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2021 In Cameroon
Events in the year 2021 in Cameroon. Incumbents *President: Paul Biya *Prime Minister: Joseph Ngute Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Cameroon *1 January – The United States Senate passes a strong resolution calling for a mediated solution to the armed conflict and independence movement of Ambazonia. *16 January–7 February — 2020 African Nations Championship, hosted by Cameroon – originally scheduled in 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. *18–24 February — Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (CAF–CONMEBOL play-off), Cameroon 1 vs. Chile 2. *27 January – Fifty-three people are killed and 21 injured in a collision and fire between a bus and a truck in Santchou, West Region. *8 March – Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe, human rights activist, is awarded the International Women of Courage Award. Sports *March 30 – Francis Ngannou wins the UFC heavyweight title. Culture *June 12 – Four films made in Cameroon are now av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Oyônô Mbia
Guillaume Oyônô Mbia (2 March 1939 – 10 April 2021) was a Cameroonian writer. An Anglicist, he also taught at the University of Yaoundé. Biography Mbia was born in 1939 in Zoétélé in Cameroon's South Region (Cameroon), South Region. He finished secondary school in 1961 and began studying English in the United Kingdom, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1969. Upon his return to Cameroon, he became an assistant in English department of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of the University of Yaoundé. He then worked for the Ministry of Information and Culture from 1972 to 1975. In addition to his teaching activities, he was a playwright and a storyteller. Guillaume Oyônô Mbia died in Yaoundé on 10 April 2021 at the age of 82. Prizes *Prix du concours théâtral africain (1967) *Prix du concours théâtral interafricain (1969) *Prix El Hadji Ahmadou Ahidjo (1970) *Grand Prix of Literary Associations (2013, 2014) References 1939 births 2021 deaths Cameroon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Aristide Okouda
Martin Aristide Okouda (6 September 1951 – 9 April 2021) was a Cameroonian politician who held various ministerial roles. Biography Okouda finished his secondary schooling at the in 1969. He graduated with a degree in economics from the Sorbonne and also earned diplomas from the IAE Paris and Sciences Po. From 1977 to 1979, Okouda was a trainee at the Banque Worms. In 1980, he returned to Cameroon and served as Deputy Chairman of the Business Control Department at the Directorate of Industry from 1981 to 1982. He was then Deputy Director of External Financing at the Directorate of Programming from 1982 to 1983 and Deputy Director of Economic and Technical Cooperation and cumulatively Deputy Director of International and Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Planning and Territorial Development from 1983 to 1987. On 6 March 1987, he was appointed to the Cabinet of President Paul Biya. Subsequently, on 31 July 1991, he was appointed Special Advisor to Prime Minister Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamum People
The Bamum, sometimes called Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum, are a Grassfields languages, Grassfields ethnic group of Cameroon with around 215,000 members. Religion The Bamum traditional religion placed great emphasis on ancestral spirits which were embodied in the skulls of the deceased ancestors. The eldest males of each lineage had possession of the skulls of deceased males. When moving a diviner must find an appropriate place to hold the skull. Despite these efforts some men's skulls remained unclaimed and their spirits are deemed restless. Ceremonies are thus done to placate these spirits. There is also respect for female skulls, but the details are less documented. They also believed women made the soil fruitful, thus women did the planting and harvesting. Masks and representations of the head also had importance. In modern times, many Bamum are Islam, Muslim or Christianity, Christian. King Ibrahim Njoya himself converted to Islam then to Christianity and then back to Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gervais Mendo Ze
Gervais Mendo Ze (25 December 1944 – 9 April 2021) was a Cameroonian linguist, academic, author, and government official. He directed Cameroon Radio Television from 1988 to 2005. Biography Born in Meyomessala, Gervais Mendo Ze attended the University of Yaoundé, earning a in 1973. He earned a doctorate in 1984 in Bordeaux. A university professor, he then became Director of Cameroon Radio Television, serving from 1988 to 2005. He was a Minister Delegate at Cameroon's Ministry of Communication from 2004 to 2007. He was imprisoned in Yaoundé in November 2014 for misappropriation of public funds and sentenced with 20 years of jail. In 2021, his health began to deteriorate. The founder of the choir "La Voix du cénacle", he also wrote many books on the French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Wiyghan Tumi
Christian Wiyghan Tumi (15 October 1930 – 2 April 2021) was a Cameroonian prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Douala from 1991 to 2009. He was bishop of Yagoua from 1980 to 1982. After serving as coadjutor bishop of Garoua beginning in 1982, he was bishop there from 1984 to 1991. He was made a cardinal 1988. Tumi was the first and so far the only cardinal from Cameroon. Early life and ordination Born on 15 October 1930 in Kikaikelaki, a small village near Kumbo, in the Nso clan of the Northwest Region of Cameroon, Tumi studied at local seminaries in Cameroon and Nigeria. He trained as a teacher in Nigeria and London, then earned a licentiate in theology in the Catholic University of Lyon and a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Buéa on 17 April 1966, and then served as a Vicar in Soppo for a year before becoming a professor at Bishop Rogan College's seminary. After studying abroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Monkam
Pascal Monkam (1930 – 27 February 2021) was a Cameroonian businessman. He notably owned the hotel chain La Falaise and was the father of 16 children. Biography Monkam was born in the village of in the department of Haut-Nkam to Nganou and Leukam Monkam, both peasants. He lost his father at a very young age and lived with his brother, Michel, in Douala. Monkam founded the Société des Établissements Monkam in the early 1960s. His father-in-law gave him a loan of 300,000 Central African francs so that he could buy his first hotel, "Coin du Plaisir". In 1972, he founded the hotel chain La Falaise, starting it out in the upscale Douala neighborhood of , where former French colonists still lived. He would also open Douala hotels in and , as well as in Bafang and Yaoundé. He opened other locations in South Africa, including twin towers bearing his name and three hotels in Pretoria. Aside from his business life, Monkam was polygamous, with five wives: Jeanne, Jacqueline, Jeann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Njonga
Bernard Njonga (18 October 1955 – 21 February 2021) was a Cameroonian activist and politician. Biography Njonga was born in and earned a degree in agricultural engineering from the in Dschang. He then became a research assistant at the Institut de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, serving from 1984 to 1987. In the 1980s, he founded the NGO ''Service d’appui aux initiatives locales de développement'', which published the newspaper '. Njonga was known for voicing his support in favor of rural Cameroonians over multinational farms. A friend of French activist José Bové, he denounced the embezzlement of funds in the corn industry and the introduction of GMOs when he became head of the ''Association citoyenne de défense des intérêts collectifs''. Njonga declared himself a candidate in the 2018 Cameroonian presidential election as a member of the party Believe in Cameroon, which he founded. However, he was unsuccessful. Bernard Njonga died on 21 February 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon National Football Team
The Cameroon national football team ( French: ''équipe du Cameroun de football''), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: ''les lions indomptables''), represents Cameroon in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football, a member of FIFA and its African confederation CAF. The team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup eight times, more than any other African team, and four times in a row between 1990 and 2002. However, the team has only made it out of the group stage once. They were the first African team to reach the quarter-final of the World Cup in 1990, losing to England in extra time. They have also won five Africa Cup of Nations. Cameroon is the first and, as of 2022, only African country to defeat Brazil in either friendly or tournament play, besting them in the 2003 Confederations Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup by identical 1-0 scores. History 1956–2000: Early years Cameroon played its first match against Belgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Douala
Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala, that competes in the Elite One. History It was founded in 1958 and played its home matches in the Stade de la Réunification. Achievements National * Cameroon Premiere Division: (5) ** 1969, 1976, 1978, 1990, 2012 * Cameroon Cup: (6) ::(Before independence) ::: 1954 (as Jeunesse Bamiléké) ::(After independence) ::: 1961, 1969, 1980, 1985, 1997, 2006 Africa *African Cup of Champions Clubs: (1) :: 1979 *African Cup Winners' Cup: (1) :: 1981 *African Super Cup: (Finalist) :: 1982 Performance in CAF competitions Notes: Union Douala were due to play the winner of the preliminary round tie between TP UCSA de Bangui and AS Vita Club, but following the disqualification of ''TP UCSA de Bangui'' due to their federation's debt with CAF and ''AS Vita Club's'' withdrawal, they received a bye into the second round. Crest Image:Union Douala.png, Former logo Image:US Douala (logo).png, Present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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