Anne-Chantal Besong's Blog

  Sin. It is a word we get to hear in Sunday school, at home and in school. In those good old days, one's life was directed by the Bible. Our parents raised us up with values and rules drawn from the Bible and we got to know what sin is even before understanding what it truly is. But do we know how we become sinners? That I don't know. The story I am about to tell is that of a  young girl, and for this story and to keep her protected I would call her, Mah Nfoh. ************************************************************************************************* My name is Mah Nfoh, in my tribal language, it means queen mother and this is my story. My life has always been filled with action. As a little girl born with a disease that society, medical experts in my country did not seem to understand, I grew up very inquisitive but always in my little world. Well, I related to the world, but I made sure I kept some parts of the world out of my own little world...

I know when a lot of people hear the initials SS or the full name Sickle Cell Anaemia, they will flinch, some will raise eye brows and others will be gripped with worry, concern or some other form of anxiety. And if some day they are told they are SS they will certainly freak out, wondering what society will say, how they will be treated by their peers, friends, colleagues, etc. But why is this so? Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) also known as Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) a genetic disease which affects mostly people in Africa and in the West Indies and or people with genetic backgrounds from these parts, has often been looked upon as a mystery disease; with some tribes attributing it to sorcery, others treating the children born with it with suspicion or distaste. So many clichés about the disease which are not true but which over the years have been spread around and accepted by the public as true. So what exactly is Sickle Cell?  Sickle-cell disease  ( SCD ), als...

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Chris. Fomunyoh "Je reste optimiste pour le Cameroun, car nous sommes un grand pays et un grand peuple avec plein de richesses matérielles et humaines" - 24-03-2014 - icicemac.com

In 2010 or some time earlier, the Cameroonian government made a whole show talking of the its newest baby, a project to put up a back bone optical fibre connection throught out the country. I remember that project because I was the news anchor reading the article. Many years down the lane  and I am wondering what has become of this project. My thoughts switched to this famous back bone optical fibre project after I spent an entire week trying to submit my last Online Networking and Employability Award assignment. I do not think I have ever been frustrated by the internet in Cameroon as I was in the past 4-5 days. It is not only about the deadline missed but also about the time, energy , efforts and adrenaline spent in the struggle to post a 5 minutes video and send a one page word document. It is in situations like this that I see why some countries are termed developing or under developed.  The lack of internet connections coupled with the numerous black...