Independence and Restoration
The power to free Southern Cameroons rest in our hands. No one will do it for us. To borrow the words of Ayaba Cho Lucas, leader of the AGC, Southern Cameroons shall be free only by targeted Diplomacy, Self Defense and Community Mobilization. Therefore, every Southern Cameroonian and every group must identify where they belong and how much they can offer to the best of their abilities. As far as this platform is concerned, we of BaretaNews hold it true that community mobilization and Self Defense are two great tools we must employ now than ever before. If targeted diplomacy must be strengthened, community mobilization and self defense must be louder so that those who hold targeted diplomacy will have somewhere to show to the powers that be that look if you do not act, then things will go for the worse. We must as a matter of fact employ these strategies. This is why we must fight to make sure homeland remains ungovernable, schools remain shutdown and courts closed.
Therefore, village by village, Community by Community, City by City, Town by Town, every Southern Cameroonian must take action, everyone must be a soldier to protect the struggle. The question should be what am I doing to protect the struggle? It is a clarion call for everyone to invest either financially, human resource wise, intelligence resource etc to move the struggle ahead. The diaspora because of space must invest financially heavily in self defense and community mobilization. It is the place of everyone in the diaspora to take charge of his or her community. If there is a school ongoing in your community, you in the diaspora must take actions by identifying individuals and vigilantes in your area to take actions. You in the diaspora must believe in groups and supports the actions of the SCACUF governing council and most especially fund the Ambazonia Defense Council which has taken upon itself to create a unit of army. The actions of the ADF needs sustainability. For those who are home, you must provide the human and intelligence resource. Rather than running to the diaspora to complain often, the questions must be: What am I doing to stop what I am seeing? Complain less, go invincible and be a soldier. Create your own vigilantes and take actions, ask for support if you lack. It is an all for one, one for all mission.
These actions if jointly carried out will bring us the required restoration of Independence. We must be reminded that Southern Cameroons had its independence since 1st October 1961. What we are fighting now is NOT to gain another Independence. The United Nations shall not give Southern Cameroons Independence twice. We are fighting for the restoration of the Independence that the United Nations passed in 1961-an independence which was stolen from us. Therefore, self defense, targeted diplomacy and community mobilization are all actions meant to force the United Nations to declare the restoration of our independence. Thus, the euphoria of celebrating 1st October Independence is being misplaced. We have since 1993 when the government failed to head to the two states federation call from Southern Cameroonians each year celebrated the Southern Cameroons Independence. This was done mostly by Southern Cameroons National Council-SCNC members and we are living testimony of the abductions, killings, maimings of all those who celebrated such a day in Southern Cameroons because of their less number. Now, the people have risen, there is power in numbers. We must show that people’s power.
Therefore, on 1st October this year, we are still waiting for the Independence celebration calender from the SCACUF governing council. We are expected to give such independence celebration this year a different taste as to what used to occur in the past. We must therefore kill fear and come out massively village by village, community by community to celebrate the Independence of Southern Cameroons though still in captivity. This will send a very loud message. Those in the diaspora must also come out country by country to celebrate. We are yet to declare and celebrate the restoration of Southern Cameroons Independence. Restoration is a process which is nearer than we thought and it is currently ongoing but to restore that independence it will take targeted diplomacy, self defense and community mobilization- something we are currently building and engaging on. Thus, we must invest heavily in these three if we want to celebrate restoration day- it is all about sustainability and this is what the Ambazonia Defense Council is talking about. So, while waiting for the restoration day celebration, we must not loose sight in celebrating our 1st October Independence day.
The momentum towards 1st October celebration of Independence must begin from the 22nd September 2017 home and diaspora protest in which the governing Council has called. We must begin the process of this day by killing fear and just as the people of Bui and Lebialem have shown us, let us take their examples and begin taking back our community by coming out village by village, city by city, block by block to say, YES WE ARE A PEOPLE WITH RIGHTS TO SELF DETERMINATION. To call for the RELEASE OF MANCHO AND OTHERS, To call for the Demilitarisation of our towns, to call for the stop of abductions and to send a clear message to UN that we want OUT.
Yes, we can
#FreeAllArrested
Mark Bareta.
7 comments
I hope you have booked your flight to Cameroon for the independence day celebration, you hide behind your keyboard and ask people to go on streets to be killed or arrested. Will you provide for their children/families if something happens to any of them?
A true leader leads the fight on the ground.
You complain or poor education system in Cameroon, yet you are in Brussels and have not even been able to take advantage of the good education offered in Belgium, so what have you achieved all these years ?
Other southern Cameroonians complaining same about bad education systemic cameroon and instead of getting the good education in Europe they are cleaning, dish washing and doing news paper delivery day and night. Is it the dish washing experience or news paper delivery that you want to take to SC and build a new nation?
Let the kids go to school and look for an alternative way of resolving the crises, don’t be greedy, some of you even have your kids sent to other parts of LRC and you hide behind your keyboard to say something different.
I am almost disappointed with the struggle. Tell me really what is going to happen on the 1st October? Is it celebration of independence day while still planning for restoration of independence? If restoration of s not taking place on 1st October 2017 then why are my children not going to school? Who will really lead the people to Buea? The governing council or disorder? I am indeed disappointed after reading the above Berretanews. I dont believe anything will happen on 1st October except mass killing of ignorantly lead SC. I am not going to go out to celebrate independence. If you come and lead me to proclaim the restoration of SC independence so as to let my children go to school under a legitimate government, I will go.
These two buffoons who just commented are emblematic of the witchcraft that is taking place in larepublique. Lazy bastards, brainwashed to always support the status quo, obey as french slaves, unable to think out of the box. This is real INDEPENDENCE, we have the patience, like many other countries that resisted OCCUPATION>
Boh Herbert I will join with rest to congratulate on this piece, it should be enshrined in history books and our culture forever. THat”s Southern Cameroon INTELLECT. What can we do now? I will start with my self: I have just printed it and will make over a thousand copies: I have reposted on all social media: I will send a copy to the Prime Minister of Canada: I will send copies to Jewish groups and RABIs. I have asked my cousins in the US to make copies and send to all senators and congressmen and women. Now I can challenge everybody to do the same. Take action, don’t just make 4minute commentaries and disappear behind the screen. Be proactive, not passive and hope for the best and expect someone else to do something like brother Boh Herbert. Take this message and run with it. Don’t wait for any groups leaders or a stroke of good luck to make things happen. Let people come on this forum and give ideas to move forward, tell us what you are doing. This is a peaceful movement, no need to be afraid. If you live in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Australia, Southern Cameroon do something. Some body can translate this into French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese I want to hear more innovative techniques. We all have some solution in us, don’t be scared to come up with ideas, who knows whose idea will finally solve the problem.
@mensah or whatever you call yourself, it sounds like a Ghanian name. What i’m saying is go home and take the lead, you mentioned your cousins in USA, it seems you have nothing to loose because all your family members are out of Cameroon, so you don’t care about those killed by LRC troops in southern Cameroon. Tell all your family members not to send their own kids to school in solidarity with the people of SC.
I have asked Bareta why he didn’t take advantage of the good education system in Belgium to further his education? Also other Cameroonians out there doing dish washing, cleaning and news paper delivery day and night, why haven’t they taken advantage of the good education system?
I ask again is this the experience you think you have achieved abroad to build a new country? THINK AGAIN and ask your family members to send their kids to school.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. You have vision with no passion or action, stop day dreaming.
Look at Togo, the leaders are all on the ground coordinating the struggle, you guys are hiding behind your keyboards and saying something different while doing something else.
Brother Song, I apologise to you. I have most of my family in SC, I also have businesses, classmates and friends too. I have sent tons of school fees over the years to substandard education. They graduate from university, come to the developed world and go back to high school. (Waste of mind, money and time) Since the strike I have withheld all fees. I have contributed to SCACUF. I have sent UN Resolution 1608 (xv) to Canada, Ghana, they voted for our independence on 21 April 1961. What are SCers like you doing in Belgium (Brussels)? I thought only francafrique slaves. How many of you are washing dishes there? We are willing to help,come to North America or English speaking countries. If you read RES 1608 you notice that Belgium nor France is not on the list. Do what I did, contribute to SCACUF send RES 1608 to Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland. The prisoners who were just freed was because of pressure from SCACUF, the home front, the international community and the UN. You see clearly that the battle partly be won through social media, electronic money transfers from your keyboard. Hopefully you learnt something. You can contribute as a dishwasher, engineer, doctor, security guard, bendskinner, buyam sellam etc. Thanks
Lier, you can’t even post with your name, how do you expect anyone to believe what you say, this is exactly what i’m saying, you start by just telling lies, first post with one of your correct names. I know many like you who claim to sponsor the whole of SC students, you are not different.