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Notes on Bakweri Funeral Customs

By M. D. W. JEFFREYS [Originally published in African Studies, Vol. 20, no. 1 (1961): 61-65.

Sometime before 1920, Bakweri historian ESASEA WOLATAE made very detailed notes about Bakweri funeral customs. Around 1946 he handed over these notes to M. D. W. Jeffreys (pictured). Spurred by the realization that "old customs and manners are disappearing [along] with the generation that still remembers how the old customs were performed", Jeffreys submitted these notes to the African Studies Journal for publication in 1961. Today, some 45 years after its first publication, and close to a century after Mola Wolatae jotted down his notes, Bakwerirama offers its readers this unique "refresher course" on Bakweri funeral customs from the perspective of a master of pre-colonial Bakweri culture.

Bakweri Beliefs About Mount Fako

Angoweya Fako yasu (Take Care of of our Fako Mountain)

By Lucas Ngale Wolete (Mountain Porter)

Mola Lucas Ngale Wolete, a porter at Mount Cameroon Ecotourism Organization discusses Bakweri beliefs about Mount Fako during the Afropeaks Pan-African expedition (In Bakweri with English subtitles).

Introducing Mount Fako (Cameroon): A Unique Ecotourism Site

By LIFAFA Tourist and Travel Agency - Buea

This lovely volcanic mountain welcomes visitors immediately they arrive Buea. It stands majestically along the background of Buea Town. The Mountain spreads from Bomboko to Bakweri of Buea and down to the Limbe Beach. It is 4100 metres in height.

A visit to Mount Cameroon is always an exciting experience both in the rainy and dry seasons.

Efasa Moto, the God of Mount Fako

By Wose Yangange Martin

To young Bakweris, Efasa-Moto is either a fairy tale or a frightful phenomenon beyond their comprehension. Otherwise, it is a myth handed down from generation to generation and usually told elderly village folks.

Efasa-Moto is the folkloric god of the Fako Mountain. It is believed that he controls the entire "hill" from the West Coast to the border with Balondo land to the north east coast, and towards Meme Division.

Dr. Herbert Endeley, University of Buea's Pioneer Registrar Laid to Rest

By Harry McYemti and Ben Nakomo in Buea (Originally published in The Entrepreneur)

The mortal remains of late Dr Hebert Nganjo Endeley, the pioneer Registrar of the University of Buea has been buried in his native Mokunda village in Buea Town, Cameroon.

Herbert Endeley who until his death was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) in charge of Research and Cooperation at the University of Buea (UB) died after a brief illness at the Reference Hospital in Douala on Tuesday, November 28, 2006.

Adieu Dr. Herbert N. Endeley

By Jerry Komia Domatob

As Dr. H. N. Endeley joins ancestors
Cheery with decorum and splendor
Admirers applaud his grand feats
Shinning like lights on mountain tops

Buea University captures global spotlight
Like Olympic winners on universal spotlight
As maiden Registrar, Dr. Endeley set standards
Both friends and foes emulate and salute

Tribute to a Fallen Hero: Dr Herbert Nganjo Endeley

By Ernest L. Molua

A Fako native is fallen
A Hero is fallen
Together in grief we join.
Nganjo is lifeless
Herbert is Breathless
Citizens in Fakoland together stand,
Citizens in Diaspora bemoan
Honor those who served.
Tribute to the fallen;
As in EML Endeley
Family of the fallen,
So too, Nganjo is fallen
Bears our debt in grief.
Today another funeral;
In Fakoland, one too many
Honors this one taken.
One man's duty done;
Prosperity continues.