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Limbe A friend once told me that the Anglophone part of Cameroon was like a different world from the rest of the country. I did not believe him then. Coming in on the road from Douala, we cross into the Southwest. The roads look newly tarred and tidy. The ditches are uncluttered. The traffic is moving in an orderly fashion. The taxis are neat.  A different world!

A page been created to sensitize and provide current information on the Ebola Crisis affecting part of West Africa (Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Liberia, and Guinea) today and now gradually spreading into central Africa (DR Congo). Lives have been lost, families in dismay, a whole continent in fear. The intention is to channel our resources and get others interested, through networking in our circles, in order to tap into appropriate expertise and possibly engage in a joint venture so as to harness our respective capacities and activities to other ongoing initiatives and programs. There is so much information about Ebola out there. Be Aware and Be less scared! Go ahead and like this page Ebola Virus Awareness , Learn , Share your Stories, Ask Experts your question, join a community to spread the word, inform the people. As Africans, we should Unite, even with Our borders closing every day! Join the Movement for a Change! Follow us on twitter@AwarenessEbola  www.f

BUSHFALLER – NOW I AM The Bushfaller experience, a trap with perks, Call me stupid, call me native, but someone should have told us sooner, That it’s good enough to live in two seasons And there we were, thinking four was better?  

Betwixt and between 2 cultures! In psychology , identity may be defined as the distinctive characteristic belonging to any given individual, or shared by all members of a particular social category or milieu. Nevertheless, the formation of this identity occurs through one's identifications with significant others; primarily with parents and other individuals during one ’ s biographical experiences, and also with 'milieu' as they are perceived.

Dear readers, on again at a unique occasion. Just like most of you out there, I have been contemplating what this blog is all about and what it means or should mean to you and me. I must confess that I ended up with more questions than answers. Nevertheless, I thought it would be nice to share an idea OUR column "Inspiring Faces of our time or Great men of our time". Of course, when we call men and women 'great', we do so to honour some idea, principle or belief they have displayed either in action or in the words they have expressed. These actions or words must have had tremendous effect either in us, or we must have observed the effects on others with great enthusiasm.

On August 23, 2014, in the North Rhine Westphalia town of Duisburg, sons and daughters of the Meta clan in the North West region of Cameroon, resident in Germany will be organizing a cultural and fundraising event to promote education in their area of origin. The event will be organized under the umbrella of the Meta Cultural and Development Association MECUDA NRW – Germany. 

...Professor Yankah Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin... Prof. Dr. Charles Yankah, our wave for the month of August. Some of you might have heard the name before; some not yet, well let me educate you.

“You’ve developed the strength of a draft horse while holding onto the delicacy of a daffodil …  you are the mother, advocate, protector of a child, a wife and a hero in your world.  And no matter how often you break down,  always hold unto that little part of you which says;    “No, you´re not done yet; get back up!”