Martin Jumbam

The Apostolate of Divine Mercy comes knocking

By Martin Jumbam

First carried in L'Effort camerounais # 373, April 2006

The Douala and Buea chapters of the Apostolate of Divine Mercies, a relatively new apostolate in the religious landscape in Cameroon, held a joint meeting on Sunday, February 19, 2006, at the Our Lady of Annunciation Parish in Bonamoussadi, Douala. The nearly fifty delegates from the two branches reflected on the message of Saint Faustina and how to spread this message to the whole country. L’Effort camerounais met the President of the Buea Chapter, Dr. Mrs. Theresa Elad, for a chat after their meeting. Excerpts.

Stand up in the presence of one with grey hair.

By Martin Jumbam

First carried as an editorial in L'Effort camerounais # 378, May 2006.

“Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty if we are strong,” sings the Psalmist, before lamenting that many of these years constitute “fruitless toil, for they pass quickly and we drift away” (Ps 90:10). The United Nations Organisation, as if guided by this Psalmist’s lament over the brevity and harshness of life, challenged humanity by declaring 1999 as “The International Year of Older Persons.”

Cameroonian artists and painters obtain international audience

Martin Jumbam

First carried in L'Effort camerounais #376, April 2006

Professor Till Forster, a German-born Swiss resident, who teaches at the Institute for Social Anthropology at the University of Basel in Switzerland, is no stranger to Cameroon. He has been in and out of this country for a good part of the last decade, fishing out artists, painters, musicians and creative writers, and exposing their works to international acclaim. In one of his recent visits to Cameroon, he spoke to L’Effort camerounais in Bamenda about his experiences with men and women of the artistic world in Cameroon. Excerpts.