The Etiendems Family
This memorial website was created in memory of our beloved Papa Emma. Mounkam, who has left us so soon at a very young age.He was born on January 2nd, 1946, in Nkongsamba, Littoral Region of Cameroon and passed away in Marana-Tucson, AZ, USA on November 21, 2013 after a tough fight with cancer. Papa Emma. spent 67 good years with us, 16th of them here in the USA, some as astudent in Bourbon, France and the rest in Cameroon. Though he was born and raised in Nkongsamba, he was a native of Bafang in the Western region. Pa Mounkam has left the whole CAMAZ to mourn him, his lovely wife Julienne, his children George and Simon, plus numerous other family children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, aunts and uncles. Papa was a father to all the Cameroonians in Arizona, USA. We will remember him forever.
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The Sunjos.
Our forest is now standing quiet, calm, and bare,
the horizon stretching as far as the eyes sees clear.
The whole ecosystem is disturbed, displaced, and in pain,
as the struggle for water, food, and shelter comes plain.
For the Iroko has fallen.
Here and now come the invaders, parasites, or poachers;
preservation, conservation, observation yet not with broaches.
In a few seconds, like locust the forest floor is swept clean.
Oh! The fruits, leaves, stem and roots, the insects and animals too, glean.
For the Iroko has fallen.
It's too hot, wet, rainy or snowy on the forest floor, time to think
how to stay, grow together; pull,and protect community members not to sink.
When the great Iroko stood tall in the center, the forest celebrated its strength,
Even though it sleeps in fall, the great Iroko is still valuable, in divine length,
As the great Iroko sleeps in fall.
By Fri Taboh 2013
The Mopecha family
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Flora
The traditional March trip to Cameroon
Papa Emma made me feel so special, he called me his daughter. Every year in January, he will asked me to tell him when he will be taking his vacation to Cameroon? Some how we came to pick the magic month of March. He never leaves Arizona to Cameroon directly. His route is usually Arizona to Canada, France, Bruxilles and finally Cameroon, and he comes back the same way. I will joke with him to find out if he is ready for his round the world trip. With his usual broad smile, he will say "I love to go round during this time to visit the other children and see my grandchildren." Upon each return over the years, he comes back happy and fresh, and you can tell that he just came back from a well rested vacation. He can't wait to share all the stories from home, most especially the new "scent" he got this time in Paris. what a show man he was. At 67years young, you can tell from his looks and styles, that he was a true guy from Bafang. His vogue was of "haute class". I will miss dancing Tchana Pierre with him. This year's March trip was not the same. He stayed longer than usual, he did not look himself or happy, when he finally came back. That is how I knew something was wrong. Suddenly my, our show guy was gone. I am missing those stories of the good old days in Nkong, Pariis and Yaounde. They were always interesting. We can sleep, now that we know you are no longer in pain, though we miss you.