CRISIS HEATS UP AS SOME TRADITIONAL RULERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES GET IMPLICATED

Issues surrounding the Fako Division Land Crisis have turned sour in recent weeks. The issue that has been a hot potato in a radio programme on CRTV Buea Regional station called Press Club, actually got a new twist when members of the panel started naming and shaming traditional and administrative authorities who are conniving to seize land ceded by the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC), to the indigenous people of the Division.
Hell practically broke loose when the highest authority of the South West Region, Governor Bernard Okalia Bilai, was named as having used his powers as Senior Divisional Officer (SDO) for Fako Division years back and presently as the Governor of the South West Region to illegally grab land ceded to Fako Division indigenous people.

DOROTHY LIMUNGA NJEUMA NEE EFFANGE OFFERS THANKSGIVING CHURCH CEREMONY FOR HER 70TH BIRTHDAY

One of Cameroon’s highly recognised female role models, educationists and administrators, Prof. Dorothy Limunga Njeuma nee Efange, has offered thanksgiving for her seventieth birthday. Prof. Dorothy Njeuma who clocked seventy on the 26th of June 2013, offered a thanksgiving church service at the Presbyterian Church Buea Station, on Friday 27th December 2013.

CHIEF SML ENDELEY, THE PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF THE BAKWERIS IN BUEA, CELEBRATES HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY

A special church thanks giving ceremony was on Friday December 20, 2013, organised in honour of the Paramount Chief of Buea, H.R.H. Chief S.M.L. Endeley. Though Chief Endeley turned 90 on the 9th of June 2013, his children, grandchildren and relatives still dec

HRH CHIEF LUMA FRANCIS NDUMBE OF LIKOMBE MARRIES HIS SWEET HEART

Friday and Saturday November 29 and 30,2013, respectively, witnessed the civil, religious and traditional wedding of HRH Chief Luma Francis Ndumbe of Likombe Village in Buea to Miss Hannah Likowo Beckley. Chief Luma took all those present at the Civil Status Registry on the 29 of November 2013 by surprise when being asked the type of marriage he wanted to sign for and he declared that he was going in for monogamy.

FAKO DENMARK REPRESENTS THE BAKWERI TRIBE AT THE CAMEROON CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN DENMARK

.FAKO DENMARK ON DISPLAY

DR DAVID MAKONGO BONAVADA YOUTH TOURNAMENT ENDS IN GRANDSTYLE

The first edition of the Dr. David Makongo BONAVADA Youth Tournament came to an end on Saturday August 31, 2013, at the Bokova Community field in grand style. The heavily attended finals ended up with Wonya Moka FC of Bokova beating Bwiteva FC 2 -1 to lift the trophy during regular play time in the men’s category.

BONAVADA ORGANISATION INSTALLS NEW EXECUTIVE

An executive of 13 members has been installed to henceforth manage the activities the 18 year old Bokova, Bonakanda, Bova Area Development Association, BONAVADA. The Divisional Officer of Buea and members of the BONAVADA Chiefs Conference installed the new executive on Saturday July 13, 2013, at the Bokova Community Hall.
Addressing members of the BONAVADA Community during

2013 BUEA WRESTLING FINAL:- WOKWAI VILLAGE EMERGES BEST

The Buea zone (Zone A) traditional wrestling has ended with Wokwai village emerging overall best with 453 points followed by Wonakanda with 266 points. During the award of prizes at the end of the final that took place on Sunday June 9, 2013, many special awards were presented to participants from Wokwai village.

DR PAULINE LYONGA, VICE CHANCELLOR OF BUEA UNIVERSITY, INSTALLS NEWLY APPOINTED STAFF, SOME OF WHOM ARE OF FAKO ORIGIN

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea, Cameroon, Dr. Pauline Nalova Lyonga, has commissioned newly-appointed officials of the institution to their functions. The sixty one newly appointees were installed on Friday March 22, 2013, during a ceremony to commemorate the 2013 New Year. This ceremony was also used to acknowledge the services of some other staff of the institution who recently went on retirement.

FAMILY IN WONAKANDA SAVED BY GOD'S GRACE

Many who have been at the compound of one Cecilia Namondo Mokondo whose house was hit by a tree after a heavy thunder storm in Wonakanda village have testified that she and her entire family were saved by the special grace of God.
The tree that was cut off by wind from the

LATE CHIEF MASUA KOMBE JONATHAN IS FINALLY BURIED IN HIS BOMAKA VILLAGE, BUEA

Members of Fako Chiefs’ Conference have entrusted Eko Emmanuel, the junior brother of the late traditional leader of Bomaka village in Buea, to keep the traditional stool, the crown and other traditional elements belonging to the throne till a new chief is elected. While handing over these elements to Mola Eko, the chiefs warned that they have not given him any authority to start acting as the traditional ruler of Bomaka.

THE WEDDING OF MOKI STEPHEN MOKONDO TO LYDIA ENJEMA NJIE ON THE HECTIC WEEKEND OF 29TH DEC 2012 IN BUEA, WAS AN EVENT TO REMEMBER

The man who has been reporting news and weddings in Fako Division for Fako News Centre, Stephen Mokondo Moki, was himself the centre of attraction when he ........................ ..................................... ............................

YET AGAIN, FAKO AMERICA AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO FAKO STUDENTS IN THE VOCATIONAL SECTOR, HIGH SCHOOLAND UNIVERSITY SECTORS

Students who originate from Fako Division have once more been encouraged by their senior brothers and sisters who are members of the Fako America organisation based in the USA. While presenting the 2012/2013 edition of the

2012 BUEA UNIVERSITY GRADUATION- FIRST BATCH OF MRDICAL DOCTORS GRADUATE AND FAKO STUDENTS EXCEL IN MOST DISCIPLINES

After six years of hard work in diverse phases, the University of Buea has graduated the 1st batch of medical doctors who were admitted in 2006. Fifty three out of eighty five of them successfully passed through a rigorous training period that involved both theory and practical sessions in hospitals

BAKWERI STUDENT OF BUEA UNIVERSITY DIES JUST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS BEFORE HER GRADUATION

If it were possible for relatives, friends, Christians of Charity Baptist Church Bova and many others to appeal the death of one of their beloved, Irene Messanga Lisonge of Wonjuku area of Bova II village, Buea, they would have asked for her resurrection. But unfortunately, in God’s case, there is no appeal. ........................ ............................................................................................................................................................

HOW BAKWERI STUDENTS PERFORMED IN THE 2012 GCE EXAMS: FULL ANALYSIS INCLUDING NAMES OF THE BEST STUDENTS

For the fourth year running, Bakweri girls have outclassed their male counterparts at the GCE Ordinary and Advanced levels, sending a message to the Bakweri tribe that as long as there is no gender discrimination in all walks of life, the future of the Bakweri tribe lies in the hands of Bakweri women .......................................................................... .................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................

BOVA UNITED ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE MUSONGE MUSOKE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Bova United are this year’s champions of the Musonge Musoke Memorial BONAVADA Football competition that took place in Wonakanda village, Buea. They scored the winning goal from the penalty spot during normal playing time. The final that was played on Saturday 25 August, 2012, pitted Bova United against Okada (commercial motorbike riders) FC.

DR DAVID NJIE MAKONGO OF THE USA AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP TO TWENTY BAKWERI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM THE BONAVADA GROUP OF VILLAGES IN BUEA

Some twenty students from the BONAVADA area studying in the University of Buea Cameroon have received a back-to-school package from one of their brothers in the United States of America, Dr David Njie Makongo (Ph.D.). The package that came in the form financial support (50,000 frs per student) is to enable the students pay their registration fees next academic year into the University of Buea.

MARTIN YANGANGE MUSONGE JOINS THE ''NGANYA-MAHLEH'' BAKWERI SOCIETY

The initiation rights to admit Mola Martin Yangange Musonge into one of the strongest arm of ‘Nganya-Mahleh, a Bakweri secret society, have taken place in Wonakanda village, Buea sub-division, Cameroon. The ceremony that brought members of this secret society from neighbouring villages took place on Friday, August 10th 2012.

DR PAULINE NALOVA LYONGA, DAUGHTER OF FAKO DIVISION, INSTALLED VICE CHANCELLOR OF BUEA UNIVERSITY

The new Vice Chancellor of one of Cameroon's most renowned institutions of higher learning (Buea university), Dr Pauline Nalova Lyonga, has been officially commissioned to manage the affairs of the institution. The minister of higher education, Jacques Fame Ndongo, handed over the .................................................................

JUSTICE PAUL EVANDE MWAMBO IS FINALLY BURIED IN HIS HOME TOWN OF BUEA

The Fako community in Cameroon was recently taken aback by news of thedeath of one of theirs, Justice Paul Evande Mwambo, on 23 May 2012, in Kumba. Justice Mwambo was due to take up his newpost in Yaounde as follow-up lawyer at the ministry of justice, on 25 May, 2012. ..............................