Risdoh & the creation of modern Cameroon (part 2)

For they (France) granted independence to the French-speaking part of Cameroon on the 1^st of January 1960 and to the English-speaking parts, they (Britain) granted them a funny type of independence, that is, by asking part of British Cameroons to integrate Northern Nigeria and the other part to reunifying with French-speaking Cameroon. That expensive jokes of the British toward British Cameroonians, was called independence. In reality, it was another form of new colonialism took place on the 1^st of October 1961. The British and the United Nations decided what was best for us. For how a country can get her independence by reunifying or integrating with another one, is a mystery. But, is the logic of the White men. Just understand that, even though the White men cheated English-speaking Cameroonians, by denying them the right to have their own country, Cameroon is still currently made up of two countries, packaged as one.

And some Cameroonians, in particular, those who speak French, and act the same way as White French men do, call their country with pride and affection: miniature Africa. Why? According to those who coined that phrase, Cameroon is a sample of all the people and the races that exist on the African continent. Well, that is just for propaganda, because, personally, I Brogota, I have travelled through out the breadth and length of the continent of Africa and I have not seen any justification for Cameroon to be called miniature Africa. But what is true, on the other hand is that, Cameroon is made up of about 240 nationalities with the same number of languages plus three: English, French and Pidgin English. While I think and call the 240 nationalities and their languages that make up Cameroon their rightful appellations, some White men and even some educated Cameroonians still call the people who make up Cameroon, tribes and their languages: dialects.

Well, it is their problem and not mine. The official capital of Cameroon is Yaoundé and the unofficial capital or that which would have been the capital of Anglophone Cameroon, is and will remain Buea. Yaoundé is a modern city like many others on the continent. It is also a place where, extraordinarily rich people meet extremely poor people, and ignoring each other. Second: Risdoh, as I have already told you, is a very beautiful girl and above all, she is a native of Yaoundé. This simply means that, her native tongue is Ewondo, a language spoken by the natives of Yaoundé and its environs. The Ewondos, the nation and language of Risdoh are also one of the people in French-speaking Cameroon, who admires education, hence even in remote villages of Ewondoland, there are old men and women, who do not only know how to speak French, they are also capable of writing it fluently. And since the Ewondos are well educated people, they also like to behave like White men. They like putting on ties, dress in three piece suits and also enjoy office jobs.

Another thing with the Ewondos is that, they like to drink, but in their love for alcohol, they prefer Red wine to beer. And finally, even though Ewondos like to drink and fight, they are nice and welcoming people, who seldom get angry for longer than necessary. Although Ewondos are well educated and are mostly Roman Catholic Christians and highly Westernised, they have not thrown away their traditions. One traditional culture of the Ewondos, that which their ancestors were practising and which has been perpetuated , requires that, men must beat up their wives to show his love and also show that, he can defend his wife in case of external attack. And concerning Ewondo girls, they too are required by tradition to have a child, before getting married. It is a proof that, she is not sterile and the child she has given birth will be an attachment or a deposit, which will always bring her back to visit her parents. The other reason why Ewondo girls, who are very independent minded are required by their ancestral tradition to give birth out of wedlock, it is to put a lock and a key on the mouths of some men who can’t procreate, but always tend to accuse their wives.