Godfrey Tangwa AKA "Rotcod Gobata": Events

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Dr Godfrey Tangwa (Gobata)
Renaissance man, philosophy professor, actor and newspaper columnist, Godfrey Tangwa aka Rotcod Gobata touches a wide array of subjects. Always entertaining and eminently readable. Visit for frequent updates.
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Fonlon-Nichols Award
Website of the Literary Award established to honor the memory of BERNARD FONLON, the great Cameroonian teacher, writer, poet, and philosopher, who passionately defended human rights in an often oppressive political atmosphere.
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WE BURIED HIM IN BAMENDA

The funeral period for Victor Anomah Ngu ran for over two weeks, from 05 to 23 July 2011, culminating in his burial at the St. Joseph’s cemetery of the Cathedral Church at Big Mankon, Bamenda, North West Region of Cameroon.

Over those two weeks, as I attended religious services, academic round-tables and other ceremonies in his honour, and listened to speeches, testimonies, tributes and eulogies, I marveled at the capacity and skill of Cameroonians for post-mortem flattery.

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August 12, 2011 at 10:11 AM in Events | Permalink | Comments (1)

PASSING OF ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE CAMEROONIANS OF OUR TIME: VICTOR ANOMAH NGU

I already flashed the passing of VAN in my last posting. Professor Victor Anomah Ngu, basic scientist, award-winning oncologist, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Yaounde, former Chancellor of the University of Buea (UB), former Minister of Public Health, former President of the Cameroon Academy of Sciences, President of the Bernard Fonlon Society, author of the candidate HIV vaccine VANHIVAX, passed on to eternity on Tuesday 14 June 2011.

Since the death of Bernard Fonlon on 26 August 1986, no other death of an academic and public figure has been received with so much shock and fervor here in Cameroon as that of Victor Anomah Ngu. There are many parallels between Fonlon and Ngu: exceptional intellectual endowments, remarkable moral integrity, spirit of humility and poverty, visible genuine commitment to undiscriminating service of the public, deep religiousity/spirituality, etc. Quite incidentally and interestingly enough Fonlon and Ngu were the greatest admirers of each other. Until his death last month, Victor Anomah Ngu was still the President of the Bernard Fonlon Society (BFS), formed shortly after the latter’s death to promote his ideas, ideals, and remarkable life values. Fonlon himself had written a book of poems dedicated to the remarkable life and achievements of Victor Anomah Ngu.

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July 15, 2011 at 07:58 AM in Events | Permalink | Comments (0)

GLANCING BACKWARD 4

Two giant steps backward from the CANTAM Workshop of 27 September to 01 October, 2010, take me first to the CAMBIN General Assembly which took place at the University of Buea in the South West Region of Cameroon on 17 July 2010. CAMBIN is the Cameroon Chapter of the Pan African Bioethics Initiative (PABIN) whose creation (CAMBIN’s that is) I initiated in 2005. It is a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political, non-discriminatory, multidisciplinary association whose official seat is in Yaounde.

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April 23, 2011 at 08:19 AM in Bio-Ethics, Conference Presentations, Events | Permalink | Comments (0)

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

For various interrelated reasons, all beyond my control, my blog has been dormant since 2006. It has now been roused from its long slumber and there is a pretty backlog of issues/things to be presented and a lot of catching up to be done in the coming days. But, first, herewith the best of my wishes for 2011 to you, your family and loved ones.

Yours Sincerely,

Gobata

January 21, 2011 at 05:01 AM in Events | Permalink | Comments (0)

SYNES INAUGURAL LECTURE: The University and Development (With Particular Reference to Cameroon)

Godfrey B. Tangwa, PhD (Associate Professor of Philosophy)

Here is a PowePoint version of the inaugural lecture given by Dr. Tangwa at the 4th Congress of SYNES, National Union of Teachers of Higher Education in Cameroon, on November 11, 2004. The minister of Higher Education who opened the congress was there as well as the Rector of University of Yaounde I; quite a development from the past!
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