THE BIOGRAPHY OF S. N. EJEDEPANG-KOGE

About the Book

S. N. Ejedepang-Koge is a well read man who inspires many people, young and old. From a large African family, he has always lived in a large household. He gradually emerged into modernity from this traditional socialization through a determined pursuit of western education, always preparing concurrently for two certificates, because he wished to be amongst the best at any time. Privileged in a mass of the disadvantaged, he believes, in sharing so as to help others to rise. As a result he always asserts that a house is never full. His house is always full of school children and, civil servants who came to chase their files in Yaounde to the extent that his house was called a Bakossi Embassy. Whenever, his children stayed for sometime without guests in the house, they worried and asked whether they had angered visitors. There is always something to eat and those who require assistance for transportation or to complete their files always receive it. A professional teacher, Mr. Ejedepang-Koge has worked with the Church and the government; he had the advantage of working in many parts of his country Cameroon. He also served as Cultural Counsellor at Cameroon Embassy in Washington DC. He learnt to live with joy and pain and, in the diversities of his country. He is approachable and patient with all types of people. He stresses that no one should be treated with disdain, for every individual has something to offer at one time or other of our life. Intent on promoting education, he is co-founder of three private schools in Cameroon.

About the Author

Samuel Ngome Ejedepang-Koge loves his village Ndom very dearly. As such, he has fond memories of his childhood in the village. For three years, he served as President of his age group or set, The Star of Peace (Tintine a Nsang). Very close to his father, a man who was much steeped in the culture of his people, his father took him along to various meetings. Thus, from early in his childhood, young S. N. Ejedepang-Koge continually drew from this rich source until the death of his father in 1979. In this Way, he got acquainted with the administration of the village. In 1958, at the age of twenty he rallied his village friends to try to resolve peacefully the attempted secession of the so-called Essossong Ndom Two, which was provoked by the seduction of the wife of a villager by a royal. Because the village trusts him as a credible and honest broker, it submitted to his reconciliation efforts when in 2005, youths, elders and the Chief were logged in a long drawn quarrel. This is the history of the village as he heard and as he is living it. He is happily retired in Yaounde.