SakerPride - "Telling the Saker Story & MORE"
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FROM GREENLAND'S ICY MOUNTAINS Song written in 1819 by Reginald Heber, which served as a model for the Saker Anthem. Please Click Below To Listen To Tune. 1 Beyond the Buea Mountain, From West Coast earthquake strand, Where Cam'roon's sunny fountains Lay down their golden sand; Along Victoria's Ambas Beach Is found the Saker College Where girls who seek for knowledge Are all striving to reach.
2 On the twenty-ninth of January In nineteen sixty-two Thirty six Cam'roon youngsters Were laid to Saker Hill Their nervous trepidation Became a joyful thrill In the hearts of these first comers A joy that warms them still.
3 The Baptist Girls' Secondary School Was the first name for our school The West Cam'roon Christian College Was the name that followed next. Today Saker Baptist College Is the name our college bears For God's word to our Cameroon Alfred Saker strove to bear.
4 Geography and math'matics Are subjects we employ Domestic Science and physics Are others we enjoy English language and history Music to praise the Lord, Literature, Bible Chemistry French Language for abroad.
5 With the power of God's Almighty Hand We try to face the world For Unity and Sisterhood We Saker students strive, Be we coastal, midland, upland We Saker girls are one With the help of tutors true we'll thrive, And the battle will be won.
Salvation O salvation, S.B.C. girls proclaim, For in our jubilation, no tribal rights disclaim.
From PIONEER Class of 1966's STUDENT #1 (AGBOR FRIDA EGBE AYUK), to Class of '86's Student #1726, (NGOASONG JOSEPHA) Ms Patience Fomunyam (Above: 1984 Below: 2018) PLEASE CLICK ON LIST BELOW TO SEE DOCUMENTS!! FULL SCREEN (F11) VIEW PREFERABLE!! THE REST OF THIS WEB PAGE IS CURRENTLY "UNDER RECONSTRUCTION". THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE! PLEASE CLICK ON LIST BELOW TO SEE DOCUMENTS!! FULL SCREEN (F11) VIEW PREFERABLE!! PLEASE CLICK ON LIST BELOW TO SEE DOCUMENTS!! FULL SCREEN (F11) VIEW PREFERABLE!! PLEASE CLICK ON LIST BELOW TO SEE DOCUMENTS!! FULL SCREEN (F11) VIEW PREFERABLE!! THE 13 MARCH 1962 VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY H.E. PRESIDENT AHMADOU AHIDJO PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE ABOVE TO VIEW A COLLECTION OF SIMILAR DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE VISIT. (VIEW IN "FULL SCREEN" MODE FOR BETTER VISIBILITY) SOURCE: JFK LIBRARY ARCHIVES WHO'S WHERE IN THE SAKER WORLD??? SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE GRADUATION CLASSES, BY NAME, COMPILED by SakerPride (Updated 02/13/19) Dr. W. NORMAN HAUPT, ERSTWHILE - PRINCIPAL B.T.T.C. SOPPO-BUEA - PRINCIPAL OF C.P.C. BALI, - PRINCIPAL OF J.M.B.C. NDU and - PRINCIPAL OF S.B.C. VICTORIA (LIMBE)
Patience Fomunyam & Mrs. Claudia Fokam Bumakor back in 1984
ONCE UPON A TIME ...
"GIRLS NUMBER ONE, TWO & THREE!!!"
YESTERDAY, JANUARY 29 2019 WAS SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE'S 57th BIRTHDAY - FOUNDERS DAY!!! ONLY IF YOU WERE ON LIFE SUPPORT COULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE MISSED ALL THE "CARRYING ON" & "SHOW-SHOW" THAT SAKERETTES ON EVERY CONTINENT PUT OUT THERE! THEY SURE LET THEIR SCHOOL PRIDE SHOW! BUT GUESS WHAT? ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WE COULD DO "ALL THAT" IS THANKS TO THE LADY WHO STARTED IT ALL: MISS BERNEICE WESTERMAN, ... - THE VERY ONE WHO PAINSTAKINGLY SELECTED THOSE FIRST 36 GIRLS WE NOW REFER TO AS "THE PIONEERS", BACK IN 1962; SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE'S VERY FIRST PRINCIPAL; THE ONE AFTER WHOM S.B.C.'s WESTERMAN DORMITORY IS SO WELL-DESERVEDLY NAMED!!!
WELL, ON THE OCCASION OF SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE'S 57th BIRTHDAY, THE 94 YEAR AND 9 MONTH OLD LADY TOOK A MINUTE - ACTUALLY 15 MINUTES, TO SEND "FOUNDERS DAY GREETINGS" TO HER SAKERETTES IN AN "INFORMAL CHAT" WITH MA SAKERPRIDE THAT WAS RECORDED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 29th 2019 - FOUNDERS DAY!!!
PLEASE, CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON BELOW TO LISTEN TO THE PHONE CONVERSATION ACCOMPANIED BY A SLIDESHOW
CHAT WITH MA BEE WESTERMAN from Egbe Monjimbo on Vimeo .
Miss Kern, Miss Berneice Westerman, (3rd from right), and Miss Tina Schmidt putting finishing touches to SBC's first ever Graduation Robes, many of which were still in use 4 decades after!!! CLICK ON PLAY BUTTON ABOVE TO LISTEN TO JUST THE AUDIO! (No Slideshow) ORIGINAL COPY OF THE S.B.C. SONG Submitted to SakerPride by Dr. Stella Nwigwe Anyangwe ('69)
At the request of Dr. STELLA NWIGWE ANYANGW E on behalf of ExSSA-SOUTH AFRICA for which she is the very much cherished ADVISER, Pioneer Sakerette and first President of EXSSA CAMEROON, Sis PLAYNE FUONDJING sent her THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE SAKER SCHOOL SONG posted below, which she obtained from the author of the song herself Sis GRACE SAMA NGALIM of ExSSA-BAMENDA.
Says Dr. STELLA ANYANGWE in a note to her Chapter: "I have been a member of several Chapters of our Association, and it has pained me, to no end, to hear our school song sung wrongly, and with utter glee! I hope our President-General will distribute this original version, with its correct solfa notation, to all chapters worldwide, so that we all can henceforth sing the correct version of our anthem! EXSSA-SA secretary, kindly forward the song to all our members, and we will start re-learning/un-learning the anthem during our meeting on Sunday. We will have to sing the correct version at our official launch in November.
Warmly Sis/Aunty Stella
... CAN I GET AN AMEN???!!!
CLASS OF 1966 PIONEER, GRACE SAMA NGALIM (Author)
Late CLASS OF '66 PIONEER CATHERINE YOTI NGOMBE (RIP) (Composer) Sunset: July 14 1966
THE SAKER ANTHEM from Egbe Monjimbo on Vimeo .
THE SAKER ANTHEM, sung by ExSSA-USA's MUSIC DIRECTOR, Mrs. SUE OBEN TABOT, on the occasion of ExSSA-USA's 2020 VIRTUAL CONVENTION
THE SAKER SONG which was written by CLASS OF 1984's Ms PATIENCE FOMUNYAM and set to music by CLASS OF 1969's Mrs. CLAUDIA FOKAM BUMAKOR (who was serving at SBC as Tutor, House Mother and Music Director at the time.) Up by the brook of Likomba, Is found the New Town hill. Where the green trees all have opened A habitation for young Cameroonian nation builders.
Chorus Saker Baptist College 2x Is the College of our pride We praise God for our school.
Founded by Baptist Mission To raise a Christian womanhood As a dynamic force for the cross Of God and righteousness in the home The church and everywhere.
Chorus...
Kept by the power of God Almighty The school is striving on Giving hope to all the world arround In music, morals, that all may see and give God the glory.
Chorus...
THE SAKER SONG from Egbe Monjimbo on Vimeo .
WITH THE CLASS OF 1970 Front row - Catherine Molulu (now Fominyen) 3rd from left; Dr Haupt, Principal; Liengu Litumbe (now Martin) 3rd from right, Justine Chinda (now Chungong-Ayafor), 1st from right) 2nd row- Comfort Njicho, left of Principal. 3rd row- Late Juliana Ndoko (Mrs Gobina) 5th from right. Back row- Bernice Ekiko.
FROM STUDENT #2190 (NGOLE LYNN) to STUDENT #4092 (MOLINDO DALE) CLASS OF 1990 (Part 2) - CLASS OF 2001 (INCLUDES HIGH SCHOOL LISTS) LIST OF STAFF MEMBERS FROM 1962 TO 1972 & THEIR DATES OF ARRIVAL AT SBC
Today, March 13 2014 marks exactly 52 years since H.E. Ahmadou Ahidjo - then President of the Federal Republic of Cameroon, visited the United States. The video above is already posted on the YESTERYEAR page of this website and I don't think I would have made any "fuss" about this whole "ANNIVERSARY", had I not stumbled upon the PRICELESS documents related to and surrounding the momentous event which are now part of the JFK LIBRARY ARCHIVES !!!! It is obvious from the sheer VOLUME of the documents and the meticulous DETAILS - from who got to sit in which car, how to pronounce their names, and what formalities and DIET RESTRICTIONS were to be observed, to the BIOGRAPHIES of ALL the members of the Cameroonian Delegation! In fact, even a detail like "THE PRESIDENT SMOKES CIGARETTES" is included!!! From these documents, (which I am not even halfway done perusing, I have sure learned A LOT about the Political and Economic "landscape" of CAMEROON at the time, and about the "MAJOR PLAYERS" on the political scene back then. Chances are, you will to!
Class of '70 FRONT ROW: Miss Kern, Sis Catherine Molulu (now Fominyen), ??, Dr. Norman W. Haupt, Sis Justine Chinda (now Chungong-Ayafor), Sis Lilian Tendo (Now Dr. Wambua), Miss ??
