This page, like its twin "KUDOS" @  http://www.sakerpride.com/KUDOS.html  is designed to CELEBRATE,CONGRATULATE and ENCOURAGE SAKERETTES especially, but also other WOMEN, MEN & CHILDREN who have accomplished something that is worthy of note!

LEAVING THEIR MARK IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH!!!

Dr. Dora Mbanya with Past President, Dr. Gabriel Muyinda from Zambia. Dr. Dora Mbanya (Seated 2nd from right) at The 9th AfSBT International Congress, Arusha, Tanzania in June 2018

Dr. SYLVIA EGBE, President, ACNAA  (Association of Cameroonian Nurse Anesthetists in America)

Please, Click On Image Above To View Photo Album of ACNAA INAUGURAL CONFERENCE/GALA - Houston, Tx (April, 2018) Dr. SUSAN AWEH goes beyond "MEDUCATING" to EMPOWERING!!  http://women4knowledge.com/

​Viola Jingwa Llewelyn, ('82) Keynote Speaker at the Phenomenal Women's Conference Doctor SEA at the W4K (Women For Knowledge)/Phenomenal Women Summit she recently organized in Frankfurt, Germany, on June 30 2018 PLUCKY CLASS OF 1977's JUDITH AGBOR ENAW  APPOINTED & INSTALLED AS SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CONGO-OUBANGUI-SANGHA BASIN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION (CICOS)

Following her appointment on February 22 2016, Class of 1977's Student #842 Mrs. Judith Agbor Enaw, (known in her Saker Days simply as "AGBOR J.") was installed as Secretary General of the Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basin International Commission (more often referred to by its French Acronym, CICOS) on April 1st 2016 at its headquarters in KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo. The installation ceremony was presided over by Cameroon's Minister of Transport, Mr. Edgard Alain MEBE NGO’O, in the presence, (amongst other dignitaries), of the Ambassadors of The Commission's Member States, namely: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo and Gabon. To read more about the Installation Ceremony and learn more about CICOS, please click on this image:

A vibrant Member of ExSSA-YAOUNDE who served as Jubilee Culture and Music Coordinator leading up to SBC's Golden Jubilee back in 2012 - CONGRATS!

CLASS OF 2001 SAKERETTE-STA*LETTE KOUBE NGAAJE (STUDENT #4008)  WINS GOLD IN POWER LIFTING CONTEST!!

KOUBE WEIGHT LIFTING from Egbe Monjimbo on Vimeo .

CLASS OF 2001 SAKERETTE-STA*LETTE KOUBE NGAAJE (STUDENT #4008)  BECOMES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DISTRICT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE HOUSING (DASH) (August 9 2017)

Here's how the reputed WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL reported it on Aug 9, 2017, at 3:02pm EDT:

Peg Hacskaylo is stepping down as the executive director of the District Alliance for Safe Housing after more than 10 years, and Koube Ngaaje will be taking over the position.

Previously as the COO at the Arlington Food Assistance Center, Ngaaje oversaw over 900,000 pounds of groceries delivered each week to more than 6,000 people, as well as the organization's expansion. She is also on the board for the Alliance for Housing Solutions, which works to increase affordable housing availability in Arlington County and Northern Virginia.

CONGRATULATIONS & GODSPEED, KOUBE!!!

PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO VIEW THE WBJ ARTICLE IN ITS ENTIRETY!

*The DISTRICT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE HOUSING (DASH), as its name suggests, provides "safe housing & services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their families as they rebuild their lives in the DC area."

Ms Koube Ngaaje hanging out with her Proud Mom, Class of 1978's Ms Roseline Nzegge Ngaaje, (President of the Sakerettes Transglobal Alliance (STA*) at the BBQ of association's Inaugural Event in Dallas, TX (June 2017) Academic Profile:

Argosy University Atlanta, GA - Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) concentration Management 

Shorter University Rome, GA - Master of Arts, concentration Leadership 

Wayne State University Detroit, MI - Bachelor of Science, concentration Marketing 

HCC Community College Highland Park, MI - Associate in Arts, Concentration Retail Management

3 GENERATIONS!

GLAM MA, Granddaughter and daughter, at daughter's Nuptials. This was on September 12 2015. She got her Doctorate a little over a year later, which makes it all the more AMAZING that she pulled it all off: The GRANDIOSE, WELL PLANNED & EXECUTED Wedding,  (See   http://www.sakerpride.com/CARAT-GLINTS2.html  ), and the DOKTASHIP! WAY TO GO, NUNGIS! ​BY THE WAY, let it be known that GRANDDAUGHTER #2 just made her grand entrance into Planet Earth a few Months ago!! If you are born a woman in or from a third world country, EVEN TODAY, your chances of making it through Primary and Secondary School are not extraordinarily high! If you make it to University and get yourself a Bachelor's or Master's Degree, you have certainly done well for yourself. In fact, YOU DON KILL'AM! How much more if you are able, AS A SINGLE MOTHER IN HER 50s, (an age at which some of us reach into our fridges, grab a bottle of water and deposit our car keys right by the eggs and then wander around the house for an hour straight in search of them!), WITH ONE TODDLER GRANDDAUGHTER & THE OTHER ON THE WAY, - ALL THAT, and you are able to get yourself a DOCTORATE DEGREE??? That is NO MEAN FEAT, so HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS, "NUNGIS"! You've come a mighty long and glorious way from those BASSA KONTRI DANCE ("SONG LAM"/Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!) days, my Class of '81 Sister! Your Lumpsum/Church Street/New Town, Victoria Squad couldn't be PROUDER!!! Trust me on that! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!! Dr. STELLA NUNGA'S TAKE ON HER JOURNEY FROM THOSE "A MBOMBO"/LUMPSUM "KWATA"/VICTORIA DAYS TO THIS DAY ...

A CELEBRATION OF ACCOMPLISHMENT 

My story is a one of inspiration and the conquering of one’s fears. “If you dare to believe, the sky is not the limit because you can reach for the moon” by Dr. Stella Nunga. It has been a long five years and somehow short years because of the outcome. Long because of all the other little snares that life throws at us. Short because of the lifelong friendships, the lasting memories from family and the truly interesting and amazing things we learned between the occasional bits of drudgery. “I will always remember this place in my life.” I know my experience is limited but every obstacle I have overcome has been because the good Jehovah has been there to carry me on. My support net goes to the patriarch of the Nunga Family; Pius B. Nunga (late) who believed in his little girl no matter what, first, when I received admission into the prestigious Saker Baptist College in 1976. I know you, mom and Brother Peter are smiling from the heavens above. There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you move up and down aimlessly in the current, not knowing that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This walkway does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers, your destiny is yours to shape. I now know that, I’ve done one thing right and that’s to set the stage and legacy for my family and grand-children. I thank everyone who has been part of this journey, without your support it would not have been possible. With that said, I leave you with this ‘word of wisdom’ “Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you'll make a difference."

World Renowned & Award Winning Ophthamologist CAT PROFESSOR DANIEL ETYA'ALE, husband of CLASS OF 1969's Sis DAISY HADDISON IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS THE TOP NOTCH, STATE OF THE ART  MAGRABI ICO CAMEROON EYE INSTITUTE IS INAUGURATED!! https://camerooneyeinstitute.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/prof-daniel-etyaales-visit-in-pictures/ KUDOS TO 2 CATS ...

PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO VIEW ALBUM

Here's what Phoebe's Mama said about this whole encounter: "Been busy preparing for Phoebe's BIRTHDAY. Yay! Meanwhile earlier this week, she met a voice she's been hearing since her days in my Womb. I don't know how my pregnancy story would've ended if FAITH didn't exist. I feel like she was 'preached into existence' lol... One of those who fueled my faith was TD Jakes. Fast forward: He appeared in our backyard... Here he's wishing her Happy Bday but she was acting shy lol, then he said put her on the table. She got a HBD Gift: His book! It's No coincidence -It's *DESTINY*

TRANSLATION: Di story be di hot sotey T.D. mooff ee coat ya - Chaiiii Holy Ghost faya!!!

LINK TO FACEBOOK PAGE:  https://www.facebook.com/imbolombue/?fref=ts

"WALL STREET JOURNAL"  or  "MILLION DOLLAR DEAL"  and instinctively link them to any  AFRICAN  to start with, much less to a  CAMEROONIAN , not to talk of to a  CAMEROONIAN WOMAN !!!!! Have to say though, that if you got that far, then the fact that such a woman would be a SAKERETTE would not be a surprise!!! (Just sayin'!!! LOL!)  I am not sure that back in September of 1995 when she enrolled in Saker Baptist College's Lower Sixth Class, that Imbolo Mbue could have foreseen that, 17 years later, she would author a book about a Cameroonian immigrant chauffeur working for a Lehman Brothers executive during the firm’s 2008 collapse, and get a whopping 1 MILLION DOLLAR  ADVANCE  for it, A FIRST FOR AN AFRICAN NOVELIST!!!!!!! Well, she's done it, and we are as proud as can be!

The Post I saw on Face Book stated:  "Cameroonian female Film Maker EKA grabs the Award for Best short film 2015 at the African International Film Festival going on now in Victoria Island Nigeria. Congrats EKA you make us proud as a Film loving Nation. Keep it up…" I was THRILLED but not one bit surprised when I heard the news that our very own Christa had won this prestigious award on Saturday, November 14 2015! Not after what I learned from her and shared on the TRAIL BLAZERS Page of this website!!  (See ENTRY #12 at:  http://www.sakerpride.com/T--BLAZERS2.html  ) I recognized her winning this Award for the BIG DEAL it is but the magnitude of it all was not fully grasped till I went rummaging around on the net and found out from AFRIFF's Website itself, that there were close to 60 Short Films vying for the Award, with entries coming in from all over the globe - The United States, Canada, Turkey, The Democratic Republic of Congo, The U.K., Senegal, Uganda, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Japan, Ghana, Namibia, France, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Niger, Benin, Mali, and,of course, Nigeria itself!!!  (See Full Lists at:  http://afriff.com/afriff-2015-final-selection/  ) So very PROUD of you, Christa! (TOLD YOU SO!!!) As for your decision to always promote a fellow SAKERETTE by constantly sporting "MESANGA" Outfits, that is certainly commendable!!!! GO GIRL!!!

Being interviewed after the ceremony! Posing with the Prestigious Award! CLASS OF 1978'S Dr. Mrs. ESTELLA NKWATE ATEKWANA, (GEOPHYSICIST), RECEIVES OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY'S PRESTIGIOUS EMINENT FACULTY AWARD

Saying we are extremely PROUD of her and her achievements is putting it very mildly! CONGRATULATIONS, DOC!!!!!!! Please, take a minute to read what The Dean of OSU's College of Arts & Sciences himself had to say about Dr. Estella Nkwate below:

The Dean of OSU's College of Arts & Sciences, Bret Danilowicz, hands over Award to Dr.Mrs. Atekwana. Dean Bret Danilowicz  (College of Arts & Sciences) & Dr. Estella Atekwana "CAT" Dr. Eliot Atekwana & "RAT" Dr. Mrs. Estella Nkwate Atekwana (Class of 1978) ​IN DEAN BRET DANILOWICZ' OWN WORDS:

The selection committee statement read as follows: “Professor Atekwana’s research spans two very different areas of geophysics: near surface geophysics with focus on biogeophysics and tectonics of incipient rift systems. She has sustained cutting edge research in both areas and is a recognized world leader as evidenced by her long list of publications in geoscience journals, numerous national and international conference presentations, and broad participation on scientific panels for the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Atekwana’s scholarly productivity and funding rate are impressive by any measure.  Estella is also an impactful teacher and mentor. Over the past 13 years, her students have won ‘best paper’ or ‘best poster’ awards nine times at national conferences. She has advised 32 graduate students and 3 post-doctoral researchers, and over the past five years, she has taken 20 students abroad to conduct research.  In addition to her instruction and scholarly achievements, Estella has served as the Head of the Boone Pickens School of Geology for the past two years. During this time the department has significantly increased its external support from industry and federal agencies. Without question, she is a highly productive scholar and influential teacher.” 

​UPDATE - APRIL/MAY 2016

- has been named a FELLOW of the GSA (Geological Society of America) and - has been selected to receive the SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS (SEG)'s OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS & GODSPEED!!!

​UPDATE - 2017

​And now, here with another even more AMAZING update regarding Class of 1978's Dr. Estella Nkwate Atekwana: SHE HAS BEEN NAMED DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE COLLEGE OF EARTH, OCEAN & ENVIRONMENT!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN SIS!!! SO VERY PROUD OF YOU!!!!

EXCERPT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE'S OWN WEBSITE:

“Estella’s track record of academic excellence and her work to engage with researchers around the globe to develop an internationally recognized research program make her a perfect choice to lead CEOE,” said Provost Domenico Grasso. “She also brings with her extensive fund-raising and alumni engagement experience, as well as a passion for cultivating, recruiting and inspiring diverse and dynamic faculty and students, which will be of great benefit not only to the college, but to our University as a whole.”

TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2017/june/estella-atekwana-dean-ceoe/

... And guess WHO came calling at her Campus on September 19 2017?  JOE BIDEN , the 47th Vice President of The United States of America!!!  He was there to host a Round Table Discussion on Jobs and the Economy at the recently launched BIDEN INSTITUTE which is expected to conclude with the release of proposed policy solutions. Said our "Sis Este":  "He is a great guy and it was quite an honor meeting and speaking with him."

CLASS OF 1982's MARIE TAKUSI NJOWO GRADUATES WITH MSN AS  FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER  (Friday, December 11 2015) THE YOUNG LADY & THE MEDAL!!!

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PIONEER CLASS OF 1966's GIRL #16: Mukete, Maria Dibo GIRL #14: Mekai, Lucy Etti & ​GIRL #10: Fuondjing, Playne Ngenwi (Names listed as they feature in SBC's handwritten Registration Lists! ... AND FOLLOWING CLOSELY & DILIGENTLY IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS ...  CLASS OF '69 "MAJORS" (JANUARY 2016)

SBC's GIRL #16, CLASS OF '66 PIONEER MARIE DIBO MUKETE, (School Proprietress In Her Own Right), GUEST-SPEAKING AT (Sakerette-Owned) ALCEF SCHOOL! (Monday, January 18 2016)

CLICK ON PLAY BUTTON ABOVE AND THEN ON SET OF ARROWS AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR AN EXPANDED VIEW OF THE DELIGHTFUL VIDEO SNIPPETS!!!  SO HEARTWARMING!!!

THE FAKO FOUNDATION IN ACTION! "RATS" & "CATS" MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHERE CHARITY BEGINS:  AT HOME!!!

In keeping with the "It is more blessed to GIVE than to receive" adage, and being well aware of truth in the assertion that we are blessed so we can be a blessing to others, some worthy sons and daughters of FAKO, prominent amongst whom are a bunch of SAKERETTES and "CATS" decided to join forces and give back to the "cradle of their fathers" within the framework of The Fako Foundation. (See labeled pictures below),

The Fako Foundation is a U.S.-based registered and incorporated 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organization. Its charitable services are focused mainly in "Fakoland" where it focuses its efforts in promoting academic excellence through scholarships and education infrastructure development; the promotion of the Mokpwe Culture and, Preventive Healthcare, primarily through education in rural areas. The Foundation’s activities are meant to "complement and expand on existing efforts and to initiate new endeavors where needed".

Initial activities for the launching of Fako Foundation took place in Buea, in December of 2015. Members of the foundation presented scholarship certificates to pupils and students they are sponsoring through Salem Baptist Church, Lower Bolifamba (Mile 16), on Sunday December 27, 2015, during a church service and then on Wednesday December 30 2015, a free-clinic was organized in the Bokwaongo Integrated Health Center, for inhabitants in and around the community. A more detailed narrative of the Foundation's Launching is posted at:  http://www.fakonewscentre.com/fakofoundation1.htm KUDOS & GODSPEED TO THE TEAM!!! More information about the Fako Foundation could be found at  www.fakofoundation.org

Class of 1982's Embelle Litumbe, (The Foundation's Web Technologist) , Dr. Martin Moluwa Matute & CAT of Class of 1982's Mariana Mojoko Endeley Matute, (President/Board member), Dr. Sam Moki, (Board Chair),  and Class of 1983's Pauline Litumbe Hill, (Treasurer/Board member) Class of 1979's Dr. Enany Litumbe Njie in action!

Current Management Team of the Foundation:

1. Samuel Belsham Moki, PhD: Maryland (Board Chair) 2. Samuel Moka Moliki: Georgia (Board member) 3. Pauline Liengu Litumbe-Hill:  Missouri (Treasurer/Board member) 4. Augustine Evelle Kange, PhD: Minnesota (Secretary/Board member) 5. Embelle Litumbe:  New Jersey (Web Technologist) 6. Martin Moluwa Matute, PhD: Arkansas (President/Board member)

Photos Courtesy of Fako News Centre: http://www.fakonewscentre.com/ Dr. Gerald Esunge Eko (CAT of Class of 1983's Dora Ndumbe Eko) THE ALL WHITE AFFAIR ON BOXING DAY 2015! DANIEL TABENYANG IYOK WED CLASS OF 1998's STUDENT #3329 HELEN AKO ARREY (Saturday, 26 January 2015)

At 8:34 on Monday, November 4th 2013, a Miracle Birth occurred, at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD - USA when Our Sister, ADELA GHOGOMU, gave birth to her firstborn son, at age 53!! (See Entry #10 on CARAT GLINTS page:  http://www.sakerpride.com/CARAT-GLINT.html )

PLEASE CLICK ON PLAY BUTTON TO VIEW VIDEO SNIPPET OF VOWS!  CLASS OF 1983's STUDENT #1374  Mrs. EFETI MONONO QUAN APPOINTED SOUTHWEST REGIONAL DELEGATE OF TOURISM & LEISURE!!!

The HAPPY news hit the air waves and social media outlets yesterday, Monday January 25 2016 that Mrs. EFETI MONONO QUAN who had been the Divisional Delegate for Tourism and leisure for FAKO had been elevated to SOUTHWEST REGIONAL DELEGATE!!!! WHAT AN HONOR! WHAT A JOY! What a source of PRIDE for us SAKERETTES! We certainly and wholeheartedly wish her only the very best in her new position!!! Want to know what her humble and poetic reaction to the appointment was? Well here it is:

GOD'S TIME  It may not necessarily be your time. But it will obviously be the best time ever. When you allow Him to lead the way; His decisions will fail you never

I give Him all the praise for my little life For the ups and downs of my story; Have finally earned Him the Glory

Thanks to all my loved ones & admirers; Who wished me well in my new POST As S.W Reg Del of Tourism & Leisure . I pray you continue to lift me up in prayer In this daunting & delicate task;

Where the image of our Fatherland Must be maintained & protected As a safe & enviable Destination. 

I do appreciate all your compliments And best wishes. SHALOM.

KUDOS to this DIE HARD SAKERETTE!

Left - Both Pictures:  Very present at the December 20th 2015 Celebration to honor Mrs. CLARA TAYUI, Wife of SBC's longest serving Principal, Mr. W.N. TAYUI (RIP) Right - Top Picture:  Making her way up the hill for the burial of Class of 1982's Maggie Esembe, in Limbe Right - Bottom Picture:  Attending the funeral service for Class of 1976's Sis Frida Mayang Akwo Diffang at PCC Buea Station

Dr. SUSAN ENJEMA AWEH (Class of 1994) AFRICAN WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2015/2016 IN GERMANY (100 MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICANS IN GERMANY 2015) http://www.doktorsea.com/

​In their December 29, 2015 online edition of AFRICAN HERITAGE, after presenting a brief bio of Class of 1994's Dr. SUSAN ENJEMA AWEH, they had this to say about her, from a professional point of view:  "As a professional she is very passionate about preventive medicine in general and progressive health care in developing countries. Since 2005 she has regularly given back to (Africa) the Cameroonian health care system through voluntary work in hospitals and seminars in Cameroon. In 2013 and 2014 she was granted an Award by CAMFOMEDICS for being part of a team of doctors who launched a Continues Medical Education Academy “iMED” in September 2012 for medical professionals in Cameroon. This program offers various courses in ECG, Sonography, Wound Management, Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Monitoring. She is also a regular contributor to various magazines on educative and informative health topics. (Fab Afrique Magazine- international, Sonne Magazine – regional magazine Germany, O’Ohboso- local Magazine Germany) As a health educator in innovative preventive medicine she runs an educative website on health,  http://www.doktorsea.com/  . She also hosted a video program which educates the masses in pidgin English on important and growing health threats." (*See Posted Video Below) 

Any wonder she won the Award??? CONGRATULATIONS, Doc! PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE: http://www.africanheritagemagazine.de/?p=2364 ANOTHER FEATHER TO HER ALREADY CROWDED CAP FROM SONNE MAGAZINE! PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW TO READ MORE! 

INTRODUCING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS' DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES' CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE INTERVENTION &  HUMAN TRAFFICKING, Ms RUTH NANYONGO BOKWE AYUKESONG - PLUCKY CLASS OF '77

Here she is, a couple of days prior, in White Plains, New York lending her support to the bereaved NYAMBI family Ms Ruth Bokwe Ayukesong

Effective yesterday, March 1st 2016, Class of 1977 PLUCKY and CHIEF WHIP of ExSSA-USA, Ms RUTH NANYONGO BOKWE AYUKESONG is CHIEF of the Bureau of Domestic & Sexual Violence Intervention & Human Trafficking at the Illinois Department of Human Services. Prior to this significant promotion, Ms Ruth Ayukesong has held various managerial positions since she started working with the Department in 1998. She has been the State liaison on Human trafficking for the past two years and a Member of the Cook County and State Task Force on HumanTrafficking .

Now, in this new position, her duty is to ensure that the Department supports comprehensive, community-based services to reduce the incidence of domestic and sexual violence, collaboratively work with service providers as well as State & Federal community agencies, to end modern day slavery- Human Trafficking, ensuring that survivors have access to safety, medical care, crisis support, legal advocacy and counseling services.

With 32 years Managerial Experience, on top of an Educational Background which, besides the stellar education she received at SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE, includes a B.Sc in Business Administration, Post Baccalaureate Lawyer's Assistant Certification and a Masters in Human Services, we daresay she is very well equipped to handle this delicate and particularly meaningful job to better the plight of vulnerable Women & Children, SO HELP HER GOD! CONGRATULATIONS, Sis Nan!!!!

Mrs. VIOLA JINGWA LLEWELYN, CLASS OF 1982's STUDENT #1415  INVITED TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE!!!

​As soon as I picked up my dropped-in-awe jaw off the floor, I asked Viola herself to "elucidate" on this "matter", and here's what she wrote, VERBATIM!  "This was at the Women of the Future Summit. Pinky Lilani CBE was the mastermind who conceived it. Alison Mitchell, first female cricket commentator in British History MC'd it. Both British High Commissioners from Malaysia and Iraq were at my table. The talented Rebecca Yuan who brought "The Voice" and "China's got Talent" were with me. I gave an award to the winner of the Entrepreneurship category, Gemma Richards, Director, SA Flyers. Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex; HRH Princess Badiya bin El Hassan; Princess Zahra AGA Khan, Elif Shafak; Rt. Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons; Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister of State for Armed Forces; Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to Afghanistan; Judith McKenna, Vice President and COO, Walmart; and Dr Mukund Rajan, Group Executive Council, Tata Sons - all were in attendance. Most of these people were also at Buckingham Palace. The Queen was not in residence, but we mingled with her top staff in the portrait gallery where we were served tea, sandwiches and cake from beautiful china. That evening I returned to Wilton Park where I was speaking on Economic inclusion and the development of policy to promote Gender inclusion. I pushed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of Great Britain to consider promoting education to the very young to prevent the issues we see of sexism today, and to respect that some gender issues look differently in other cultures and should have specific agendas accordingly." Would you be surprised if I told you my jaw dropped right back???!!! Simply AMAZING! CONGRATULATIONS, Viola! Now, here comes, another MILESTONE this month of JUNE 2018!!!

EPOSI & LEE LITUMBE TWO BEAUTIFUL SUPER TALENTED SISTERS ON THE GO! LIFTING THE SAKERETTE STANDARD HIGH & CAMEROON'S BANNER EVEN HIGHER!! 

PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE TO VIEW THE PIECE IN EBONY MAGAZINE FEATURING BOTH EPOSI & LEE PROUDLY SHOWING OFF THE LAND OF THEIR BIRTH ... CAMEROON! Eposi Litumbe (Class of 1999) Film Maker & Creator of The JA'NU Travel Series Featured on this website at:  http://www.sakerpride.com/news-ads.html (ENTRY #2) LEFT: EPOSI'S work, "Flamingoes in Aruba" RIGHT: The Work, featured in a VICTORIA SECRET CATALOGUE LEE (Liengu) Litumbe 

LEE's ESSENCE feature in Print! (ESSENCE MAGAZINE, JUNE 2016 Edition)

LEE's feature on Essence's online platform

LEE featured in ELLE MAGAZINE's online platform

EVITA ROBINSON (right), Beautiful Founder of Nomadness Travel Tribe giving a  SHOUT OUT to LEE on ESSENCE MAGAZINE's FACEBOOK LIVE interview on Tuesday, May 18 2016  ESMERALDA NKWETA KALE (CLASS OF 1979)  OFFICIALLY INVESTED AS CURATOR AT THE PRESTIGIOUS  NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S HERSKOVITS LIBRARY

Esmeralda Nkweta Kale

FACT #1:  Northwestern University is a private institution that was founded in 1851. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 8,405, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 231 acres. It utilizes a quarter-based academic calendar.  Northwestern University's ranking in the 2016 edition of Best Colleges is 12. Its tuition and fees are $49,047 (2015-16).  **( Given that there are close to 5,000  accredited  (Title IV) Universities in the United States, this ranking speaks volumes for itself!!!!! Furthermore, the Institution is classified as  "extremely competitive" , with an acceptance rate of  15% , which means that for every 100 applicants, only 15 are admitted, and the average  GPA - grade point average of its current students stands at  4.07 , which, I assure you, is NOT easy to come by! In fact, per its own website, the average high school GPA of the admitted freshman class at  Harvard University  this past year was  4.04!!! GO FIGURE!! ) ** FACT #2: Established in 1954,  the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University is the largest separate Africana collection in existence.  Its scope is as wide as the continent of Africa itself; its subject matter ranges from art, history, literature, music, and religion to communications, management, and cooking. The Africana collection is a resource for the entire university, and most of Northwestern's disciplinary programs are reflected in the collection. In addition to serving the NU community, the Herskovits Library staff also serves regional, national, and international scholars as well. **( Need I say more??) ** FACT #3: Following her July 2014 appointment, the official investiture ceremony for CLASS OF 1979's ESMERALDA  NKWETA KALE took place on Wednesday, May 18 2016 , in which she received the Medal of Office for her position as CURATOR of the HERSKOVITS LIBRARY.  Dean of Libraries Sarah Pritchard introduced the ceremony and bestowed the medal, and David Easterbrook (Curator Emeritus of the Herskovits Library) and Richard Joseph (John Evans Professor of International History and Politics) also spoke at the ceremony. 

Hey! Not sure exactly who a  CURATOR  is? Well, instead of scratching your poor head sore, bothering GOOGLE - or your iPhone's "SIRI", here's the short and simple DEFINITION of the word:

"One who manages or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library."

That was the "short and simple". To have a better idea about Sis Esmeralda's academic & professional career, her current position and what she has accomplished, just click on the links below and read away! You're bound to be even more impressed than you must be already!!!

https://www.library.northwestern.edu/sites/www.library.northwestern.edu/files/images/UL_Footnotes_2014Fall.pdf  (PAGE 3)

http://www.africanstudies.northwestern.edu/docs/publications-research/newsletters/pas-news-fall-2014.pdf  (PAGE 1, Continued on Page 5)

Congratulations & Godspeed Sis Esmie! THE OFFICIAL INVESTITURE CEREMONY IN PICTURES ...

David Easterbrook, George and Mary LeCron Foster Curator Emeritus of the Herskovits Library. Sarah Pritchard, Dean of Libraries speaks. Dean Pritchard presents Curator Kale with her medal. Curator Esmeralda Kale giving her acceptance speech. Richard Joseph, John Evans Professor of International History and Politics. CLASS OF 2001'S MARYANNE ENANGA MOKOKO aka KOKO NANGA  CONTINUES TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN THE CLOTHING/FASHION INDUSTRY!

Never heard of the McClure TWINS? The MOST ADORABLE SET OF 4 YEAR OLD IDENTICAL, BIRACIAL TWINS TO WALK THE PLANET?? How come? Well here's a tiny bit about them: Their Dad is WHITE, IRISH; Their Mother is BLACK, born in NIGERIA and they are a hit on Social Media - YouTube, Instagram, etc.  Well, all of this would not be sitting on this page were it not for the fact that, in one of their very recent photo shoots on the prestigious YAHOO STYLE, not just the 2 of them, but their Mother (who is expecting their little brother), are all dressed in beautiful ANKARA outfits that were designed and produced by KOKO NANGA, the brain child of our very own MaryAnne Mokoko!!!!  (Previously Featured on this very Website at:  http://www.sakerpride.com/KUDOS.html  !!! 

CONGRATULATIONS & GODSPEED!! 

Proud Mom, Mrs. Esther Ewune Mokoko-Tambe (Plucky Class of '77) CLASS OF 2012 SAKERETTE-CARAT, Ms CHARLENE ASSAM GIVES BACK TO SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE ... AGAIN!

The 4 SBC STUDENTS who benefited from the Cash Prizes during the May 2016 Prize Award Ceremony! Ms Charlene Effa Assam

Charlene turned 21 on May 6 2016 and graduated MAGNA CUM LAUDE from the State University of New York a couple of weeks later. Who would think someone that young with such a workload would still have been able to find the time to just breathe, much less put together and implement a program that resulted in the CASH, SMILES & PURE DELIGHT that are evident in the pictures above?  Ms Assam has proven once again, that it is more about DETERMINATION, GOODWILL, FOCUS, SELFLESSNESS & PERSISTENCE than it is about AGE, OCCUPATION, NUMBERS/GROUPS/ASSOCIATIONS, or (INDIVIDUAL) MEANS!!! Here's what she had to say about her accomplishment:

"It’s with complete and sincere gratitude that I write this short note of appreciation. This year in February, I started an initiative which was geared towards helping the younger students in Saker Baptist College (my Alma mater). The money raised was used to fund cash prizes for the students who received them at their annual prize award ceremony. I sincerely thank everyone who promoted this initiative and more so contributed to this cause because I believe it went a long way. I am really grateful that we were able to help these students through an Essay Contest to improve their grammar skills as well as encourage their young minds. I want to thank everyone who made this possible especially the Saker administration. Also to everyone who shared this through word of mouth or re-posted it on social media, I am really thankful. I hope that God truly blesses everyone. Sincerely, Charlene Effa Assam

Back in January of 2014.  Her older sister Larissa Assam (2nd from left) and herself (far right) posed with Mr. Paul Luma Haddison, erstwhile Principal of Saker Baptist College & Current Education Secretary of The Cameroon Baptist Convention, and SBC Principal Stella Tonge Matuke, when they donated BOOKS to the school. May 2016. At her University Graduation with her Proud Plucky Class of '77 Mom, Dr. Belinda Oben Assam, (President of ExSSA-Douala) PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO VIEW THE INTERVIEW!!!

WAY TO GO, MADAM DIRECTOR!!!! So PROUD of you and the NOBLE WORK you do!!!! CLASS OF 2013's Miss CHOLACK AWUNTI TO START PHARMACY SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 2016!!

Last Friday, August 12 2016, 18 year old Miss CHOLACK AWUNTI's proud family members attended her WHITE COAT PINNING CEREMONY at Wingate University School of Pharmacy, thus marking the beginning of an Academic Journey which, by the Grace of Almighty God will be over in just 4 years, with her graduation as a Dr. in Pharmacy!!! PharmD AT AGE 22????!!!!! OH WOW!!!! CONGRATULATIONS. Dear CHOLACK!!!! GODSPEED!

And, as far as SAKER Credentials go, far be it from me to omit the fact that she is NIECE to the SCORES of AWUNTI, WELASHEY & NJU SAKERETTES. KUDOS to them all for being "THE VILLAGE" that helped her Worthy Parents raise her!

CENTER NUMBER 11001; BUEA EXTERNAL;  PASSED IN 6 SUBJECTS,  60 YEAR OLD, CLASS OF 1973's STUDENT #492  COMFORT EPOSI EFFANGE aka SHOW BEEP! *** KUDOS TO CLASS OF 2016 SAKERETTE-CARAT MONELA MAH-NGUM NTONIFOR, (2nd BEST GCE "O" LEVEL STUDENT WITH 11 STRAIGHT "A"s) DAUGHTER OF CLASS OF 1986's Mrs. CATHERINE QUASHIE NTONIFOR!

CLASS OF 2016 SAKERETTE-CARAT Miss MONELA MAH-NGUM NTONIFOR who had the 2nd best GCE Ordinary Level results in the entire Republic of Cameroon & Sis COMFORT EFFANGE at the ExSSA-BUEA Success Celebration!

Above:  Sis Comfort "Telling Her Success Story" at the ExSSA-BUEA organized ceremony to celebrate her. Right/Center:  Picture taken of her by SakerPride during the CLASS ROLL CALL segment of the 2014 ExSSA-UK Convention!! PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO VIEW MORE ExSSA-BUEA CELEBRATION PICTURES!!!

However good the reason why her classmates nicknamed her "SHOW BEEP" back in the day might be, I daresay her exploit at the 2016 CAMEROON GCE Ordinary Level Exams trumps it! In fact, if, when I met Sis Comfort (Koffi) Effange at the ExSSA-UK Convention in 2014, I had known she would be the Bigger & Brighter-Than-DOROBUCCI, MEGA SUPERSTAR CELEBRITY that she has become, would I not have asked for an AUTOGRAPH? Talk about MISSED OPPORTUNITIES! LOL! She is, indeed, a CELEBRITY in her own darn right, and the throng of journalists who incessantly swarm her home requesting interviews since the news that she had had the courage and determination to take AND PASS the G.C.E Ordinary Level Exams at age 60 broke, do so with good reason! As for the champagne popping that occurred when ExSSA-BUEA convened to celebrate her  AND THE BRILLIANT, CLASS OF 2016 CARAT, Miss MONELA MAH-NGUM NTONIFOR, daughter of CLASS OF 1986's CATHERINE QUASHIE NTONIFOR,  it couldn't have been more justified!  Little Miss NTONIFOR, as you might recall, is the CLASS OF 2016 SAKERETTE WHO CAME SECOND IN THE ENTIRE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON, WITH 11 PAPERS, ALL OF THEM "A"s!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS to them both!!! Now, Here's Sis Comfort's success story in a nutshell, as she herself told it to me in a 5 a.m. EST call yesterday morning: The about-to-retire Bursar at Government Technical College, BOVA (Buea) that she is, decided she had to do something about the fact that she couldn't express herself well EN FRANÇAIS!!! Ah, oui!!! Besides the "handicap" this can be in bilingual Cameroon, she traveled to Burundi and to France and did not like the "MUMU ZACHARIAS" effect her inability to express herself in "LA LANGUE DE MOLIÈRE" had  sprung on her. She therefore made up her mind to change that sorry situation, deciding to study and take FRENCH at the Ordinary Levels. However, she found out, when she went to register for the exam, that, not only could she could NOT take just 1 paper; she would have to take English - AND MATH!!  You and I may have gone straight back home at this point, drank a bowl of drinking garri and said "FORGET IT"! Not Sis Comfort! She registered and sat for 7 papers!! She did not make the Math, (Can I relate, or What?!! LOL!) but here's her WAY MORE THAN COMMENDABLE PERFORMANCE in detail: FRENCH: "A"  (Mission Accomplished!!! Magnifique, n'est-ce pas???!!!!!);  HISTORY: "B"; ECONOMICS: "B"; COMMERCE: "B"; RELIGION: "B"; ENGLISH: "C"!!! BRAVO, Grande Soeur!!

As for our dear 16 year old CARAT, MONELA NTONIFOR, (who, by the way, is also NIECE to Class of '81's Helen Ntonifor and SBC's legendary Discipline Master, Mr. LUCAS NTONIFOR), she plans on heading right back to Saker Baptist College (where else??!!) next month to begin her High School Education! Cannot wait for those 2018 G.C.E. "A" Level Results!!! GODSPEED, Baby! Let the CHEST-NACKING and PRAISE OFFERING CONTINUE!!!!!

Catherine & Nelson NTONIFOR Monela's Proud Parents!!!!

Ma SakerPride with the Mega Superstar at the 2014 ExSSA-UK Convention in Bracknell! Who knew?! (Bettah Is Mine oooh!) CLASS OF 1991 CELEBRATES NATHALIA OLUCHI OHADEBERE'S BIRTHDAY  BUEA ~ SEPTEMBER 3 2016

NATHALIA'S PARTY 2 from Egbe Monjimbo on Vimeo .

NATHALIA'S BIRTHDAY from Egbe Monjimbo on Vimeo .

"CAT" MOLA CAPTAIN ROBERT LYONGA'S 80th!!!! The "LYONGA GALS" CELEBRATE THEIR DAD! (LIMBE, Sunday, July 10 2016)

The BEAUTIFUL Birthday Cake made by Class of 2000/2002 SAKERETTE-CARAT,  MAGDALENE EMADE EWANG THANKSGIVING & CORONATION CEREMONY IN MBENGWI!!!

​When Class of 1978's Mercy Dasi ATANGCHO set off for CAMEROON with her CAT and CARATS in tow, her purpose was to go CELEBRATE her parents who have been married for 55 Good Years. Little did she know that her STATUS would undergo a rigorous, humongous, superfluous, fabulous (and all the dictionary's other positive "-ouses"), UPGRADE!!!  Here's the whole situation, simply put: STATUS/TITLE UPON ARRIVAL IN MBEMI:  "Mrs." STATUS/TITLE AS OF SEPTEMBER 6 2016, COURTESY OF HRH FON HUMPHREY MBABIT OF MBEMI VILLAGE:  "MAFOR" (Here is where you need to step right in with the appropriate "WILILILILILILILIs" oh, ah beg!) And I must hasten to add that this is definitely NOT one of those "BUY'AM" titles, nor is it HEREDITARY. The MERITED title was conferred upon her, (as the FON himself stated), IN RECOGNITION of the work she has CONSISTENTLY & VOLUNTARILY done for the Village, particularly with regard to its CLINIC. Talk about GOD elevating the HUMBLE! This couldn't have happened to a more DESERVING yet unassuming, self-effacing, "HOT AIR-LESS" individual!!!! CONGRATULATIONS, MAFOR MERCY, and GODSPEED as you continue to work selflessly for the good of your fellow man and for the GLORY OF GOD! (NOTE TO THOSE STILL IN THE "BORNING BUSINESS: You may want to consider naming your GIRL PIKINS "MERCY" or "MARIE" and then sending them to SBC, as "statistics" show that it is of such "stuff" that TITLES are made, as in, MAFOR  MARIE  GOBINA EBIE, (Class of 1970) of MANKON, NKEUM MENGYE   MERCY  MEFOR FORFEKE (Class of 1986) of AWING ... Just Sayin'!! )

DASI THANKSGIVING from Egbe Monjimbo on Vimeo .

WORTHY SAKERETTES IN ATTENDANCE! L to R: Sisters Rose Funjong Akum-Awa, Jessie Atogho Ekukole, MAFOR Mercy Dasi Atangcho, Marie-Louise Ngwa Cheka and Sis Florence Ane.

PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO VIEW PHOTO ALBUM OF  THANKSGIVING SERVICE!

A TALE OF TWO WEDDINGS - ON EITHER SIDE OF THE GREAT BIG POND... CLASS OF 1983's JANETTE OBENSON (U.S.A) CLASS OF 1989's DORA EKIKO (ENGLAND) CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

JANETTE & SURAJ AROGUNDADE DORA & SONA ENOW

WEDDING BELLS IN ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA - Saturday, November 12 2016 CARAT LOLEM NGONG, DAUGHTER OF CLASS OF 1970's Dr. BERI DIMLA NGONG  TIES THE KNOT! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

CHILLING IN ZANZIBAR! Left to R: Dr. Lilian Wambua, Sis Hilda Epie, Dr. Stella Anyangwe & Dr. Beri Ngong! THREE SAKERETTE DOCTORS AT SPICE ISLAND, ZANZIBAR, FOR THE NUPTIALS! L to R: Dr. Mrs. Lilian Tendo Wambua from Kenya (Class of '70), Dr. Mrs. Beri Dimla Ngong, Mother of the Bride, (Class of '70), & Dr. Mrs. Stella Nwigwe Anyangwe, (Class of '69) CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE CLASS OF 2018 SAKERETTE & CARAT GRADS! AKU ACQUAYE

(Daughter of CLASS OF 1976's Dr. FLORENCE SHU ACQUAYE and NIECE of Dr./Prof. Dora Shu Mbanya and Dr. Stella Shu Chungong)

Aku graduated on May 15th 2018, from Barnard College of Columbia University, (a stellar private women's liberal arts college in New York City, which was founded in 1889 that has churned out household names such as Zora Neale Hurston, author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God", Jeane Kirkpatrick, first woman U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations  and NPR anchor, Maria Hinojosa.

Although she had received several awards over the course the years, she was revealed and recognized, (by the president, no less), at the graduation ceremony as the recipient of the  Frank Gilbert Bryson Award,  which is given to  the student with the greatest leadership contribution to the college over the years. 

The Grad with her SAKERETTE MOM and Aunties! L to R: Dr.Florence Shu Acquaye ('76), Dr. Dora Shu Mbanya, The Grad, Dr. Stella Shu Chungong The Grad with her SAKERETTE MOM, Dr. Florence Shu Acquaye ('76) Aku Acquaye

LARISSA NDIEP ASSAM (2010)

(SAKERETTE Daughter of PLUCKY CLASS OF 77's Dr. Belinda Oben Assam)

Ndiep graduated from JOHNS HOPKINS on May 22nd 2018, with a Master's Degree in Public Health. She is currently back at SUNY Upstate completing her MD. Graduation is set for May 2019 by God's grace and, as you could well imagine, she's super excited and already applying to family medicine residency.

The Grad with her SAKERETTE MOM, Dr. Belinda Oben Assam ('77) The Grad with her Parents, Dr. George Assam & Dr. Belinda Oben Assam ('77) Larissa Ndiep Assam

Larissa Ndiep Assam meets the talented and amazing NOVELIST, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie! THAT, in and of itself, is quite a FEAT!! (Wouldn't wash those clothes, if I were Ndiep!!) Christine Enowmbi Tambe