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Posted by bongoyok in action, activite, Adamaoua, AEA, Africa, African contributions, African music, music, refugees, réfugiés, déplacés, camps de réfugiés, African studies, Afrique, amitie, amour, amour mutuel, avenir, éducation, Bible, blog, blog chrétien, bonte, Cameroon, Cameroun, causes profondes, chretiens, Christian life, christianisme, Christians, cles de succes, communication, conduite, conflits, contributions africaines, crainte de Dieu, culture, dangers, désert, decouragement, desinformation, dialogue, diplomatie, economie, education, encouragement, enfance en danger, enfants, environment, environnement, espoir, ethics, etre humain, etudes africaines, Extreme-Nord, extremisme antireligieux, extremisme religieux, famille, family, Far North, Foi, fondamentalistes, Francophone University of International Development, Francophones, FUID, generosite, genocide, goals, Goodness, guerre, guerre civile, Hope for Africa, human relations, humanite, humilite, humility, information, Institut Universitaire de Développement International, intellectualisme, Intercultural relations, IUDI, justice, justice sociale, leadership, life, limites de la sagesse humaine, Love, Mafa, Mayo Sava, Parkwa, Podoko, Parkwaka, Mofa, Mofahai, mondialisation, mort, nations, nature, nature humaine, Northern Cameroon, objectives, ONU, oppresseurs, oppression, opprimes, Organisations internationales, oubli, paix, paix intereligieuse, pauvrete, pays en voie de developpement, Pays Mafa, pays pauvres, père, décès, mort, perte d'un être cher, Peace, peomes chretiens, peur, philosophie, poeme, poesie, poesie, poetry, politique, postmodernisme, pouvoir, prevention, prevention de conflits, prevoyance, priere, prudence, public, Réseau de Missiologie Evangélique pour l’Afrique Francophone, révolution, RCA, RDC, reconcilliation, relations humaines, relations internationales, Religion, religions, Republique centrafricaine, Republique Democratique du Congo, resolution de conflits, resolutions, respect, richesse, Risk management, sagesse, sagesse africaine, sante publique, Savoir vivre, sécurité, securite publique, Seleka, semaine sainte, Senegal, service, shame and honor, Social Justice, société, Society, souvenir, spiritualite, spiritualite, spirituality, success, Tchad, tenderness, terrorisme, theologie, theology, thinking, time, transformation des conflits, transformation sociale, Travail, université chrétienne, universite, Universite Francophone de Développement International, victimes, victoire, victoire sur la mort, vie chretienne, Vie en societe, vie religieuse, vie sociale, vigilance, village, violence, violences devastatrices, war, wisdom, work, world, light, making a difference, darkness, Jesus, good deeds, Yoruba. Tagged: Galdala, Islamic state, islamism, Kousseri, Koza, Krawa, Libya, Mali, Maroua, Mora, Moskota, Mozogo, Niger, Nigeria, Oupay, Ouzal, salafism, Shebab, Sudan, Talkomari, Tchad, Tourou, Zheleved. Leave a comment
You didn’t hear… or did you hide willingly under the bed of abstraction?
Maybe you did hear about Boko Haram and other terrorist movements in action…
But, you see, your geography professor told you as did your musician,
With all the calm and seriousness of an academician,
That Kousseri, Maroua, Mora, Tourou, Moskota, Koza, Ouzal, Mozogo,
And other localities or infrahuman countries must go,
Because their humanity index is so low, and,
They are located on an unknown planet, the land of tomorrow.
Why worry about the future
While one calmly drinks today’s culture?
Maybe you didn’t see what is happening on social media as your soul became a taro…
Because, above all, you must set your economic priorities right to beat the antihero
And accumulate as much power and things as you can carry in your empty barrow.
Your business professor told you so, with his academic sombrero.
Your financial advisor is such a genius so different from the harrow
That you gather things, things and more things, and the great dinero.
You eat power, power and more power over bones without a marrow.
Aren’t they mere keys to your success today and tomorrow?
Your eyes can’t see while you dream to be the next pharaoh
And, after all, your neighbor is just a dried arrow!
Who will cry for those who no longer have heads?
Who will become a shelter for those who no longer have beds?
Who will eat for those who can no longer smell the odor of fresh breads?
Who will bring joyous colors to lives painted in multiple reds?
Who will tell Europe, America, Asia and others, that Boko Haram spreads
Faster and deeper than the swiftest fighters and meds?
Who will act? Who will dig? Who will lovingly address the roots
Instead of relying solely on boots?
Oh! I wish you and I were the recovered triumphant shouts of the voiceless!
Oh! I wish you and I were the beautiful tears of the tearless!
Oh! I wish you and I were the real wealth of the resourceless!
Oh! I wish you and I were the reconstructed ramparts of the powerless!
Oh! I wish you and I were the regained smiles of the hopeless!
Oh! I wish you and I were the lost but found face of the faceless!
Oh! I wish you and I were the living image of the divine rock for the baseless!
Oh! I wish you and I were the real value of lives so priceless!
Regardless of our religious backgrounds, we are all humans;
Would you and I actively navigate against the currents and stop treating others as subhumans?
Moussa Bongoyok, PhD
Professor of Intercultural Studies and Holistic Development
President of Institut Universitaire de Développement International (IUDI)
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Posted by bongoyok in discernement, humilite, Proverbes africains, sagesse, Savoir vivre, spiritualite, vie chretienne, Vie en societe. Tagged: Cameroon, Cameroun, contributions africaines, courage, Extreme-Nord Cameroun, humilite, humilite et sagesse, humility and wisdom, ignorance, Koza, mafa proverb, Mayo Tsanaga, Mbardam, Mbouzao, Mokolo, moussa bongoyok, ngelegedma nafahai, Nord Cameroun, proverbe africain de la semaine, proverbe mafa, sagesse, Soulede, wisdom. Leave a comment
« Ta kda ndo n’rezla’a man a tètèkè maya azbai. » (n’gelègdma mafahai).
« On ne tue pas l’ignorant qui mendie la sagesse. » (Proverbe mafa).
« Nobody kills an ignorant who begs for wisdom. » (Mafa proverb).
Sens: Au lieu de prétendre qu’on connait quelque chose et de demeurer dans l’ignorance, il vaut mieux être assez humble pour se renseigner ou s’instruire.
P.S: For detailed explanation of this proverb in English please visit:
http://www.afriprov.org/index.php/african-proverb-of-the-month/42-2009proverbofthemonth/467-august2009proverbofthemonth.html
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Posted by bongoyok in education, leadership, mission holistique, Proverbes africains, sagesse, Savoir vivre, spiritualite, vie chretienne, Vie en societe. Tagged: danger of imitation, etre naturel, Extreme-Nord Cameroun, initiative, Koza, mafa proverb, Mayo Tsanaga, Mbardam, Mbouzao, Mokolo, moussa bongoyok, musique, n'gelegedma mafahai, Nord Cameroun, originalite, piege de l'imitation, proverbe africain de la semaine, proverbe mafa, proverbe mofa, Soulede. Leave a comment
“Ka slu dimesh ndo bai, ka gotso n’gèce ndo bai.” (n’gèlegèdma mafahai)
« Ne chante pas le chant d’autrui, ne danse pas la danse d’autrui. » (Proverbe Mafa)
« Do not sing someone’s song, do not dance someone’s dance. » (Mafa Proverb)
Signification: Sois naturel. Tu es original(e), pourquoi voudrais-tu etre une mauvaise photocopie?
Victor Hugo a dit, dans le même esprit, « N’imitez rien ni personne. Un lion qui copie un lion devient un singe.«
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