Dr. Simon Munzu was born in 1949 in Nguti,
SW region. He recently launched a movement called the Anglophone Dialogue Forum
which will be meeting for a preparatory meeting in August 17-18 in the USA. Mr.
Tassang Wilfred in the following ‘Open Letter’ to Dr. Simon Munzu, describes
the move as a danger to the Southern Cameroons. Read on.
Dear DrMunzu,
Do You Hate Us this Much?
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| Dr. Simon Munzu |
My
dear father, and brother, it is with a heavy heart that I have to address you
through the public domain. The purpose is not to humiliate you, but to make
sure I have 8million Southern Cameroonians to bear me witness that I did get to
you. It seems to me that what the unschooled perceive these days, the learned,
I mean, PhDs can’t understand. Or that wisdom has departed from the old.
Before
I get into the crux of the matter, let me recall one of my closing tirades on
January 13 2017, at about mid night while we wrapped up bitterness in the
Education Adhoc Committee. In righteous anger, I told your PhD colleagues and
the Professors present, that I, (and this should apply to all ) had no regard
whatsoever for PhD holders and Professors who cannot stand the truth nor call a
spade by its name. The PhDs present were, Professor TallaKashim, Fame Ndongo,
NalovaLyonga, Teresa Akenji, Paul Ghogomo, CallistusFuh Gentry etc. And today, I
am sad to have to count you among the dishonoured.
My
dear DrMunzu, when I went to school, I learned very early in my quest that
knowledge was about the truth, and that the truth is the foundation of all
wisdom. In my unending quest to know my Maker, I learned as early as Sunday
school that the Creator is Omniscient. That He is the source of all knowledge.
I also learned of Jesus His Son, that He is the Way, the Truth and the Light. I
have enough testimonies in life to believe that all knowledge without the fear
of God is the cause of all the intellectual stuntedness that we have around. No
doubt we would rather use our knowledge in a sophisticated manner, in a way to
pull down our communities so that we and ours alone may see the light of day.
The common man has named it most appropriately; the Pull Him Down syndrome.
I
am presently deprived of my archives, and so can’t make very apt references to
dates of events. However, I know I was in teacher training when both the AAC
and AAC II took place. I can also remember reading from the papers how you, Dr
Simon Munzu wept uncontrollably while reading to our people the contents of the
Bamenda Declaration. Should I belabour the point by mentioning here why you
wept? Well, just in case you have forgotten, the onus was on you to inform
Yaoundé that our people would resort to independence restoration after a
reasonable time, should government persist in the ostrich game.
Do
you remember Sir that shortly after the SCNC opted for restoration, you found
time to come home just to discredit and denounce the move? According to you,
restoration of the statehood of the Southern Cameroons was never considered as
an option by the SCNC. So what was it that made you cry when reading the
Bamenda declaration, the possibility of never seeing your masters again? Were
you violating a sealed agreement with the enemy, and cried so that they may see
that you had been forced to read it? Whatever!
My dear “learned” DrMunzu, it would appear
that you long reneged on your belief. Why? Hunger? I am sorry for being petty.
But hunger is the one most important factor for success in most revolutions, or
failure of the same. Welcome back from your cosy UN job. I hear LRC enabled you
secure that and now is payback time. OK? One good turn deserves another, you
know. So you want to use Southern Cameroons to pay back Paul Biya’s good turn?
For how long did it last? Paul Biya’s good turn, I mean?
Why
is it not strange to me that you are the one to do all these dirty work? You’ve
been down this road before. Remember you were the one Etoudi used to mobilise
Southern Cameroonians to welcome Pharaoh Biya in Washington DC, at the
Obama-African Heads of State Summit. I hear you did a good job convincing even
the elect.
A nos moutons docteur. Excuse me
Sir. Sometimes I suffer these language swings. But I
know that you are a better pupil of the oppressor’s language. As I was saying,
am not surprised at this present treacherous mood. Each time I have refused to
be patronised by the enemy, it was because I knew that payback time would come.
In your case though, are you paying back or looking for fresh favours?
About
the truth Sir; what is your leitmotif? The Bamenda Declaration mentioned “a
reasonable time”. You read that declaration. My question to you Sir; how much
time did you understand would be “a reasonable time”? Apparently, 1961 to 2017
is not reasonable time enough by your estimation. I mean that fifty six years
are not long enough for your people to say enough is enough. Should God have
waited until Simon Munzu is home to his Maker before launching this revolution?
Can
Dr Simon Peter, sorry, Munzu, with all his learning, state for a fact, that
this failed union can work. What is it that makes the learned university/UN
expert believe that our people should suffer yet another day in bondage? I am
sure that my brother has not spared any of the literature spewed on the columns
to justify our case. Or are you saying Sir, that we have no case? Are you
affirming that our case was sold and sealed in 1961 and therefore
unsalvageable? Or is this just so your remaining days on earth may be spent in
quiet comfort while your people increase in their pain?
Why
did you ever go to school Sir, if not so that knowledge acquired could be used
at the service of your people in times like these? As “Anglicans” (and I hear
you had the privilege to be brought up on their shores), you know that we are a
tolerant people. You also know that we get involved in very passionate and
sometimes violent debates on the floor of the House. Not having that privilege
to confront you face to face, I thought I should resort to this medium so that
my message gets to you as most passionately and most violently as possible.
Unfortunately, the civility of our fathers wouldn’t allow me to be as brutal as
I wanted to sound. That notwithstanding, you should note that I have tried with
reservation, to pour out my bile to you.
You
are forgiven your trespasses against our people and the struggle because the
Lord commands that we do. Note however, that we are equally commanded to resist
the devil. It therefore is not Simon Munzu we resist but the spirit of the
oppressor that is manipulating you that we must resist. If in the process you
get lumped up with Pharaoh, then so be it. Remember, we are in a revolution and
that in revolutions, there are no bystanders, no middle ground. Who is not for
us is against us.
Dialogue
is a good thing and we have never refused to dialogue. But who has mandated you
to initiate dialogue with the enemy? Is it the UN? I ask this because Yaoundé
has still not decriminalised discussions on self-determination. In your
advocacy, I’ve not heard you demand for the unconditional release of all
abductees and for any form of “amnesty” for those in exile, as a condition for
dialogue. So who is Yaoundé going to dialogue with, you, or their appointed
members of Parliament/Senators who have never been able to say a word for their
people? Who do you want Yaoundé to dialogue with my brother? Or can you claim
to be unaware of the fact that we are where we are today because Yaoundé
rejected dialogue? What point are you trying to prove, and to who?
Anyway,
enjoy your sponsored trips while the struggle continues. But when you return,
tell your masters that we are ready and have always been ready for dialogue.
However, such a dialogue, for it to have meaning, must be tripartite. The UN
must preside over any dialogue between our people and Yaoundé. Those to
represent and speak for our people shall be the same ones God used to start
this revolution. I mean those in jail and exile.
Tell
them that tomorrow shall be better if they stop fighting our God.
If
they don’t, well, God’s wrath shall visit them soon. And like the Good Book
says, “for there is no longer any sacrifice that will take away sins if we
purposely go on sinning after the truth has been made known to us. Instead, all
that is left is to wait in fear for the coming judgment…which will destroy
those who oppose God!” Heb. 10:26-27. As for your master Paul Biya, he said,
“apresmoi, le deluge” or did he say “chaos”? It now is evident that the
“deluge” he referred to will meet him here on earth and not “apres”. It’s not
too late for repentance though. Tell him.
And
for you….Do you really hate us this much?
Ferociously yours
Pa TASSANG Wilfred
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