The Selma March and Southern Cameroons: 50 YEARS AFTER

President Barack Obama last night in one of his ground breaking oratories during celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma March in Alabama reminded the attendants that action requires that they shed their cynicism for when it comes to the pursuit of justice, they can afford neither complacency nor despair.He also reminded the crowd that as they commemorate the achievements of the marchers, they should remember that at the time of the marches, many people in positions of power condemned rather than praised them. Back then, they were called communists, half-breeds, outside agitators, sexual and moral degenerates.Their faith was questioned. Their lives were threatened. Their patriotism was challenged. Finally, he reminded them that there are more marches and many more bridges to cross just like the March over the Edmund Pettus Bridge...Joe McAfong.

Some decades ago, John Ngu Foncha and other Southern Cameroons leaders marched over the Mungo after coming back from the UN to demand the independence of Southern Cameroons.The steam within these years has seen a drastic decline.Yet African Americans 50 years ago, braced the odds, defied police brutality to demand for voting rights and their collective voices won them their battle.The truth is that, the people of Southern Cameroons by all right have the right to self determination.Be it as it may, we find ourselves to the present predicament. We have seen the recent events few weeks back in the Southern Cameroons.

That said, if Southern Cameroonians must get what is theirs, if the Obama addressed yesterday must inspire Southern Cameroons people, if the SELMA march could inspire the people of Southern Cameroons then the people of Southern Cameroons must come out en mass to march over Mungo to demand these right.The day they March over Mungo, the day they decide to die n shed blood, the day they decide to braced the odds, the day they decide to face the coloniser then that day will begin the new phase of Southern Cameroons independence.If we seek independence as we currently do, it might take another century of Southern Cameroonians to get it.The information period seems to be exhausted n over..

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